Years ago, Oprah Winfrey began a recurring segment on her talk show about keeping a gratitude journal. The concept is simple: each day, you take a moment to write down a few things in your life for which you are grateful.

As a young pre-teen, I started keeping a gratitude journal alongside Oprah, and kept it up for a few months. At the time, I found it to be a great way to take a mental “re-set” and re-gain some perspective after a rollercoaster-y day of adolescence.

With everything that’s been going on for me professionally — and with American Thanksgiving just around the corner — now seems like the perfect time to start keeping a gratitude journal again. So, here are a few of the things I’m thankful for today:

• My husband – who is kind and supportive, and who I love watching with our son.
• My son – who brings light to each day with his smiles, kisses and ever-expanding gibberish vocabulary.
• The comfort of warm blankets on cold nights.
• Friends who send you messages “just because”.
• Chocolate – especially mint chocolate.

Have any of you kept a gratitude journal? What are you thankful for this week?