Materials

  • 1 clear glass jar with a lid
  • Strips cut from yellowish paper
  • Blue fountain pen or ballpoint pen
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • Dried calendula petals

Method

  1. Scatter the dried calendula petals across the bottom of the jar and place the cinnamon stick in the centre.
  2. At the end of each day, use one strip of paper to write down an achievement, lesson or reason for gratitude from the previous 24 hours.
  3. Fold the strip and put it in the jar.
  4. Repeat for 21 consecutive days. On day 22, open the jar, read all the notes to reinforce a positive frame of mind, and keep the papers in a permanent envelope.