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The Follow Through: Cultivating Gratitude—The Thanksgiving Energy Audit
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough.
— Melody Beattie, author
When Gratitude Feels Empty
Camille sat across from me last April, staring at her gratitude app. 148-day streak. She'd been writing three things every morning since New Year's: my health, my family, my job.
"I don't feel anything anymore," she said. "It's like I'm just... checking a box."
We sat with that. And then I asked: "What if gratitude isn't something you do—but something you notice you're already feeling?"
She set her phone down. "I don't think I've ever thought of it that way."
What if the problem isn't that you're ungrateful—it's that you've been looking in the wrong direction? Psychologist Robert Emmons suggests that gratitude doesn't live in the "shoulds." It lives in the pull. The coffee ritual you protect. The friend whose texts you always open first.
The Saturday morning you refuse to schedule over. Gratitude isn't about convincing yourself to appreciate more. It's about paying attention to what you're already choosing.
Camille realized she'd been performing gratitude instead of auditing for it. She wasn't asking: Where is my energy naturally flowing?
She was asking: What should I be grateful for?
The shift was subtle but profound. Gratitude isn't a fix. It's a form of attention.
What an Energy Audit Actually Means
Think of gratitude as an energy audit, not a personality makeover.
You're not trying to become someone who feels grateful all the time. You're simply tracking: What lights me up? What quietly sustains me? What do I return to, even when no one's watching?
The Thanksgiving season asks us to perform appreciation. But an energy audit asks: What am I already gravitating toward—and what does that reveal about who I'm becoming?
An energy audit doesn't demand you fix what's broken. It asks: What's already working—and why haven't I been listening?
Reflection:
Take a quiet breath before you answer this:
If you audited the last month of your life for moments of natural energy, ease, or quiet satisfaction—what pattern would emerge?
(Most people read this, nod, and move on. But the ones who reply and put it into words? They're the ones who actually shift something. Even if it's just "I'm noticing X but I'm not sure what it means yet." Tell me. I respond to everyone.)
If You're Ready to Stop Circling
We're in that tender space between Thanksgiving and the new year—when everything slows down just enough to notice what's been humming beneath the surface all along.
If you've been thinking about coaching but haven't taken the step, this might be your moment. Not because you need to "fix" yourself before January, but because you're ready to stop performing productivity and start auditing your energy.
I'm opening a small number of spots for this month, and I work best with people who are done circling. People who sense there's a quieter, clearer version of themselves waiting—but can't quite see her yet without support.
This is the season to notice what you're already gravitating toward. If coaching feels like one of those things, don't let it become another "someday."
If that sounds like where you are, let's talk. Reply with "I'm Interested" and I'll send you the details. From there, we'll have a real conversation about what you're noticing and whether coaching is the right container for it.
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Warmly,
Advit Tiple
Productivity & Accountability Life Coach
ProEdge Life Coaching
