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I Spent $600 on a Gratitude List and It Didn’t Work

Why I Quit Gratitude Lists (And Made an Ungrateful One Instead)

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Alexa Schirm
Oct 15, 2026
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Who makes an anti-gratitude list?

The audacity, am I right? And yet, because I feel the need to highlight all of my hidden health secrets (like nude sunbathing), here we are.

I don’t want my words to get twisted. This isn’t about being ungrateful. The anti-gratitude list has actually made me 1000 times more grateful.

Here’s the thing. I used to make grat…

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