Write your deepest feelings and thoughts in a journal daily—it has been proven to lower inflammation and improve overall well-being and health.4 Keep a notebook by your bed and write three different things you’re grateful for every day when you wake up. Try not to repeat anything! In his book Flourish, Martin Seligman unpacks the science of gratitude and its effects on your health and happiness. It is a simple practice to focus on what’s right and good and not on what’s wrong or bad.