What is The Appreciation App?

Welcome to the Appreciation App. I chose this theme and goal of “Appreciation” because, frankly, it’s something I find I have to really work hard on. I’m as capable of appreciating the world around me as the next person, but it isn’t automatic. In the topsy-turvy world of deadlines and commitments, it really takes a conscious effort for me to stop and smell the roses, and I don’t think I’m alone. Playwright William Nicholson wrote, “We read to know we are not alone.” But I suspect we write for the same reason. Which is what brings be here, writing my first blog, and exploring this concept of “appreciation” openly and daily.

This blog is a self-challenge with one single-minded function: to start as many days as possible focusing on all that’s good and beautiful in the world. But by extension, I hope it will also inspire, and that I can also be inspired by others. Feel free to reciprocate through comments and emails.

Should you choose to follow this blog, do so with the knowledge that I am a complete idiot. I know absolutely nothing about blogging, and have the grammar skills equal to that of your average chimpanzee. I blame auto-swipe for any errors I make from this point on.