DAY 45: Say thank you

A lot of people have probably done nice things for you since I died. Write each one a thank-you note.

Death is uncivil; thank-you notes are civil. Expressing gratitude forces you to focus on living people who care about you rather than on the enormity of your loss.

It also forces you to leave the house and go to the post office, where you will have to practice something harder than gratitude: patience.