As we open a new calendar and consider the possibilities each blank square might hold, what will you do more of in 2022?
Our Domaine Carneros marketing team has made the following New Year resolutions and invites you to join them.
We’ll be practicing “Reductionarianism” in 2022. Adding more vegetarian and vegan dishes to our diet for the health of both our bodies and the planet.
Discover some of our favorite meatless recipes to include this Golden Tofu Coconut Curry paired with our 2016 Ultra Brut, or Ginger Garlic Veggie Tofu Stir Fry paired with our 2016 Estate Brut.
Our team plans to keep a daily gratitude journal, listing Three Good Things that have happened in our day. Taking the time to reflect on the goodness in our lives offers a significant boost to our mental health.
How to do it:
There’s no wrong way to keep a gratitude journal, but here are some general instructions as you get started. Write down up to five things for which you feel grateful. The physical record is important—don’t just do this exercise in your head. The things you list can be relatively small in importance (“The tasty sandwich I had for lunch today.”) or relatively large (“My sister gave birth to a healthy baby boy.”). The goal of the exercise is to remember a good event, experience, person, or thing in your life—then enjoy the good emotions that come with it.
As you write, here are nine important tips:
1. Be as specific as possible—specificity is key to fostering gratitude. “I’m grateful that my co-workers brought me soup when I was sick on Tuesday” will be more effective than “I’m grateful for my co-workers.”
2. Go for depth over breadth. Elaborating in detail about a particular person or thing for which you’re grateful carries more benefits than a superficial list of many things.
3. Get personal. Focusing on people to whom you are grateful has more of an impact than focusing on things for which you are grateful.
4. Try subtraction, not just addition. Consider what your life would be like without certain people or things, rather than just tallying up all the good stuff. Be grateful for the negative outcomes you avoided, escaped, prevented, or turned into something positive—try not to take that good fortune for granted.
5. See good things as “gifts.” Thinking of the good things in your life as gifts guards against taking them for granted. Try to relish and savor the gifts you’ve received.
6. Savor surprises. Try to record events that were unexpected or surprising, as these tend to elicit stronger levels of gratitude.
7. Revise if you repeat. Writing about some of the same people and things is OK, but zero in on a different aspect in detail.
8. Write regularly. Whether you write daily or every other day, commit to a regular time to journal, then honor that commitment.
Adapted from Greater Good in Action
Whether it’s donating time, talent, or funds, we know that giving to others benefits ourselves as well as our community.
Our first act of giving back in 2022 is donating 10% of our online sales to Ceres Community Project, an amazing organization that empowers teens, benefits the planet, and feeds those in need.
Ceres Community Project is a non-profit organization that mentors teen chefs and gardeners to grow and cook 100% organic food for people facing serious illnesses. Ceres also trains other organizations to recreate their soil to community health model across the United States.
Help support the Ceres Community Project with every bottle purchase. Shop wines
