1 AIM approach We would like you to try out Diener and Biswas-Diener’s (2009) AIM approach at creating a positive attitude. Make sure you attempt each one!

Attention: tomorrow, make a concerted effort to attend to the positive experiences, events, people and environments around you. Write down what you witnessed and reflect.

Interpretation: challenge your interpretations. Refer to the list of six types of destructive thinking patterns and the next time you make a sweeping negative statement, reframe the sentence to use more constructive wording.

Memory: as you attend to the positives tomorrow, bank these memories so that you can reflect on them, savour them and replay them for future enjoyment.