I exist in a state of perpetual gratitude.

Perpetual is not a state any human sustains, and the attempt usually produces a performance rather than a feeling — the person announcing how blessed they are in a tone that suggests otherwise.

Baseline is the honest measure. Where does your mind default when nothing in particular is happening? For most people it drifts toward the unresolved: the email, the thing someone said, the money.

That default can shift over months. Not by force, by repetition. Notice enough small good things and the drift changes direction slightly.

Don't aim for perpetual. Aim for slightly more often than last year.