I have been pretty intensely happy lately and I think part of that is because I have been thinking about happiness so much. Even yesterday, when I received a not so happy letter from a lawyer, I found myself happy again in no time. Here are some things that I have learned about my particular brand of happiness.

1. Let yourself feel what you are ( Read more... )

I am not sad anymore. I am not mad anymore. I don't really care ( Read more... )

It's been so long since I posted on the Happiness Project because the next topic was love and I find my current love to be a pretty private thing ( Read more... )

I've been wondering what life would be like if it were 1950 instead of 2010.

I might still be educated because a lot of women went to college to catch a man.

But I don't know that much would be different.

I would probably still be a spinster librarian with four cats.

Only, I wouldn't be living in my mother's basement.

Since this book is so damn inspiring, I've been trying to incorporate some of the ideas into my everyday life. I'm not dedicating a year and it struck me the other day that part of the reason I'm not willing to dedicate a year to being happier is because it is pretty much my main concern all of the time. (95% of the time, k?) Anyway, I am also ( Read more... )

I'm reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin right now. It's kind of got me thinking. This woman took a year to discover what makes her happy. She put tons of time into studying it, reading books and looking up studies. It's pretty interesting. She assigned each month a theme. For instance, January was "Boost Energy" and March is "Aim ( Read more... )

I have been trying to live more in the moment ( Read more... )

Do you remember what it was like when we were young ( Read more... )

I love routines ( Read more... )

Today was my last day of vacation. I worked out a lot and ate pretty well. I read about 120 pages and harvested a lot of crops on my Farmville. I went for a drive and visited my favorite cemetery. It was relaxing and beautiful and I am so thankful for this lovely day and this lovely vacation (even if I felt like shit for a bulk of it ( Read more... )