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Sentence of the Week: " I had come to understand one critical fact about my happiness project: I couldn't change anyone else."

The Happiness Project (secrets of adulthood)

SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD:
 People don't notice your mistakes as much as you think.
It's okay to ask for help.
Most decisions don't require extensive research.
Do good, feel good.
It's important to be nice to EVERYONE.
Bring a sweater.
By doing a little bit each day, you can get a lot accomplished.
Soap and water remove most stains.
Turning the computer on and off a few times often fixes a glitch.
If you can't find something, clean up.
You can choose what you do, you can't choose what you like to do.
Happiness doesn't always make you feel happy.
What you do everyday matters more than what you do once in a while.
You don't have to be good at everything.
If you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough.
Over- the -counter medicines are very effective.
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of good.
What's fun for other people may not be fun for you/ vise versa
People actually prefer that you buy wedding gifts off their registry.
You can't profoundly change your chiildrens nature by nagging them or signing them up for classes.
No deposite, no return.

The Happiness Project part 2

While continuing on my reading journey I have discovered more about Gretchen's happiness journey. Something that seems so simple can be so complicated. Just the simple act of being nicer to someone can make you feel better about yourself, which can lead to being happy. Throughout this book, each chapter has Gretchen tackling another part of her happiness search. The chapter I am reading right now is about her trying to make her marriage more enjoyable. She say's that after the first kid your marriage tends to hit a rough point. Even though Gretchen does not have a bad marriage she is trying to find ways to make it better. Some of the things that make me happy consist of: family, friends, music, self confidence and kind people. My happiness Project would be much different than Gretchen's. The further I get into this book the more interesting it gets. I've learned so much because while doing her research for this project she found a lot of interesting facts that she shares. Here are some of my favorite lines: " I wanted to think about myself so I could forget about myself." To me this line is saying you have to know who you are and  you have to know what makes you happy in order for you not to be involved in paying so much attention to yourself and why you're not happy. " Everything important has been said before." I like this line because it's food for thought.

The Happiness Project

I have recently started reading The Happiness Project for my etymology class that I'm taking this semester.Gretchen Rubin a New York Times BESTSELLER wrote this book to create a journey in which she spends a year of her life trying to figure out or understand the basis in which it means to really be happy. The thing I find most interesting about Gretchen is that going into this project she was not a depressed or unhappy person. She actually states in the book that she in fact is a happy person, but she says that she's not as happy as she could be. Reading this book has sparked many thoughts in my mind about happiness. Gretchen is also on a quest to find out if happiness even really exists. Thinking about the aspect of happiness can throw you for a loop. While taking some time to really understand what Gretchen had said about happiness makes me  reconsider the meaning. What is happiness really? Throughout this book I have realized that happiness is one of the many words that cannot be defined accurately. The general idea of happiness has multiple meanings. Throughout this book she gives you ways in which you can enhance your happiness. The problem with that though is that each person is different. What happiness means to one person may be completely different for another. It's safe to say that most people have lived and grown up in varieties of different life styles. Having a family that maybe wasn't as fortunate as anothers, or a family that had more wealth than anothers probably have a whole other take on what happiness really is. What really makes people happy anyways? Is it money? power? relationships? There is no definite answer because all the answeres vary. I hope that while i'm reading this I can learn more about my happiness.

happy place

This has become my favorite place to enjoy a good book.

Olive Garden (favorite restaurant)