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.