Books! Namely: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin.

I've been reading and raving about this new book called: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. I'm about halfway through the book and although I can't say that I love every aspect of it, much like the entire point of her project, I'm learning so much and getting the most out of it that I feel the need to rave and recommend more publicly!

Now first off, I have to say, I am really enjoying the daily epiphanies this author has! I feel like they are all such important discoveries that could serve anyone, whatever their situation.

But wait.. I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me first tell you what the book is about and what a happiness project is...

It's basically a project that sets out to make someone happy. Now I know that sounds either overly naive or overly complex, depending on your views, but happiness seems to be something people, once again, either give too much or too little thought to. So what Gretchen did is: research. She read everything she could get her hands on about happiness and then set out to make a list of 12 important chapters she wants to focus on in her life [these will obviously be different for everyone.] She then devoted 12 months of her life to these 12 categories. Not only that, but she kept a chart of her resolutions so they wouldn't be forgotten once that month passed. So by the end, she was juggling all 12... or, well... I'm not sure how the 12th month goes because I'm not there yet.

I'm not completely convinced I'm going to do this BUT in the meantime, I can do little things that go a long way, including making a list of things that I want to live by. [These are usually small, but would improved my overall happiness.] So here are a few things that just randomly popped in my head during these past 15 minutes:

- Learn a new word every day.
- Find my reset button.
- Spend more enjoyably.
- Read more.
- Spend at least 30 minutes outside each day [that includes winter, exams, holidays...]
- Take every opportunity to make new friends and strengthen old friendships. [This has been working well these past couple of months.]
- Answer your messages promptly. [This is a work-in-progress]
- Eat more home-made food.
- Don't gossip. [From Gretchen's.]
- Identify the problem. [From Gretchen's.]
- Treat yourself.
- Keep your word.








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Now that I've enlightened you with my randomness, I'm going to watch Germany school Australia :)