The Happiness Project

This was an interesting read.

For a year of her life, Gretchen Rubin started The Happiness Project.

This was a way to make herself and the people around her happier.

She began singing in the morning, saying yes to social events, and stopped complaining about every little thing.

While I don't totally agree with some of her ideas, the overall Happiness Project hit on some good points.

There's a lot of things she begins doing that I've been doing for years.

 

Here's some of my favorites:

 

I read daily.

I got a succulent.

I keep family traditions.

In college, I rescued my dog.

I created my own personal library.

I started an obsession with baking while living in South Korea.

But my favorite...... I started this blog and my bookstagram.

So while I don't think I could ever keep up with a year long happiness project, I think my life is pretty happy. This isn't a book to help cure your depression. It isn't supposed to make your anxiety disappear. But it definitely shows that if you can make small changes in your every day life and not lose sight of yourself, you will be happier in the long run.

This book kind of reminded me of another series my mom introduced me to, The Book of Awesome. Which also started as a blog that shared little things that we take for granted in our every day lives. It encourages you to stop and smell the rain of the pavement, or bask in the shining sun.