happiness project: energy (june)
So, how did it go, my happiness project topic for May? Als, not so good. I had a couple of truly low periods during the month. I did not have enough energy to even attempt to do the things that might have helped me improve my energy levels. But ever since getting out of town
Happiness Project: Being Authentic – Item 3
I’m still struggling with the second item of 22 Things Happy People Do Differently. I will continue to try to treat *everyone* with kindness. This week, the challenge is to: 3. See problems as challenges. I say this to Chloe all the time. Unfortunately, I have not been great at following this advice for myself
Happiness Project: Being Authentic – Item 2
For the past week, I worked on the first item of 22 Things Happy People Do Differently. I think I did fairly well at not holding grudges. This week, the challenge is to: 2. Treat everyone with kindness. While I trat most people with kindness, I’m not always so good at doing this with my
Happiness Project: Being Authentic – Item 1
Time and time again, I return to considering how well I’m doing at being authentic. Apparently, this is a topic I need to revisit on a regular basis, as I seem to easily slip back into a place where I’m not being the best I can be. I remember that I started going through a
happiness project: energy (may)
So, how’s it going, this happiness project topic for May? Unfortunately, not so well. I have “sort of” done the Whole Living cleanse. But when I don’t feel good, I lose any and all motivation and willpower that I have. And I’ve only felt good/strong for about a total of ten minutes this week. It
happiness project: Energy (May)
May is here! And now it is time for me to buckle down and retackle my Happiness Project. As I outlined last month, this month I’ll be focusing on energy once again. The main categories of items I’ll ba\e tackling this month are : sleep, food, drinks, supplements, exercise, and environment. The first week, I’m
happiness project once again
Why the project? I’m happy enough, aren’t I? I have a comfortable home, overall financial stability, family and friends. And a very crazy puppy. What’s not to be happy about? But, as Gretchen Rubin points out, that doesn’t mean that we can’t work in positive ways to pursue even more happiness and contentment. I would
Project 41++ aka Project 42
Tomorrow, I will turn 42. I will be a day where I am “out of my comfort zone” for most of the day, so I’m not sure how happy it will be. I hope that I will have a little time for some reflection, but I have a feeling being stuck in a loud, crazy
Time Tracking Trials
Where did the time go? I often look up after what I feel has been a few minutes to find that an hour has gone by. Where does the time go? What am I doing with it? Am I spending that much time looking at my “social networking”? What am I reading? How much time
A Very Big Question. Whatโs Your Answer?
On Gretchen Rubin’s THe Happiness Project blog, she recently posted thw question A Very Big Question. Whatโs Your Answer?: 2013 is almost here (how did that happen, by the way?). If, by the end of 2013, you could magically change one aspect of your life, what would you change? What single thing would add the
back to the grind
Somehow, I thought I was going to get “so much done” on my projects over the week, and I got almost nothing done. I didn’t read as much as I wanted to. I didn’t relax as much as I wanted to. I didn’t go to as many historical sites as I wanted to. Did I
too much instagramming
I’m a little disappointed in myself as I look back on my photos from the past year. While I’ve taken a photo a day as I had challenged myself (I think I missed one day so far), I’ve come to rely on my iPhone and instagram far too much. I’ve allowed myself to become very
homebodies ‘r’ us
I work from home. Thus, I’m home day in and day out. When I do get out of the house, it is to go to appointments, run errands and be “mom’s taxi”, things that I don’t enjoy very much overall. I have come to equate leaving the comfort of home with desperately trying to get
rethinking my to-do list
For better or worse, I have lived by a to-do list for the past 5+ years. My list is long and evolves very slowly. I have daily items, one time items and then longer term items all crowding my list. While I try to remember to make sure some of the one time and long
#4 – Give Up Your Self-Defeating Self-Talk
Continuing with the 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy, the fourth item is: 4. GIVE UP YOUR SELF-DEFEATING SELF-TALK Oh my. How many people are hurting themselves because of their negative, polluted and repetitive self-defeating mindset? Donโt believe everything that your mind is telling you โ especially if itโs negative and self-defeating.
#3 – Give Up on Blame
Continuing with the 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy, the third item is: 3. GIVE UP ON BLAME Give up on your need to blame others for what you have or donโt have, for what you feel or donโt feel. Stop giving your powers away and start taking responsibility for your life.
#2 of “15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy”
As I wrote yesterday, a while back someone, somewhere posted a link to the blog post 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy. And while I continue to work on the first, I’m going to add the second item today. 2. GIVE UP YOUR NEED FOR CONTROL Be willing to give up your
Considering the “15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy”
A while back someone, somewhere posted a link to the blog post 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy. I found the list intriguing and saved the link, but am just now getting back to looking at it more closely. And, as I ramp up to my re-start of my new “Happiness Project”,
back in the saddle again
Back in april, I gave myself a break from my various projects. That break lasted until now, despite a few attempts to get going again over the summer. I’m back in the saddle again … or at least climbing into it. I think I went through a bit of a “low” over the summer. It
all by myself
Earlier this week, I won tickets to go see Rachael Sage and Sonia at Eddie’s Attic. Unfortunately, Rob wasn’t scheduled to return from Salt Lake City until late in the evening. While I put it out there that I’d welcome company, I had no takers. Should I go on my own? Should I just skip
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