Have you ever picked a word for your year?  A few years ago, this trend started popping up.  Instead of choosing a new year’s resolution, you choose a mantra for yourself that embraces how you want to feel or to remind you of positive changes. Mine this year is balance. I’ve chosen words the last few… Continue reading Balance. That’s my word for 2024.

If you’re a fan of Gretchen Rubin, you know how much she loves challenges.  The “Go Outside for 23 in 23” challenge, the “20 in 20” challenge, (currently the “24 in 24” challenge, or what about “42 Easy Challenges to Lift Your Spirits”.  The lady likes her challenges.   As I mentioned in a previous post,… Continue reading My To-Do List Challenge

In order to be successful in one’s happiness project, you have to really know yourself. Only you can answer, what makes you happy? What makes you unhappy? What are the barriers to you being happier? Whether you want to declutter, tackle your fears, or lose weight, the key to being successful in your endeavors is… Continue reading Maybe I am still an Upholder

In her groundbreaking book The Happiness Project, Rubin set out to improve her life by focusing on a different subject every month.  Her subjects were as follows: January — Vitality February — Love March — Work April — Parenthood May — Leisure June — Friendship July — Money August — Eternity (Contemplate the Heavens) September… Continue reading The Happiness Project Course

Everyone has those moments in life that are transformative. If you close your eyes, you can remember the smell, feel the breeze, or hear the sounds of the moment in time that changed you forever.  For some people, that moment is a trip to Europe, a hike up a mountain top, or watching the sunset… Continue reading My Aha Moment: How I Found the Happiness Project

If you’re over 35 like me, sooner or later you’ll start to hear people talk about a book that changed their life. Maybe it’s Rich Dad Poor Dad, The Secret, or Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. For me, that book was The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. The Happiness Project is… Continue reading The Happiness Project