Why a Blog?
As I already said I started this journey over a month ago while I was reading a book called "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin. After she started her project she decided to start a blog. You can read about it here: http://www.happiness-project.com/ She even has a Happiness Project Toolbox. I had taken my therapist's advice about journaling and was reading about how to be happier. Written by one of her blog readers and on page 138 in her book is a passage that has really stuck with me. I don't know who wrote the following, but I thank them for it.
"I have had a difficult time these past few years and happiness was something I needed like water in a desert. I deliberately looked for EVERY LITTLE THING that might lift my mood, anything to get me through. One of the things I found was blogging. I practice yoga daily & meditate, which has provided great peace. I tend a vegetable garden, look after my family & pets, cook and search for books I love to read. I make art and keep a journal. On sunny days, I think "great" a good day to be outdoors and on a gray days I think "great" a good day to be indoors. It's all in your attitude. I choose to be happy, in spite of whatever drama that is going on in my life."
All of these things I used to love to do and I used to feel this way and I truly want to again. So my very own Blog seems like a good place to start or rather a good place to jump in.
Posted in: on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at at 3:28 PM
