Alison's Happiness Project: Introductory Post

Friday, May 7, 2010

Introductory Post

Gretchen Rubin. The Happiness Project. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009. xiii.

A "happiness project" is an approach to changing your life. First is the preparation stage, when you identify what brings you joy, satisfaction, and engagement, and also what brings you guilt, anger, boredom, and remorse. Second is the making of resolutions, when you identify the concrete actions that will boost your happiness. Then comes the interesting part: keeping your resolutions.

Guiding Principles

"Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her"
(Luke 10:41-42).

"Worthy things take time."

"What you do every day
matters more than
what you do once in a while."
~Gretchen Rubin

"You get what you measure."

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths" (Proverbs 3:4-5).

"I'd rather be hated for who I am
than loved for who I am not."
~Kurt Cobain

"A [wo]man's reach
should exceed [her] grasp."
~Robert Browning

"I like to take my time
I mean that when I want
to do a thing
I like to take my time to do it right!
I mean I might just make mistakes
If I should have to hurry up and
So I like to take my time."
~Fred Rogers

"And see that all these things
are done in wisdom and order;
for it is not requisite that a
[wo]man should run faster
than [s]he has strength.
And again, it is expedient that
[s]he should be diligent, that
thereby [s]he might win the prize;
therefore, all things must be done in order" (Mosiah 4:27).

Inspiration Board

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think."
~Christopher Robin

"You can bend but never break me
'Cause it only serves to make me
More determined
to achieve my final goal ...

If I have to
I can do anything
I am strong
I am invincible
I am woman!"
~Helen Reddy

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye are little children, and ye have not as yet understood how great blessings the Father hath in his own hands and prepared for you; And ye cannot bear all things now; nevertheless, be of good cheer, for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours, and the riches of eternity are yours" (D&C 78:17-18).

"Not everything that counts can be counted; and not everything that can be counted counts."
~Albert Einstein

"As if you could kill time
without injuring eternity."
~Henry David Thoreau

"We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us."
~Marianne Williamson

"Well-behaved women
seldom make history."
~Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
"Commitment is what
Transforms the promise into reality.
It is the words that speak
Boldly of your intentions.
And the actions which speak
Louder than the words.
It is making the time
When there is none.
Coming through time
After time after time,
Year after year after year.
Commitment is the stuff
Character is made of;
The power to change
The face of things.
It is the daily triumph
Of integrity over skepticism."

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