i'd like to try and write a more organized blog on her book and the ideas i found interesting. i actually used a highlighter so well highlight the things i agreed with, enjoyed or wanted to try. or even things that i just found interesting or connected with. first of all she has young children and likes to be organized. i'm not organized, but i want to be. She mentions in the book she wants to enjoy reading classical literature or enjoy drinking wine or something like that but only likes the idea of it. doesn't actually enjoy it...i totally go that. i have a ton of things i think i should enjoy or wish i could enjoy but why bother making myself do them if really they dont make me happy, like paying bills, ha just kidding. i actually enjoy paying bills, just not the lack of money to pay them part! Like, i'd love to be a wine drinker but i like so few wines, and cant drink them too often, so i may have to give up my dream of being a wino! i think you get the idea...
one thing i did apply to my daily life right away was to find a few little things that make you happy and make work more enjoyable. she mentioned she was at a friends house and they had a candle burning that was a quite enjoyable sent to Gretchen...and she decided to go get some candles and burn them in her office and the smell added a little joy to her life..she also decided to collect something b/c she didnt have a collection..and decided on birds...weird. i dont like birds, but people do and i dont have a lack of collection problem :) i think she called it little splurges :) its been at least a month so i dont remember to much more. one thing that did stick with me that i want to apply and have a little but its been hard is...she decided not to put off anything that takes more than a minute to do...its great advice, especially for us lazy people...and and end of the night tidy up to help with clutter....i've reminded myself of the one minute rule...but not so much the tidy before bed one... she also said she made herself for the first month go to bed and get a set amount of sleep each night, turn off the lights and get well rested. sounds like heaven. but with my schedule i dont think this is possible :/ someday? gretchen had a chart she had an outline of rules and goals she focused on each month for a year and researched the hell out of happiness, it was quite interesting. and since i often say and think "i wanna be happy when i grow up" i really enjoyed her outlook on the topic.
i enjoy positive books like this they keep me on track. right now i'm reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close which i'm quite enjoying but its a little less positive, and kinda sad. But i just love the way Jonathon Safron Foer writes..i am enjoying the book more than the movie. Jonathon is quirky :)
soon i plan to start a healthy eating book, i tend to stay on track more when i read about eating healthy...i read Foers EAting Animals about being vegetarian...maybe its time for something along those lines again.
Hoping everyone has a happy day!
here is a quote from Gretchens blog...i get her daily emails sometimes i like the quotes sometimes i'm like eh...but keepin the positive energy flowing is the goal :)
“We are made happy in the present moment not only by our actual delights but also by our hopes, our reminiscences. The present is enriched by the past and the future.”
--Émilie du Châtelet, "Discourse on Happiness," Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings
Hope everyone has a happy day!
Lots of love, xo
S
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