The Happiness Project

Over the weekend I started reading a book that I have been waiting to read for months. I have been on the hold list at the library forever! It is called The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin.

In the first chapter it is as if Gretchen were speaking to me directly about how I feel about my life. It is as if she were speaking on my behalf. I am happy. I am blessed. But can life be better? Can I be a better person, wife, mother, friend? Can I be happier, and therefore make those around me happier, too?

"But though at times I felt dissatisfied, what something was missing, I also never forgot how fortunate I was...It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about the happiness, I kept running up against paradoxes. I wanted to change myself but accept myself. I wanted to take myself less seriously--and also more seriously. I wanted to use my time well, but I also wanted to wander, to play, to read at whim. I wanted to think about myself so I could forget myself. I was always on the edge of agitation; I wantedto let go of envy and anxiety about the future, yet keep my energy and ambition..."

Gretchen also blogs here. Take a look.

I just might have to chronicle my own happiness project - after I finish the book.