I have read Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project and have her Happier At Home book checked out from the library. I have also been reading books that talk about happiness a lot recently. I have been wanting to start my own happiness project, but I seemed stuck in life. No matter what I tried it seemed I lacked the motivation or the gumption to actually stick with it.
I feel into a serious depression and luckily I had friends who helped me claw my way out of the hole I had put myself in. I lacked the focus to read or write or to do just about anything. I know everyone is not the religious type but I am so I prayed, please help me make some changes. And I did. First I focused on quitting smoking. That gave me enough confidence to try something else. A friend from church and I was talking and she asked me had I hear about Paleo? I was like no. At the time I weighed 310 pounds but it seemed me, and Weight Watchers were constantly at war with each other. I thought what have I got to lose? I read online about it then started the diet. I admit the first month wasn’t easy, but my online support group kept encouraging me and telling me it would get better. So I stuck it out. After the first month it was a big difference! I had more energy, I was more creative, my ADHD receded to the point where I could read for hours. Things kept getting better and better. Plus I lost 50 pounds.
Then I was ready to tackle the next thing that bugged me. My failure to comply with Flylady‘s program. It is a good program, but I was always just like meh. Then I read Tim Ferris‘s 4 Hour Work Week, and he talks about outsourcing things that stress you out and focus on what makes you feel good. So I was like why not outsource housework? I knew my friends who were housewives and such would make fun of me. But for once this was about me and what makes me happy. So I did it I got a house cleaner to come every week and I couldn’t be happier. I now focus on my writing and reading and that the way I like it.
These have been big changes. I am now trying to decide what I should focus on next? Maybe starting an excersise program?
What have you done to boost your happiness?
