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    My Happiness Project – March & April

    April 9, 2014

    Today the internet seems to be flooded with happiness, thanks to the fact that many bloggers have chosen the word Happiness for the letter ‘H’ on  Day 8 of the Blogging From A to Z April Challenge. I am merely continuing my happiness project reports that I started in January. I missed writing one for March, so I’m combining the two months today. I didn’t actually launch a blog (that was Gretchen’s plan). Instead I took a hard look at this blog and re-evaluated what was working and what was not. I tweaked a lot things to make sure there…

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    My Happiness Project – February 2014

    February 10, 2014

    I had promised that I’d keep you posted on My Happiness Project. Perhaps you’ve noticed that I quietly updated My Happiness Project on the sidebar to February 2014. Let me report my progress or lack of it from January. Some of the main highlights were that I actually went for a walk more than half the month – which is good by my standards. Towards the end of the month, I got the ‘flu and then just gave up the walks. But I think resuming them will be much easier. However, I desperately need to work on going to bed…

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    My Happiness Project

    January 6, 2014

    When I first read about Gretchen Rubin’s  The Happiness Project, I was totally fascinated with it. I signed up for updates from her website, but found her book way too expensive at the time. However, I put the book on my wishlist and finally bought it at a much more affordable price, last year. But you know what? I only scanned through it, thought ‘How nice!’ and ‘I must read it’ and then it lay on my shelf unread. However, I must say it kept beckoning me. As the saying goes, when the student is ready, the teacher appears –…