Childhood loves

The book I'm currently reading, The Happiness Project, has really given me some incites on what it is to be happy and how to bring happiness into my life.

One chapter in the book discussed how to put more fun into your daily routine. She gave several strategies, but one that really caught my attention was to bring back things that you enjoyed in your childhood.

So I though, "what did I do in my childhood that made me the happiest?"

I thought that it would be one of those questions where I had to sit and think forever. Or I thought that, well maybe this could help, but I doubt it. I decided to put these things to the test and it actually worked. It actually infused happiness into my life for that split second.

What did I do?
1. Coloring (this was very relaxing)
2. Playdough (love the smell)
3. Hula Hoop (gives me my workout too)
4. Cutting out pictures in a magazine of what I want for my future


Now I pose this question: What did you enjoy as a child that would bring much happiness to your life?

Changes

I'm thinking about changing our master bedroom from something out of a college dorm room as picture below:

To something a little more like this:

Yes, the layout would be different. And Yes I do love to sleep in extreme darkness, but I think having this light upbeat color of a room will really boost my mood. The transformation of this room will start....July 1st. I'm hoping it brings some happiness into my day. It's yellow. Yellow is the color of sunshine, something that makes me happy. So why not adventure into a yellow master bedroom.

Walk with a View

I decided to capture the moments in my life when I am out walking with pictures. This way I have some sort of visual reminder of what made me happy while I was walking. These pictures are of a walk I took on our recent vacation to Michigan.

Every time I look at these pictures they make me smile. Make me feel at peace and relaxed. I guess to keep that state of mind I need to look at these pictures more often.

A new beginning

I start my happiness project at this web site:

http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx

This website has an Authentic Happiness Inventory Questionnaire. I found this in the book that I am currently reading; The Happiness Project. I figured it is a good place to start. Hey, a girls gotta start somewhere.

On a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the most happiest, I scored a 3.13. I wonder how this will change as my life goes on with this journey of mine.

The Happiness Project

Today I have started to read The Happiness Project. I'm hoping that after completion of this book I can start my own happiness project. I just need to do something with my life. This whole negativity of TTC has really brought me down. I need to look at what makes my life happy. Whats the good in my life. I'm on a mission to discover this happiness. Maybe it will make my journey to motherhood a bit easier too.

Here's to hoping!