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I’ve never been a reader. I just never enjoyed it or got into it. I found out about eight months ago why that might be. I was diagnosed with ADHD and it all made sense. After being put on medication, I decided to take a literature class called “Gender and Disabilities” and for the first time in my life, I was actually retaining what I was reading! It didn’t take reading a page 3 times to understand what it was saying. After the class ended, I found myself wanting to read.

           

I went to Borders one day and looked around for anything that looked interesting. After about an hour and a half I had found DOZENS that I wanted. I narrowed it down to two, finally. One of which I knew as soon as I saw I’d be walking out with. “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin. I bought the book and immediately started reading.

The book is about her happiness project. A wife, mother and writer who was in fact happy, but knew she could be happier. So for an entire year she set out to make herself happier by changing things in her life.

Since I started reading this book, I’ve taken notes. I’ve made adjustments to her project (which is what her intentions for writing it are) to fit my life. I decided I was going to do my OWN happiness project, but I wanted to wait until I finished the book. Now, jumping ahead a little, I got to the chapter with one of the sub headings “Launch a Blog”. So, here I am. And now, I think I am ready to start my happiness project early.

This blog is about MY happiness project. One year. 12 months. 365 days. to change a life.