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Closet Decluttering
This month, SimpleMom is hosting Project Simplify. Project Simplify encourages readers to declutter one area of their homes each week. Since this aligns nicely with my Happiness Project resolution of...
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Things That Make Me Happy
In the past I’ve kept gratitude journals, blogged about what I’m thankful for, and in general tried to be as mindful as possible of my current blessings. This will be an ongoing list that will remind...
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My First Happiness Project Group Meeting
My First Happiness Project Group Meeting Last Saturday was my first Happiness Project group meeting. (I talked with Kelly McCausey about it on her 48 Days to a Better Me project, listen out for that...
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My Happiness Project
My Happiness Project I’ve been up for an hour. photo credit: Materials Aart In that time, I changed two diapers. Made breakfast. Ate breakfast. Unloaded the dishwasher. Loaded the dishwasher. Put...
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5 Ways To Snap Out of a Bad Mood
Last weekend, I didn’t feel very happy. Sometimes, the reason(s) why don’t come to me right away. I try not to ruminate as a general rule (ruminating is one reason why women have more depression than...
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Not So Random Acts of Kindness
I’m nearing the end of the first whole month of my Happiness Project. Every day I check off things that I’ve resolved to do. Things like: exercise daily, blog daily, declutter 15 minutes daily. photo...
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Our Second Happiness Project Group Meeting
My girlfriends and I met last night for our second monthly Happiness Project group meeting. I was glad that one of the ladies was in a chatty mood. Because I wasn’t. I had been thinking about how for...
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15 Minutes Outside
Everyone who has an opinion seems to agree that spending time outside is necessary for our physical and emotional health. Experts are concerned that our kids especially are suffering from “nature...
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Attitude Control
I sent out a tweet this morning. I’m reading the Duggar’s second book, A Love That Multiplies. In it Michelle emphasizes the importance of her attitude, and how it sets the tone for the children. Of...
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Being Happy: A Book Review
Some lovely people sent me two books by author Tal Ben-Shahar, Ph.D. I was pretty happy about that because a) I had previously spotted these at Barnes and Noble and coveted them and b) books on...
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Anatomy of a Bad Mood
“It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery, and as much happiness as possible.” - Samuel Johnson Ever since I launched my Happiness Project, I’ve begun...
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Letting Go Of What Doesn’t Work
A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I made the decision to not plant a garden this year. We’ve done so two years in a row, and both years it was more or less a total flop. (Incidentally my husband...
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Happiness Project: A Year in Review
Last year I read a wonderful book entitled The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin. I embarked on a Happiness Project of my own and even invited two friends to join me. We had a couple of happiness...
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Good Mood Checklist
(If this post seems a little backwards, it’s because I wrote it in late June, when I was still pregnant.) I’ve been in a funk for a few days. Some of this could be normal, very-very pregnant lady...
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