
Why You Need to Do a Happiness Project
Updated: Aug 5, 2020
11 ways to find your happiness
One day in 2017 I realized that my life had be swallowed by raising babies, working and running a household. I love being a mom, but it was a realization that somehow, somewhere I had lost myself in the process.

I had no hobbies and no idea what made me happy. I was a successful thirty-something mother of 3 who was living off other people’s happiness and somewhere in the mix lost my own.
I knew something had to change and with one book, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, I was able to discover something that I lost, my own happiness.
I decided that I would dedicate 2018 to one word, Happiness. Life was crazy, busy. I decided early in the year that my time dedicated to the project would be limited. I made a promise to myself that I would give what I could, and not guilt myself for not doing more. Gretchen Rubin has the book laid out where each month lists a different focus which makes it really easy to pick a theme and follow along for the year, but you don’t have to wait until the next year to do this. Start now!
How To Start Your Happiness Project
Boost Energy
Go to sleep earlier
Exercise
Reduce and organize
Check nagging tasks off your list
Act more energetic
Love
Quite nagging
Don’t expect praise or appreciation
Fight right
No dumping
Give proof of love
Work
Enjoy the fun of failure
Ask for help
Work smart
Enjoy now
Parenthood
Sing in the morning
Acknowledge the reality of people’s feelings
Be a treasure house of happy memories
Take time for projects
Play
Find more fun
Take time to be silly
Go off the path
Start a collection
Friendship
Remember birthdays