How long have people been writing about the path to happiness? How many joyologists have you seen on television? How many life coaches have published books on seeking happiness? I cannot even imagine. However, I just found a fascinating new blog that sifts through them all called The Happiness Project.
Gretchen Rubin writes about her experiences as she gathers these various philosophies and reports on "what works and what doesn't." The Happiness Project is also soon to be a memoir published by Harper Collins in late 2009.
Gretchen is not being the least bit ironic or mocking with this project; this is an earnest, sincere project. But she is also a critical thinker who does not peddle in platitudes or treacle. She pulls from many different sources, like Tyler Cowan's Discover Your Inner Economist. What does economics have to do with happiness? Read the post. In fact, Gretchen can pull together Alicia Silverstone, G. K. Chesterton, and St. Therese of Lisieux in a way that completely makes sense.
Wednesday is Tip Day, with posts like 9 tips to make TV-watching a source of happiness and 17 tips for coping with a medical catastrophe. I was happy to read that Gretchen sends out a monthly newsletter with highlights from the blog. I may sign up for that.
Best of all, Gretchen believes everyone should have a happiness project. That will take considerably more commitment than reading her newsletter, but it is an intriguing idea. What do I have to lose? Meanwhile, I leave you with Gretchen's Twelve Commandments, which I love:
1. Be Gretchen.
2. Let it go.
3. Act as I would feel.
4. Do it now.
5. Be polite and be fair.
6. Enjoy the process.
7. Spend out.
8. Identify the problem.
9. Lighten up.
10. Do what ought to be done.
11. No calculation.
12. There is only love.
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Posted by: MarieCabrera27 | November 30, 2011 at 06:03 PM