I’m now five weeks into my 365 days of happiness, so how’s it going? Fantastically well, to be honest. Of course very little has changed in terms of the major challenges in my life; we’re still struggling for cash, my wife’s back has gone from bad to worse and I’m still a 44-year-old man in seemingly perpetual career limbo.
But what has changed in a big way is me. I’ve got so much more energy now I’m not being dragged down by unhappiness. Life has really started to become fun again and I’m laughing a lot. There are numerous day to day challenges of course, but I’m working hard to keep on track.
I’ve recently started jumping up and down when I feel unhappiness approaching, a friend told me it’s impossible not to smile when you’re leaping and it really works. Although of course it does look a bit odd.
I’ve been touched by the comments on this blog, and by the amount of people who have said they will join me, please do share your experiences with me.
Every day I believe more and more in what I’m saying – there really is no connection between happiness and happy / unhappy. Happiness truly is an independent state, if we only allow it to be.
Hello, I am a Czech journalist and I recently started a similar project as is yours. I started writing a “happy blog” (Stastny blog in Czech) and I am trying various ways to become happier with various results (e. g. running, not watching TV, having a bath with scented candles… ) .
My inspiration is The Happines Project by Gretchen Rubin.
Sincerely
Barbora Stastna
Btw. My name Stastna in Czech means “happy”
Sorry… in my previous post, I left not the correct link to my website…