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The Happiness Project is filled with anecdotes: from Rubin's life, from the comments on her blog, and from the people she meets. These stories add a lot of colour to the topics she covers, and help to show how complex happiness can be. For example, from the chapter on money, here's a story that made me laugh: While I was thinking hard about the rela onship between money and happiness, I struck up a conversa on with a fellow guest at a bridal shower. I told her that I was trying to figure out ways to “Buy some happiness.” (As I explained the issue, it began to dawn on me, dimly, that I might be becoming a happiness bore.) She became quite indignant at my sugges on. “That's so wrong!” she said. “Money can't buy happiness!” “You don't think so?” “I'm the perfect example. I don't make much money. A few years back, I took my savings and bought a horse. My mother and everyone told me I was crazy. But that horse makes me incredibly happy — even though I end up spending all my extra money on him.” “But,” I said, confused, “money did make you happy. It makes you so happy to have a horse!” “But I don't have any money,” she answered. “I spent it all.” “Right, because you used it to buy a horse.” She shook her head and gave up on me. Rubin undertook her happiness project because she realized, “I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasn't going to change unless I made it change.” This realiza on is so important. Too many folks sit back, wai ng things for to improve. That's what I used to do with money. But it wasn't un l I actually took charge of my own life that I was able to defeat debt and build wealth. And it wasn't un l Rubin decided to be responsible for her own happiness that she was able to make the li le changes that brought about increased well-being. Making resolu ons The sec on on “finding fun” — one of the subjects of chapter 5 (“May: Be Serious About Play”) — literally moved me to tears. As I read about Rubin's love of children's literature, how she rediscovered her passion for scrapbooking, and her general quest to make room in her life for fun, I realize that's something I've been missing. For the past few years, everything I've done has been very very adult. I've reaped adult rewards for adult effort, but it hasn't been a whole lot of fun. I need to make room in my life to enjoy myself just for the sake of pleasure. So, that's one of my goals for the next few months: Find more fun. But Rubin draws a dis nc on between goals and resolu ons: You hit a goal, but keep a resolu on. “Run a marathon” makes a good goal. It's specific, easy to measure success, and once you've done it, you've done it. “Sing in the morning” and “Exercise be er” are be er cast as resolu ons. You won't wake up one day and find that you've achieved it. It's something you have to resolve to do every day, forever. July <strong>2018</strong> 22
As you know, I'm a fan of goals and, generally, I refuse to set resolu ons. But I see Rubin's point. As a result, I've decided to set some resolu ons of my own. I'll be tracking the following with Joe's Goals: Eat real food Be ac ve Avoid strong drinks Read for pleasure Write daily Be dy Purge Stuff Be friendly Be true to myself Some of these will be easier than others. I write nearly every day because I cannot help myself; I'm drawn to it. Tidiness? Real food? Being true to myself? These things will be tougher, but I really think they'll make me happy. I'm tempted to say that The Happiness Project is one of the best books I've ever read, but I know that's just me engaging in hyperbole. Instead, it's probably be er to say that this was the perfect book for me to read for where I am in life. It spoke to me. I can't say for sure that it will speak to you, but a personal happiness project could lead to increased wealth — financial and otherwise July <strong>2018</strong> 23
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