Happiness Hacks* brings together different research on happiness. The research is grouped with one theme per chapter e.g. friendship, health, love. It is summarized in short sections (for example one or two paragraphs) often followed by a suggested action. Why I wanted to read it I was offered an electronic advanced copy of this book. I was interested to read it as I’ve been thinking about my happiness over the last few years. I was Continue Reading …
The pursuit of happiness by Ruth Whippman – Review
The pursuit of happiness and why it’s making us anxious* is the book Ruth Whippman was inspired to write after moving to USA with her husband’s job and researching how she could deal with her unhappiness. When this book was offered as part of the BritMums bookclubbookclub I was keen to read it as being happy was one of my goals for a number of years, I’ve read other books on the topic of happiness (plus there Continue Reading …
A mixed week – blogs, clothes and organisation
This has been an interesting week so I wanted to write a quick summary to share two of my successes and one annoyance. My blog As I mentioned in my May review I ‘lost’ my blog; in the end it was for almost two weeks before I got it up and running again. However three days later it went down again and then again yesterday. I think I’ve now found the code which was Continue Reading …
Exercise the route to happiness, so why am I resisting?
I have been procrastinating on writing this post because I haven’t wanted to think about how I would benefit from more exercise. In my post What is happiness? I listed exercise as one component that was suggested in the book Making Happy People: The Nature of Happiness and Its Origins in Childhood. I can fully understand that exercise is a component of happiness because when I’ve been regularly exercising I’ve had more energy and felt Continue Reading …
The attractiveness of happiness
The second component of happiness I’m going to consider is attractiveness. I know there is little I can do about my features (without taking drastic action) but I know I can do more with what I’ve got. It may just be women, but when you have the perfect outfit for an occasion you know you look good so it adds to your happiness. The biggest experience I’ve had of this was my wedding day, I Continue Reading …
Sleeping my way to happiness
I’ve chosen to consider how sleep affects my happiness first because I think it has the most obvious effect. You know when you’re tired everything will be just that little bit harder, things will irritate a little bit more and its more difficult to remain calm, positive and, well, happy. I’ve never been a good sleeper. In fact, my mother tells me I only slept for 3 hours a day as a baby. Wouldn’t it Continue Reading …
What is happiness?
For many years, whenever I’ve been asked what my goal in life is I’ve said happiness. However, I’ve never really thought through what that means. I think I always thought that happiness was something that happened to you, so one day I would wake up and be happy. Nice idea, but I’ve now learnt it is something you need to work at. I recently read Making Happy People: The Nature of Happiness and Its Origins Continue Reading …
