The Happiness Journal

The Happiness Journal

I do love January: The weather is dicey, the days still too short, but new projects abound.

This is the year we are going to detox, get in shape, meditate, save the world–or at least ourselves

This is the year we are going to write the book, dust off the old canvases and make time for painting, start the rebuilding project.

The days will get longer–this much is certain.

My classes fill up. Twelve fresh faces ready to start something new.

When I read the top ten tips to lose weight, top ten to get happy, top ten to make more money, I go back to one of my favorite books: A Life of One’s Own by Marion Milner: What if we set out to doubt everything we have been taught? To rebuild our knowledge not in a structure of logic and argument, not from reason, but from our senses?

There aren’t any hard and fast rules when it comes to starting the happiness journal. The idea and the method is fairly simple:

To read more from Psychology Today about happiness journals…click here