Happiness Project

Living in Mexico has given me a lot of extra free time. Even working full time and driving up to 3 hours per day, I'm still working fewer hours and those hours are less busy than what I was doing before I came here. So, I've been reading a lot - books, blogs, webpages, ebooks, audiobooks... well, you get the idea.

One of my favorite books recently was "The Happiness Project" (you can check out other books I've read on www.shelfari.com). This book also has a blog, which is fun if you don't have time to read the whole book - although I do recommend at least borrowing it from the library and skimming it. http://www.happiness-project.com/

The blog for Wed. March 3 was about the 10 myths of happiness:
No. 1: Happy people are annoying and stupid. This is an automatic assumption that many people make.
No. 2: Nothing changes a person’s happiness level much.
No. 3: Venting anger relieves it.
No. 4: You’ll be happier if you insist on “the best.”
No. 5: A “treat” will cheer you up.
No. 6: Money can’t buy happiness.
No. 7: Doing “random acts of kindness” brings happiness. The emphasis here is on the word "random."
No. 8: You’ll be happy as soon as you… Falling into the "arrival fallacy" is something that many people (including me) recognize in themselves.
No. 9: Spending some time alone will make you feel better.
No. 10: The biggest myth: It’s selfish to try to be happier.

Maybe one of the reasons I liked the idea of a "Happiness Project" is because moving to Mexico has been my happiness project. Tomorrow my blog will be more about that ;)