Welcome to the 9th month of The Happiness Project. This month our theme is: Pursue a Passion. Corresponding reading pgs: 221-234., This month is for those things that lie in our heart that we never give any time to.
September is a perfect month for this. The kids are back in school, there's a bit of a quiet hush before the craziness of the holidays sets in.
This week our Resolution is to: Ask: What is your Passion? For Gretchen it was writing a novel. She chose the book No Plot? No Problem by Chris Baty to pursue this passion. For others it could be: crafting, following college football, joining a community theater, cooking gourmet meals.
Don't know what your passion may be anymore? Think back to your childhood. What did you enjoy doing? Maybe you can pick that back up.
Gretchen realized that her passion revolved around anything to do with books. But she felt guilty saying, "On a Saturday, I want to spend until noon in my pajamas reading." But, in this month she acknowledged that was her passion and gave up feeling bad spending time on it.
Pursuing your passion also allows for "an atmosphere of growth," which is essential to happiness.
Gretchen chose to write a novel. Another reader decided to learn Italian. Corresponding reading pages: 223-228. What will be your passion to follow?
This week's Resolution: Ask: What is your Passion?
This Week's Thought: Making time for a passion and treating it as a real priority instead of an "extra" to be fitted in at a free moment (which doesn't exist) will bring a tremendous happiness boost.
Share your thoughts, journey here this week.
September is a perfect month for this. The kids are back in school, there's a bit of a quiet hush before the craziness of the holidays sets in.
This week our Resolution is to: Ask: What is your Passion? For Gretchen it was writing a novel. She chose the book No Plot? No Problem by Chris Baty to pursue this passion. For others it could be: crafting, following college football, joining a community theater, cooking gourmet meals.
Don't know what your passion may be anymore? Think back to your childhood. What did you enjoy doing? Maybe you can pick that back up.
Gretchen realized that her passion revolved around anything to do with books. But she felt guilty saying, "On a Saturday, I want to spend until noon in my pajamas reading." But, in this month she acknowledged that was her passion and gave up feeling bad spending time on it.
Pursuing your passion also allows for "an atmosphere of growth," which is essential to happiness.
Gretchen chose to write a novel. Another reader decided to learn Italian. Corresponding reading pages: 223-228. What will be your passion to follow?
This week's Resolution: Ask: What is your Passion?
This Week's Thought: Making time for a passion and treating it as a real priority instead of an "extra" to be fitted in at a free moment (which doesn't exist) will bring a tremendous happiness boost.
Share your thoughts, journey here this week.
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