Another one of my book reviews!

First, I want to talk about how great Gretchen Rubin is. The way she writes, the way she researches about her stuff is really amazing. I idolize her for that. I feel as though I am talking to another person whilst reading. It's a great read though the length of time it took for me to finish it was a while. I tried to read it slowly, just to give emphasis on every month and every resolution in my mind.

Now, The Happiness Project is different for everybody. This book is just Gretchen Rubin's journey to find more ways to bring happiness to her life. She documents her resolutions and how she does all of it (or fail at some, but it's okay. Just let it go.)

I really found the book inspiring and I started doing some of her resolutions (which worked by the way!) to increase my happiness levels.  I love all of her commandments, rules, truths and the secrets of adulthood. The "Go to sleep earlier" was what I did first. I am an internet person and sometimes I go to sleep at 6am in the morning and wake up around 1pm, and I would repeat the cycle all over again. It comes to a point where I found going to sleep is harder than staying up late. I found it draining and unhealthy so I decided to follow the tips she gave and tada! I started sleeping really well! Which greatly increased my mood in the mornings. (Which reminds me, it's 11pm and I still haven't slept yet. Haha! But I want to "Do what ought to be done" which is one of her commandments. I'll go to sleep after I publish this.)

I am such a sulky, stubborn, deflater, snobbish, nagger kind of person and when it shows, especially to my parents, sometimes I hate myself for it. Somehow those traits just come right out of me out of nowhere, therefore causing me guilt and resentment afterwards. By following some of her resolutions, I began rethinking my actions and just lessening those causing me bad vibes. I'm still a working progress, but hey, it's a journey to being happier. You learn to appreciate life as it goes in a positive way, in an atmosphere of growth. You can be happy without changing anything drastic in your life, just your perspective of what makes you happier. You can be happy by little things, just as long as it's you. It's not a selfish thing just thinking about your happiness, because if you're happy, you have the tendency to make the others around you happy.