I've been thinking quite a lot about happiness and how I could be happier. I am mostly a happy, optimistic person, I think it's in my character but I also choose to be that way. Always said that if I had to have wrinkles I wanted them from laughing and smiling! I've been re-reading Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project and Happier at Home and both have made me think about what makes me happy and what makes me unhappy. I've had several "light-bulb" moments lately. Some will shock you, or not. I don't really like quilting. So I'll finish the 15 or so I have currently on the list and maybe I'll do another one or two after that-this way I'll know I'm actually fairly good at it even if I don't want to do it all the time. Plus it's very important to me to finish what I begin. Sewing makes me happy-making clothes and things for my home-that's good. Cross-stitch makes me happy, some days, but has taken a back seat to the quilts. That needs to change. I love to read! Almost anything and everything! Always have, always will that I won't even try to change but maybe I won't feel bad about all the re-reading I do. I need to clear out some projects and I thought about which one(s) would make me happiest to have done. So, I'll be focusing on The Town of Kansas and it's book for at least the month of February. I've been working on it for several (many?) years, it has it's own bookcase and files so clearing that out would be a tremendous accomplishment -and relief. I don't expect to do much if any stitching and I don't think you should expect a lot of blogging! Maybe one a week, maybe not.
So some things that have made me happy lately. A new pair of brown shoes with 2 inch heels-make me FEEL taller, better dressed and are really comfortable!. I need to find some in black. A really, really good batch of bread. Quite possibly the best bread I have ever made, certainly the best I have made in too long a time. I enjoyed the whole process. Beta reading Suzie O'Connell"s next book-very fun and I got to read it before anyone else!
Many other things to change, decisions to make, resolutions to keep but I feel like I'm finally moving forward.
Blessed Be!
1 comment:
Good for you! Doing what you enjoy will always make you happier. Don't like quilting? So what! Doesn't change who you are. A few years ago now I had a personal style change. It happened at a pivotal point but not one that I recognised at first. Shoes played a role in that. As for a good loaf of bread - the aroma, the taste - it can't be beaten.
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