TGIF! Of happiness and Friday 56!

  • Thursday, September 15, 2011


I was feeling slightly overwhelmed with so many Friday memes so I am paring down this week.




For Friday 56:
Grab a book, any book. 
Turn to page 56. 
Find any sentence that grabs you. (I cheat sometimes and put a little more than a sentence!) 
Post it. 
Add your (url) post in Freda's Voice Linky.

I picked up this book for $1 at a yard sale (yes, yard sales are my thing lately - there are so many with all this last minute fall cleaning).

The Happiness Project Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean my Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin -- with a title like that, how could I pass up it up?

When I think about it, this blog is part of my Happiness Project. I just didn't realize I had a project ongoing. I'm reading this right now and really feeling the need for some introspection.

I hope you all have a relaxing weekend!



7 comments

  1. fredamansSeptember 16, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    I have this one to read yet. Thanks for participating, I linked you in.

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  2. Laurel-Rain SnowSeptember 16, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    I loved that book! For awhile afterwards, I even tried to show the principles in my blogging. Maybe I still do and I'm not aware of it...but Happiness is definitely something we can create for ourselves.

    Thanks for reminding me of this book.

    Here's MY FRIDAY MEMES POST and
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  3. SherrieSeptember 16, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    Hi!
    Sounds interesting. I'll have to check this one out. Have a great day!

    Sherrie
    Just Books
    http://sherriesbooks.blogspot.com/2011/09/friday-56.html

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  4. testSeptember 16, 2011 at 7:16 PM

    @freda - so far so good. i'm really enjoying it - definitely not a book to rush through! thanks for linking me up!

    @laurel-rain snow - aren't her principles so simply stated - and yet so hard to actually do? :) i'll pop over to your blog in a bit :)

    @sherrie - i hope you do! be ready for my visit :)

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  5. SquirrelQueenSeptember 16, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    The subtitle alone intrigues me. This sounds like a very interesting book.
    The Road to Here

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  6. UnknownSeptember 18, 2011 at 6:39 PM

    I was in anthropologie doing some window shopping and I saw this book in the store! Same day as the morning I read this post. :] I think I want to read it myself too.

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  7. testSeptember 18, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    @squirrelqueen - the title got to me too!

    @aspen - i hope you do. i think this book is turning into a keeper!

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