My Happiness Journal- January

Gretchen Rubin used "Vitality" as January's theme for her happiness project. She wanted to start her year off with more physical and mental energy, which sounds like a logical idea to me! Her first chapter touched on how she went about doing that with these action items:

• Go to sleep earlier
• Exercise better
• Toss, restore, organize
• Tackle a nagging task
• Act more energetic

So... What did I do this month after reading January of the Happiness Project? Watch out, this is a LONG post!

Almost An Adult: Clean up after yoself (first)!

This little thought nugget about adulthood may seem straight forward to some of you, but it's something that I still struggle with more often than it does me any good. The struggle comes from the fact that there are two parts making up this thought.

Living back home: Am I moving towards being an Adult or back to being a Kid?

What does it mean to be an "Adult"?

As I find myself trying to survive through the swamps of "post-graduate-job-hunting-while-living-back-home-with-the-family" life, the question of whether or not I'm now an "adult" comes to mind. Sure I'm an adult in legal terms. Besides that though, do I feel like one? As much as I like to think that I've become more independent since moving out for 2 years, and having traveled and lived alone in a different country, the truth is: I don't feel like a full fledged Adult yet. But don't go calling me a kid.

Trying Something New: A Happiness Journal for 2015!

Hello and Happy 2015 to those who have stumbled on my first blog post of this year! Aka my first blog post in over 2 months...

So I found myself not knowing what to do with "blogging" since I had no "ongoing adventures" to write about after my placement abroad in Hong Kong and checking off my goal of running my first half-marathon. But I do like to write! I find it both calming and stimulating at the same time. Just like running, writing helps me think and allows me think harder about the things that are in "the back of my mind" in the everyday routine. The latter is probably what deterred me from blogging when I felt like I had nothing worth writing about. Since I'm a slow thinker, that makes me a slow writer as well. *sigh* But I digress... I'm writing now and this will be a Happy post!

Maybe this will be a year of shiny new things for this blog!