Ongoing Happiness..

Following up from my last blog I want to talk about how my plan to "Smile at myself in the mirror for 11 seconds" went..

To be perfectly honest, to actually find time to sit still and look in the mirror for 11 seconds is a lot harder than it sounds!! I'm one of those people that is always in a rush, even if I'm running on time or early, I will always rush around, especially in the mornings; which is when I had planned on doing the smiling thing. I did it a few times while putting my make up on my way to work - yes I was driving! But, just as I said I would, I looked like a fool. I'm sure people were driving past me thinking I was an escapee from a mental institution, which made me have a giggle to myself, so inturn I was happy for that day..
So overall I think maintaining your happiness involves a number of things..
1. Exercise
2. Healthy diet
3. Surrounding yourself with happy people

If anyone else has some ideas for maintaining happiness, feel free to post them! I'm open to trying new things!

Taz

Happiness

We all want happiness.. it comes easier to some than others but ultimately, we all want it. Whether your happiness is from love, children, family, money, career - anything, we all want it!
My idea of happiness is to wake up one day and not feel that constant dread that consumes your whole being.. you don't want to face the world - the doona cover is such a more pleasant place; but you know that if you don't get up that ONE day, the cycle will begin and it's highly likely you won't get up again the next day and so on and so forth.

I read somewhere once that if you smile at yourself in the mirror for 11 seconds you will end up laughing at yourself, (because yes, you will look like an absolute DORK!) and then inturn you will be happy for that day - so my plan is to try and do that everyday for a week and see how it goes...

Taz