Today in Tampa was totally miserable. Now to put that in perspective, it was probably 60 degrees (yes, northerners I understand that's not "cold") but it rained all. day. long. Ick. But while most people get sort of down in the dumps when it rains I actually like it. Yeah, I admit, I may move a little slower than normal, but rainy nights means one thing:
To pick up a great big stack of these:
And then home, in bed, under the nice warm covers. Oh baby. My happy place. I picked up some great magazines, some mind candy romance novels, and some self help books.
As a suggestion from my friend Mina, I've decided to start reading some books that might lead me towards finding happiness. Now I draw the line at the "Happiness for Dummies" book I saw tonight. I'm not reading about Computer Programing or Dog Training here...how they could even have a "Dummies" book on finding happiness is totally beyond me...but they do. I also skipped over "Finding your Inner Bitch" ask pretty much anyone in my family and they'll tell you I need NO help in that department...hence the Daily Dose of Happiness blog...we're trying to get away from the bitch and find someone who is still assertive, stubborn, and opinionated but just in a calmer, more politically correct way.
So I ended up with "Field Guide to Happiness for Women" by Barbara Ann Kipfer which gives readers 205 different tools to find happiness - things such as #48 Mute Your Mind or #129 Know Your Purpose. I'm going to be trying one of these every Monday and writing about them here.
The second book, "The Happy Book" by Rachel Kempster and Meg Leder is "a journal to celebrate what makes you happy" - at least that's according to the subtitle. This is pretty much a journal where each page has a suggestion for doing something that will make you happy through some sort of writing, drawing, or thinking activity. For example - "Who are your favorite people in the world? List them." or "Reasons why life is pretty dang cool." I'll be doing one of these activities each each Wednesday and posting them here.
Hopefully you found something that made you happy today my friends...even if it was something as simple as it being Friday.
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