Gretchen Rubin

GR (as she shall be known in this post because I'm lazy) is where all the personal growth started for me.  The Happiness Project.  It was a solid first step in the process of my change.  Lots of logical stuff.  Doing goals.  Clean clutter, be yourself, etc.

It worked so well for that year and then it stopped working.  Turns out I needed to do some head work as a next step.  All the logical, doing things changed into thought management.  Didn't matter WHAT I did, I could control my happiness by my thoughts (hello Brooke Castillo).

Now I want to pull it all together because GR's ideas are so much fun.  I love the way her mind works.  Combine GR and Brooke Castillo and it would be PERFECTION hahahaha!  These would be 2 of my dinner guests at the proverbial dinner-party-of-anyone.

If you haven't listened to her podcast with her sister ... Happier with Gretchen Rubin ... I totally recommend it.  I love the way she and her sister interact.  Her sister is dry and makes me laugh every episode.

Anyway, this is a long way to say I signed up for GR's year long HAPPINESS program.  It's on an early-bird special of $120 for the year.  $10 per month.  That's a cost I can handle.  It's live calls, assignment AND the SAME NETWORK as PHB (that's freaky).

I don't want to do life coaching immediately after PHB.  I need a money break and time to see if I need to continue with it.  I also don't want to be one of those people who NEEDS life coaching to live her life.  This is something different.  Fun, practical with a level of accountability too.

My personal growth for 2019 is taking shape:

(1) Rachel Hollis conference in June.
(2) RH goal planner daily worksheet (for a better afternoon/evening routine).
(3) GR Happiness Project class.

Sounds about right.  Of course, having these tools is great, but doing the work is where it's at - always.

Yesterday, I wasn't feeling the healthy day and I didn't (no surprise).  After a busy morning, I sat with Netflix and snacks and spent the rest of the day living as a slug.

Today, I'm ready for a healthy day.  I'll be suffering this afternoon, but I'm ready to be back doing the work.  January 1(or 2) is coming fast and I want to be ready to START all this fun 2019 stuff.  It starts with energy and feeling well (I'm missing both this week).

Here's my vision board for PHB homework.  The rocking chair in the middle is a Tony Robbins thing.  At the end of your life, sitting on a rocking chair, what would you regret not doing?  I use that visualization to help make decisions to add VARIETY in my life.  I'm a CERTAINTY girl and I can be so certain with life that I make my life too small.  A big future goal is to learn Spanish (that's the green circle).  The ring is a "thing" goal that I want for my right hand some day.  The dog drawing from my aunt - of course dogs!!  The rest are little reminders for me - for where I am right now.

This is HAPPY!  It's Junebug's toy, but Parker claimed it from minute one.
He carries it everywhere and smiles the entire time.
Junebug didn't like it and she claimed a toy of his - so all is balanced LOL!
I love this dog so stinking much!!

Have a great day.  Think of me as I ALLOW all the cravings (and probably some withdraw) this afternoon -- oh boy.  It's going to be a big entry in my Urge book.  I'm finding the Sharpie now.  Later gators.