One year ago this week, we moved from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Boulder, Colorado so my husband could pursue his dream job. The job has been everything he imagined, and he could not be happier at work. Also just as expected, it has also been difficult for me, a complete homebody, to meet people and find a community as a stay at home mom.
I have recently started a local happiness project group based on the work of Gretchen Rubin, author of the book and blog, The Happiness Project. As part of this group, I will read and explore happiness research (I LOVE that organizations spend money to research this!), and fit it into my life to explore what makes a difference and what doesn't. I will be trying new things, creating good habits, overriding bad habits, and leaving my comfort zone. Most importantly, I have already started increasing my happiness by organizing the local group. I was nervous I would (will!) do something wrong, or no one would show up or be interested, but I did it. One month later, I have already met some great people who are happy I got the ball rolling. In fact, now that I've done one proactive thing, it is affecting my day-to-day motivation in many ways- now that I see good things happening, I'm willing to work harder in more ways.
