I'm currently at Carrie Starr's House while she and her husband are in India on a missions trip. I am resident mom for her three kids too. On monday I found a book that looked really interesting called "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin. I started reading it and am already a third of the way through cause I love it so much. She is a great writer, very funny and informative and insightful.
In the book she dedicates a year to making herself more happy (not that she is depressed, she just wants to systematically learn how to enjoy life more, so that the years don't slip away from her). She reads a lot and does a lot of research, and the most interesting parts she includes in her narrative.
I love the book and highly recommend it.
But this one section I was reading really made me think about my own goals and journey. Here is a quote about working towards a goal:
"You look forward to reaching these destinations, but once you've reached them they bring emotions other than sheer happiness... there is always another hill to climb. The challenge therefore is to take pleasure in the "atmosphere of growth," in the gradual progress made toward a goal, in the present. The unpoetic name for this very powerful source of happiness is "pre-goal-attainment positive affect... the arrival fallacy doesn't mean that pursuing goals isn't a route to happiness. To the contrary The goal is necessary, just as is the process toward the goal"
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