if you follow me on twitter, you'll know that i've been doing the #100daysofhappiness, which is from this 100 happy days thing. i didn't bother to sign up thru the website and do it "correctly" because there were too many "rules". you were supposed to take a photo with every post, and well, i didn't want to. i did it on twitter so a photo plus the crazily long #100days... hashtag would take up way too many of my precious 140 characters.
100 happy days site says that 71% of people don't complete the endeavor because they "don't have time" or some bullshit like that. if you know me well, you'll also know that i HATE that fucking excuse. because most of the time (nearly all of the time) it simply isn't true! i figured i would finish it and i did. t had some problems with the project and really came to resent it from like even day 30 so i'm proud of her that she finished it up. i guess. ...i mean, why bother, i suppose? it's supposed to teach you something, or make you feel better, but if you're grumpy having to do it, you'd probably be better off just quitting.
anyway. so. did i learn anything from this 100days business? no. not really. haha. the last couple years i've been working on being more positive anyway, so #100days was just an extension of that. you'll notice that even before i started it, most of tweets were already positive. i generally only tweet once a day, and i use twitter as a microblog so it's generally a quick summary or highlight of my day. or it's the big emotional freakout when i get really fucking pissed at someone (generally that someone is dragon boat related).
if anything at all, i'd say that gretchen rubin's the happiness project had a bit more of a positive impact on my life. tho that too, was rather minimal, since i didn't do the project as i read the book. so what was the "turning point" of me deciding to be more positive? nothing particularly. i just noticed that i like it when people are kind, supportive, and positive. it sucks to be with a debbie downer. but it's also so easy to look on the negative side of things. so i decided to change. hopefully this lasts. :)
