Intro: A little about me

So some of you may be thinking I must have some serious issues to be such a follower of self-help.  I just want to say "nah" I'm a perfectly normal human being.  I am always happy, up-beat, peaceful, kind, non-judgmental, and just a darn good person overall.  Alright, this is when you are supposed to laugh.  I may focus on the happier things in life and try to help a friend out of a bad mood but I'm definitely not perfect.  Of course we all like to think that but we all have struggles. Most of us want to be happy and discover our purpose or at least have a direction in life.  I crave learning about how to be better and self-help guru's seem to have a method so why not give it a try?  They seem to have a decent following.  I believe if you have a good idea others will follow so I'm going to count on that bit of truth to put my faith in these guru's that I have picked.

As with all good year long projects you need to know a little about me. As time goes on you will probably know too much about me, but hopefully that won't be a bad thing.  I am 4' 11" and I get picked on about my size at least a few times a week.  It's as if short jokes never get old.  I just keep repeating to myself, "good things come in small packages."  I am not married although I am in a serious relationship.  I have an older, single sister (32 years) whom I adore.  Plus, my mom who is the coolest mom ever (think accepting, loving, and cool all in one package).  I have a bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and work at very large hard drive company.  I'm 28 years old.  I love to read self-help books, oh wait you already knew that, and practice what I've learned on my loved ones...poor them!  Sometimes it works sometimes they look at me like I'm crazy.  Anyway, I'm super excited to begin. One last thing...the phonetic pronunciation of my name is Kuh ree' sah, like Theresa but with a "k" sound.  That seems to trip people up a lot and I can't blame them, Charissa is not spelled as it should sound.  I wasn't given the choice on the spelling of my name, obviously,otherwise it would be spelled, Karesa. I think people would get that better.  Anyway, total rant, I've been through this explanation process too many times as anyone with  difficult name would be able to relate. 

Start date is Valentine's day for The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin.  If you are reading along there are 12 chapters, one for every month of the year.  This is how she separates her tasks.  We will read 2 chapters a day to read the book in 7 days adding 3 chapters for the last day.  I will discuss daily what is in the book and what I have put into practice.

TTL,
Charissa