Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Day 16: Create a blank book

Do you have memoribilia that you have saved somewhere in a junk drawer or tucked away in a file in the closet?  I do!  I have Nate's and my first Nuggets game tickets, our first putt-putt golf score card, a chinese fortune.  In The Happiness Project book, Gretchen used to make books called blank books when she was a child.  It's something she enjoyed during her free time.  Usually what we do during our free time is a good indicator of what gives us pleasure.  The books were filled with anything that really caught her eye; picture in a magazine, a quote, a memory.  She would spend hours cutting and pasting and creating her blank books.  Sound like fun?

It was fun starting my blank book.  It made me happy looking back on memoribilia I had saved.  Plus, I now have a place to put this stuff so it cleared the area I was storing it and now it's in the blank book.  I just used a 3 ring notebook, nothing fancy.

Here are some pics from my blank book:



Extra: In my Self magazine they have a list of thing that make people happy:  Exercise, eat healthy, good self-image (regardless of size), appreciate your flaws, good sex, notice your small accomplishments, good advice!

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