I read the Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin in 2016. We were on our way to the Chandrashila trek
and this was my reading material. I had taken a notepad and planned to take
notes and make changes. As always, in the mountains when there are no
distractions, the mind is calm, you are happy and feeling positive it’s very
easy to make the resolutions. Back at home, all the resolutions went for a
toss. Today for no reason, I remembered this book.
It talks about picking up one personal commandment you want
to live out that makes you happy and stick to it the entire month. In the next
month add another commandment along with the current one. It holds true for any
area in your life where you want to make a long lasting change. So after some
amount of soul searching I decided to pick something I’ve always struggled with
: Do What You Have To
Do what needs to be done.. do what I want to do.. do what
excites me.. without waiting for others to motivate me or for their approval.
What I have realized is that I always need a cheer leader behind me.. someone
to encourage me, to keep track of me when I fumble.. but this year I want to
move on and get that discipline myself. To not resent what others are doing or
not doing.. to just get on with what I have to do and get it done.
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