The Happiness Project: "Getting started"
Probably my favorite out of all the reading! As a successful full
time writer with a great family and well off husband and living the Upper East
Side, its hard to imagine that that person would be searching for more
happiness. Reading the first chapter was very enlightening. Everyone is on
their own adventure in life and just because a person has a lot of awesome
material items does not mean that they are eternally fulfilled with happiness.
I liked how the writer organized her thoughts by making the 12 commandments and challenged herself to new
goals to tackle for every month. This chapter made gave me new ideas on organizing my personal journal. Working hard to make yourself a better person can benefit
yourself and the others around you so much. Instead of waiting for something
bad to happen to make a big life change you can start now, and if that bad
thing does happen it will be easier to adjust and cope.
The Happiness Project:"Aim Higher Work"
This was an easy chapter to relate to, especially because I was working with my blog in the midst for reading it. I like how there is a constant theme of the author organizing her writing. In this section I thought it was brilliant how she took one of her "Secrets to adulthood" (Ask for help) and created a strategy group with two others. It gave me a nice little reminder that even the best of writer ask for help and that it's not a sign of weakness but more of sign of growth and maturity.
This was an easy chapter to relate to, especially because I was working with my blog in the midst for reading it. I like how there is a constant theme of the author organizing her writing. In this section I thought it was brilliant how she took one of her "Secrets to adulthood" (Ask for help) and created a strategy group with two others. It gave me a nice little reminder that even the best of writer ask for help and that it's not a sign of weakness but more of sign of growth and maturity.
Writing Down the Bones:
I took the most notes on this reading. There were so many helpful tips that I felt related to me so well. I loved the analogy of training yourself to love running and how after some forced repetition you can cancel out the voices and excuses and just get it done. It's so interesting to think that writing works the same way. I love Goldberg's theory of creating a page in your notes and writing down random thoughts or stories and how that can help you write when you've hit a mental block. I've realized that my best writing happens when I don't think to much about what I'm actually writing and just go for it and let the words flow. Goldberg gives examples of her own work and explains that when writing she normally has many spelling errors and ignores the margins and just let's her writing flow, which I believe is exactly how writing should be
I took the most notes on this reading. There were so many helpful tips that I felt related to me so well. I loved the analogy of training yourself to love running and how after some forced repetition you can cancel out the voices and excuses and just get it done. It's so interesting to think that writing works the same way. I love Goldberg's theory of creating a page in your notes and writing down random thoughts or stories and how that can help you write when you've hit a mental block. I've realized that my best writing happens when I don't think to much about what I'm actually writing and just go for it and let the words flow. Goldberg gives examples of her own work and explains that when writing she normally has many spelling errors and ignores the margins and just let's her writing flow, which I believe is exactly how writing should be
Biscuit Manufacture:
For me this reading started off a bit odd, I couldn't quite grasp where Bottom was going with all of this "Biscuit" talk. I didn't think I would enjoy this section as much as I did. I loved the humor and I thought it was an interesting take on how biscuits were actually designed to fill psychological yearnings.
Overall I enjoyed each one of these readings and felt like I could either relate or learn from them.
For me this reading started off a bit odd, I couldn't quite grasp where Bottom was going with all of this "Biscuit" talk. I didn't think I would enjoy this section as much as I did. I loved the humor and I thought it was an interesting take on how biscuits were actually designed to fill psychological yearnings.
Overall I enjoyed each one of these readings and felt like I could either relate or learn from them.
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