2015 promises to be the year of happiness…how?
I was recently reading one of my favorite blogs, Harleena Singh’s Aha Now. You’ll recognize Harleena because she often visits here and leaves encouraging comments. The post was written by guest blogger Kira M. Newman, titled ‘Why Our Ideas About Happiness Are Backwards”.
Kira offers a free happiness class called The Year of Happy. I know it sounds, like well, I’m already happy so why do I need that?
What caught my attention was how she discusses happiness ‘upside down’.
UPSIDE DOWN happiness?
That sounds like something I should explore since parts of my life in the last few years have felt upside down, backwards and well, mixed up. Maybe I can turn my life into upsidedown happiness. If I can, so can you, dear Escapees. During divorce we can’t help but focus on the negative because we have days when things seem hopeless. But in this happiness class Kira encourages us to take a look at all of the elements of happiness. Gratitude, coping, comparing, forgiveness, relationships…each month is a separate topic to improve our happiness. This promises to make us think about our life in new ways.
It will only take about 2 hours per month and I can’t think of a better way to spend two hours. On ourselves. Mental pampering. Spiritual growth. It’s Free. Free happiness…
So, are you in? Hop over to Kira’s site and read it over…Try it with me? Sign up here.
BTW, Kira doesn’t even know I have written this. I am promoting this because I’m trying it and thought you might be interested in it, too.
Are you already bursting with happiness? If so, what’s your secret?
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Sherill
January 22, 2015 at 8:13 pmI am so much looking forward to 2015. I agree that we should set aside time for ourselves and just be happy. Let us not look to be happy but learn to be happy with what we have already.
lisa
January 23, 2015 at 8:48 amThank you Sherill! That’s great advice and the first month of learning…Gratitude.
Anita
January 6, 2015 at 5:08 pmI said to myself last year, when so much fell apart and I started, or more dared, to again face my travel within the travel, let 2015 be a happy year.
Right now I cannot see how it will actually turn up to, of many reasons. But I will do my homework as good girls do – read the course and try to learn. My preferred reading just now is Anne Batterson`s “The black swan: Memory, midlife and migration”. Best regards for the new year, Lisa – from the neverendig pilgrim.
🙂
lisa
January 7, 2015 at 10:24 amThat’s great Anita that you’re going to give the class a try! The book you mention sounds interesting! Happy New Year to you 🙂
Emily
January 6, 2015 at 10:09 amExist to be happy, really a perfect saying. A single word for thousands of words !
lisa
January 6, 2015 at 10:18 amYes, definitely true, Emily. Thanks for stopping over and Happy 2015 to you!
Emily
January 7, 2015 at 9:10 amThank-you very much dear!
A very happy new year to you and your all loved ones too!
Chrys Fey
January 5, 2015 at 11:57 amThanks for sharing this, Lisa! I will check out Kira’s post. A class about happiness sounds like just the thing to start the new year.
I hope your 2015 is full of happiness. 🙂
lisa
January 5, 2015 at 1:38 pmThat’s great chrys! We just got the first post today. Happiness in 2015 sounds great to me 🙂
Michael Gregory II
January 4, 2015 at 8:50 pmGreat Post!
I’m glad you’re on a path to better yourself mentally this New Year. I hope you continue to build your path the way that you desire and transform into the person you want to be.
lisa
January 4, 2015 at 10:32 pmThanks, Michael. I don’t think I’ll be transforming per se but happiness is always a welcome project. Thanks for stopping over!
lynne
January 4, 2015 at 4:00 pmThe year of Happiness !!! Love your post. Thanks for sharing. Cheers to 2015 !!!
lisa
January 4, 2015 at 10:30 pmThanks, Lynne and welcome to The Great Escape…Happy New Year
My Inner Chick
January 3, 2015 at 8:44 amI’m continually enlightened & thrilled by your positive energy, Lisa, which flow all the way over here. xxxx
lisa
January 3, 2015 at 2:47 pmAw, thank you Kim! You as well, are an inspiration to me. <3
Jane Thrive
January 2, 2015 at 5:03 pmI love this post! The year of the happy! Happy, happy new year to you and your family, Lisa! <3 <3 <3
lisa
January 2, 2015 at 6:10 pmThanks, Jane! I thought it might be something fun to try. Happy New Year to you, too!!
Gina Stoneheart
January 2, 2015 at 3:41 pmThanks for sharing, Lisa. I can’t promise to sign up for anything but I will definitely check out Kira’s site.
It seems like you have the right attitude already. I love your first quote because so many of us, especially women, exist to impress and forsake our own happiness in doing so. In order to be truly happy, we must love ourselves. And when we don’t love ourselves, we take our inner awesomeness for granted by giving away some of our most sacred gifts. When we are happy, we know exactly who deserves those gifts because they are the people who help lift us up.
Exists to be happy… I love this.
Happy New Year, Lisa!!
lisa
January 2, 2015 at 6:10 pmHey Gina, that is so true that we get caught up in making sure everyone else is happy. Well, I’ve let go of some of that after my divorce and it was liberating. “we know exactly who deserves those gifts…they are the people who lift us up.” Exactly, Gina. As per usual you hit nail on the head (so to speak). Happy New Year, Gina and I look forward to more posts at Walking in the Write Direction 1n 2015!
Jess @UsedYorkCity
January 2, 2015 at 2:23 pmI will definitely check her post out, thanks for sharing, Lisa! A quote I try to remember whenever I’m feeling down or discouraged is “Happiness is not trying or finding, it’s deciding.”
Here’s to making 2015 the happiest yet!;-)
lisa
January 2, 2015 at 3:10 pmThanks, Jess! Yes, sometimes happiness is a choice…it’s the hard part when things are beyond our control. We can always control our reaction though 🙂 Thanks for stopping over and hope to see you at class. 😉
Tamara
January 2, 2015 at 9:53 amI will definitely check this out! I would love 2015, to be the year of happiness. The end of 2014 wasn’t so happy but I know that’s in there.. somewhere.
lisa
January 2, 2015 at 11:58 amThat would be great, Tamara! I think it will be interesting and we can compare notes 😉 I’m hearing many people saying the end of the year was difficult. I had my moments too. I think it has to do with all the Christmas hype and expectation. Thanks for stopping over, Tamara. Here’s to a great year 2015!
Harleena Singh
January 2, 2015 at 5:35 amHi Lisa,
So nice of you to promote Kira’s “The Year of Happy” course. 🙂
You’re right that though we might think we are happy, we might still be missing out on the real and easy happiness. Happiness is an essential and very basic quality, but we still need to learn to be happy because our perspectives and fundamentals get distorted by our wrong living practice or bad experiences in life. We really miss the real way to be happy.
It’s great to know that you are taking the course. Wish you all the best and may you be happy for the whole of the rest of the year! 🙂
lisa
January 2, 2015 at 11:56 amHi Harleena, I thought it a nice approach to rethinking gratitude and all those good things 🙂 A great class for me and my readers who may be navigating through divorce. Thanks for bringing Kira to your site as a guest. I’ve met some wonderful bloggers at AhaNow! Cheers to ‘easy happiness’ in 2015!
Balroop Singh
January 1, 2015 at 9:16 pmHi Lisa,
You are right! Free Happiness? Who can refuse it? Wow! All the best, have fun. Happy New Year!
lisa
January 1, 2015 at 10:01 pmThanks, Balroop! Happy New Year to you 🙂
tracie @ beets+birch
January 1, 2015 at 12:37 amsigned up! i’m all for more happiness!
lisa
January 1, 2015 at 9:26 amThat’s awesome, Tracie! We can compare notes along the way. I might have to copy some of your answers…Ha!
Brenda Lee
December 31, 2014 at 4:49 pmThis sounds like a lot of fun Lisa. I’m sure you will thoroughly enjoy the project and get some much needed happiness.
Happy New Year my friend!
lisa
December 31, 2014 at 5:18 pmThanks, Bren! Happy New Year to you, too!
Jodi
December 31, 2014 at 3:54 pmI love this idea!
lisa
December 31, 2014 at 5:16 pmIt should be fun and not too time consuming. Happy New Year, Jodi!