Project Positive

Is it worth it to spend time and effort on making yourself happier?

We here at Project Positive would like to shout from the rooftops the answer to that question,

YES!

We are blessed with so many wonderful things in this world! We have vast amounts of information right at our fingertips, tons of music in Spotify playlists, and wonderful friends to help us along the way. We should be happy all the time, right? 

Then why aren't we?

Sometimes it's easy to, as T-Sweezy would say,"get down and out about all the liars, and the dirty, dirty cheats of this world." Why aren't we gettin' down to the sick beat of happiness blaring through the speakers of life's opportunities? 

My name is Shelley Williams, and I would venture to say that our happiness is dependent upon how much action we take in our lives to recognize the good and strive for the better. 

The goal of Project Positive isn't to bring people out of negativity, but instead to bring people to a realization of the wonderful things already in their life. We aren't going to leave behind our current lives in search of happiness.  We are going to find happiness in our lives today, tomorrow, and always.

Throughout the course of 4 months, several fellow college students and I will be exploring our levels of happiness while we focus on 4 aspects of our lives: Health, Relationships, Education, and Spirituality. This blog will serve as a record of our achievements, failures, awkward moments, and journey to greater joy. 

"Radical happiness projects, such as Henry David Thoreau's move to Walden Pond, can be exhilarating - the fresh start, the total commitment, the leap into the unknown. But you don't have to reject your life in order to be happier." -Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project