Simply..obliging....

28/3/2015

I'm loving the comments you have posted on Gretchen Rubin's quiz results. (25th and 26th) Could it be that the real value of doing her intriguing quiz is not in the results per se, but in noticing our hopes for a particular result and our reaction to the given result which probably tell us at least as much about ourselves as the quiz does. How fascinating!

I liked Rubin's book The Happiness Project. She said she realised she wanted to be happy, but she never gave any thought to it, or paid much attention to what made her happy or how she could be happier.

There is plenty to read and think about on her generous blog. www.gretchenrubin.com

We almost had to cancel our annual beach clean for Lack of Litter!!
More tomorrow about this remarkable fact!

6 Comments

cath

29/3/2015 02:22:48 am

You are so right with that remark about the quiz. It takes the edge off the result and opens it up to being fascinating.
I've found Rubin's blog and am looking forward to the arrival of the book.

Freda

29/3/2015 06:36:17 am

I hope you enjoy them Cath.

julia

29/3/2015 05:22:47 am

your kondoing energy must be rubbing off on your neighbors! imagine not having to do the spring cleanup....wonderful!
i tried the tendencies survey, but something crashed and i never got my results! however...enough to see that i am probably an oblger like so many of us..my word this year is discipline...i am hoping that will keep me on track with myself as the priority! when i care for myself properly, everyone around me benefits too...:-)

Freda

29/3/2015 06:38:50 am

You also have to be well in order to be able to care for others around you....Are you tempted to try the quiz again?

julia

29/3/2015 09:57:36 pm

i have the feeling i could "beat the system" second time around...:-)
for now, i am going to notice my obliger tendencies and work on that! so far, so good!

Swissrose link

29/3/2015 04:47:51 pm

I was interested to read everyone else's comments, too - isn't it funny how we "grade" the different directions, feeling we "ought" (or not) to be one or the other, or to have moved "on"… Apparently, we aren't able to accept ourselves very well!! :o

Simply..obliging....

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