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dogmomirene 's review for:
The Blue Zones of Happiness: A Blueprint for a Better Life
by Dan Buettner
Pleasantly surprised by this quick read filled with actionable advice.
While I've heard or read about these same techniques before, the presentation here is what makes them work for me. Buettner argues that adding activities like keeping a gratitude journal, meditating, or most of positive psychology strategies creates a scenario where people have to adjust their life to the strategy. He compares the reality of this change happening to dieting and exercise.
As someone who has tried numerous strategies and struggled to work them into habits, I appreciate Buettner's approach to leading a happier life. I cannot tell you how many different times I've started a gratitude journal. I've tried incorporating that habit so many different ways into routines and none of them have stuck.
Buettner prefers to evaluate the environment and find ways where the surroundings nudge people into making good choices for their happiness.
I highlighted many passages in this book that I will list in my 2021 planner so that I can choose different strategies to reflect on as I adapt my environment. With an upcoming move in the next six months, this book presented some great material for me to reflect upon as my husband and I choose how we want to organize our new home, and build relationships in our new community.
Additionally, I really enjoyed reading about various cultures and their approach to happiness. While I already knew some of these details, I certainly learned more.
I've already put several of his other books on hold with my local library. While I'm sure there will be repetition, the hold times are all over the place, so reading one of his books every few months is just good reinforcement.
While I've heard or read about these same techniques before, the presentation here is what makes them work for me. Buettner argues that adding activities like keeping a gratitude journal, meditating, or most of positive psychology strategies creates a scenario where people have to adjust their life to the strategy. He compares the reality of this change happening to dieting and exercise.
As someone who has tried numerous strategies and struggled to work them into habits, I appreciate Buettner's approach to leading a happier life. I cannot tell you how many different times I've started a gratitude journal. I've tried incorporating that habit so many different ways into routines and none of them have stuck.
Buettner prefers to evaluate the environment and find ways where the surroundings nudge people into making good choices for their happiness.
I highlighted many passages in this book that I will list in my 2021 planner so that I can choose different strategies to reflect on as I adapt my environment. With an upcoming move in the next six months, this book presented some great material for me to reflect upon as my husband and I choose how we want to organize our new home, and build relationships in our new community.
Additionally, I really enjoyed reading about various cultures and their approach to happiness. While I already knew some of these details, I certainly learned more.
I've already put several of his other books on hold with my local library. While I'm sure there will be repetition, the hold times are all over the place, so reading one of his books every few months is just good reinforcement.