To Be Happy...

So the purpose of this post is to share this article I came across today.  It is an interesting study concerning happiness.  I don't think this is the first time I've posted articles about this topic.  I just find it fascinating, since that is what everyone wants, right?  To be happy.  The author (who wrote a whole book about this stuff) talks about how often we put off happiness until a goal is reached, whether it is a relationship, a promotion, recognition, whatever we view as success.  When, in reality, his research shows this formula is backwards.  Success comes to those who are happy.  So to be successful, one needs cultivate happiness first.  It was a good reminder to be grateful for what I have and live in the moment more.

In other news...

• I finished reading The Hunger Games Trilogy last night, just in time for the first movie.  I'll do another post with a full book review, but just so you know those books were emotionally exhausting.
• I made my second visit to The City Creek Center today while going to lunch with my friend Laurie. It is the newest shopping center in Salt Lake City and opened yesterday and it is also right across the street from where I work.  Convenient.  Yesterday I took a stroll though the masses to get a glimpse of the fancy stores.  It was a bright sunny day, feeling more like early summer than March.  So today, I was expecting more sun and wore a spring skirt and flats.  (I always get excited to bust out clothes for the next season.)  Of course my jaunt this time around the City Center was cloudy and windy, causing me to having embarrassing moments of trying to keep my skirt down from the gusts of wind.  Sigh, you can never trust spring in Utah.
• Lastly, I saw this on pinterest today and it made me feel all good inside, so I thought I'd share...