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Want To Feel Happier? Enjoy Childish Pleasures

By Gretchen Rubin on January 16, 2012 in The Happiness Project

My children make me happy for many reasons, of course. But it strikes me that one reason that they make me happy is that they encourage me to engage more deeply with the physical world. Read More

COLORING

Submitted by Anita on January 16, 2012 - 10:21am.

I download and print mandalas from websites. I then color with markers! Its so fun and addicting.

Childish Pleasures

Submitted by Anita Trevino on January 16, 2012 - 10:24am.

Ice skating does it for me, although I am A LOT more careful than I was when I was 10.

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Gretchen Rubin is the author of The Happiness Project, a book and a blog about her adventures learning to be happier.

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