tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post3195620537176368650..comments2024-02-24T03:14:25.170-05:00Comments on A Half Baked Life: Overthinking Happiness: Mashed ParsnipsJustine Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190295175501659469noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-85069308496478432412013-02-06T01:38:15.080-05:002013-02-06T01:38:15.080-05:00OMG: I so relate to this. The Happiness Jar is the...OMG: I so relate to this. The Happiness Jar is the sort of project I would want to start, then never actually do, for the same reasons you say: perfectionism and over thinking. I'd agonize over what photos were special enough (which is the reason I haven't framed any photos for years), which memories were the best, and feel guilty about the whole project.Jjiraffehttp://jjiraffe.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-23212563962695395072013-02-03T21:59:17.306-05:002013-02-03T21:59:17.306-05:00Abby and I actually each made one for Ian as one o...Abby and I actually each made one for Ian as one of his Christmas gifts. Hers is just scribbles on slips of paper, but mine is full of reasons I love him and things I appreciate. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-50283769340532700192013-01-29T16:39:48.976-05:002013-01-29T16:39:48.976-05:00This will probably sound negative, but my first th...This will probably sound negative, but my first thought was that the very idea of "a happiness jar" constituted overthinking happiness.<br />But since you have one...I say go nuts---put every thing in there until its running over!anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320182732889825712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-25392057254783268812013-01-27T23:21:00.578-05:002013-01-27T23:21:00.578-05:00I really love this idea. I think that all happin...I really love this idea. I think that all happiness doesn't have to be equal - so surely one day it can be a big thing that is "worthy" of the happiness jar, and the next it can be something small that made you smile. I therefore love the suggestion that you should be promiscuous with your happiness. What wonderful advice!Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-22227999001093277662013-01-27T21:58:05.789-05:002013-01-27T21:58:05.789-05:00OK - this is the second post on the happiness jar ...OK - this is the second post on the happiness jar I've seen in the past week - I really wanted to make one right away - but I didn't because guess why? I was over thinking it. Maybe it's time to try again - or even better - just "do." Ilenehttp://fiercedivaguidetolife.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-11145206430836245302013-01-26T20:34:46.054-05:002013-01-26T20:34:46.054-05:00This is exactly the sort of thing I would bookmark...This is exactly the sort of thing I would bookmark and then never make, but as I read this post, I think I realized why. I was taking over your comment space with a longer comment, but I think I need to turn it into its own post tonight.Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-78913210039790621682013-01-26T17:57:15.285-05:002013-01-26T17:57:15.285-05:00I love mashed parsnips!
And the idea of something...I love mashed parsnips!<br /><br />And the idea of something being jar-worthy makes me think of the baby book. I often wonder if something is baby book worthy.Mama Up!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16062563084376679862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-18949999748055029732013-01-26T13:14:37.516-05:002013-01-26T13:14:37.516-05:00Oh, J, if the jar causes anxiety then put it away....Oh, J, if the jar causes anxiety then put it away. <br /><br />Alternatively, be promiscuous with your happiness. If you're happy, put it in the jar. No one moment of happiness needs to be the best, perfect moment in order to be good and sacred. It just needs to be happy.<br /><br />HugsJennifer Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04999871200590569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-69201818973338881542013-01-26T10:53:13.418-05:002013-01-26T10:53:13.418-05:00This is the first I've heard of the happiness ...This is the first I've heard of the happiness jar, and I LOVE the idea. I am going to make one for myself and put it at least one thing a day, so in a couple of months I can store them all somewhere and revisit them when I need to. I think at this point in my life. It's just what I need at this difficult time in my life. Thanks for sharing this. I hope that, with a little practice, your jar runnerth over with happiness. Esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12375150088333673843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-65554905493391898332013-01-26T10:08:46.934-05:002013-01-26T10:08:46.934-05:00S. chiming in here -- I'm glad for this post....S. chiming in here -- I'm glad for this post. My mental label for the jar isn't a "Happiness jar", but a "Happiness-Guilt Jar".<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-28981638724805876372013-01-26T09:16:47.757-05:002013-01-26T09:16:47.757-05:00"The perfect is the enemy of the good." ..."The perfect is the enemy of the good." (Or something like that. Quote from somebody or other.) I hope that your jar overflows!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00420841652300294215noreply@blogger.com