Happiness is not about usefulness or profit or productivity. It's about what makes your heart sing. And if collecting leaves, or singing karaoke, or browsing old seed catalogs, or collecting beer cans brings you joy, by all means do it!
For Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project, one of the things she enjoys doing is taking notes. She used to berate herself a bit because she was afraid she was wasting her time. She now realizes that joy is never a waste of time; joy is a wonderful use of your time.
My dad, too, was an inveterate note-taker. While Gretchen seems to confine hers to her computer, my dad had them scattered on legal pads, post it notes, and assorted little scraps of paper all around the house.
Because of my dad's practice, it always seemed natural, and not a bit strange, to want to take notes, and so all the handouts and other materials that I create for my presentations and workshops have plenty of room for note-taking. What seems strange to me is how many people in those classes never take one note! And even stranger -- how many of them don't even have a pen or pencil with them to take notes!
But this isn't a blog on note-taking; it is all about how to be happy. And one great way to be happy is to do more, much more, of what you enjoy. The more trivial and idiosyncratic the better. Do what you love to do, and let you happy light shine!
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