I generally talk about people, places, and things on this blog but . . . This post is about ME. I have spent my entire life trying, mostly unsuccessfully, to please everyone in my life. So many times that behaviour has backfired on me in bad relationships and bad decisions. I knew I had to make some changes but had no idea how. And then a friend suggested we form a group to discuss The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. The first attempt sputtered out quickly but one year later we were able to put together a group of women who were also searching for change. Every month we read a chapter, discussed what we'd read, and made goals to reach for. We were committed to holding each other up and small changes began to happen in our worlds. So much so that we determined to repeat the project for a second year. Some of us derived more or less than others depending on the timing of our lives. What I learned was that ...