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Recommended reading for this lovely hump day: 9 Secrets of Truly Happy People. While you’re over there, I’d recommend you subscribe to Dumb Little Man there are always great articles/resources on this blog.

Do you have any of your own secrets to add? What makes you truly happy?

I know this sounds a bit silly, but I really love the Facebook Flair app. Mine is filled with fun quotes and pictures. So here’s the knowledge that my facebook flair has to offer to you:

• no regrets, just lessons learned
• seriously?!
• Have a Nice Day
• if you believe in it, then stand for it
• Good friends don’t let you do stupid things … alone
• Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. – Picasso
• Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass … it’s about learning to dance in the rain
• An Apple a day keeps windows away
• What makes you different makes you beautiful
• To draw you must close your eyes and sing. – Picasso
• Everything will be okay in the end. If It’s not okay, it’s not the end.
• Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted. – John Lennon
• I believe in music like some people belive in fairy tales
• Artists are sexy
• Hug Harder. Laugh Louder. Smile Bigger. Love Longer.
• Life isn’t about finding youself. Life is about creating yourself.
• Believe
• We’re adults. When did that happen? And how do we make it stop?
• laughter (n): when a smile has an orgasm

This is what my flair can tell you about me:

• I’m adorkable
• I’m a brown eyed girl
• I love sushi
• My alarm clock and I are NOT friends.
• I shower naked.
• I’m blogging this.

I’ve debated whether or not to have GenPink be geared specifically to women or keep it more neutral with the occasionally pinkness. Since this has been an ongoing debate I’m always interested to find sites that are geared specifically to women (or so they say). This mornings I found SheZoom – A new online community focused on woman-friendly, compelling and real-world information. Essentially SheZoom is a video sharing YouTubeish site geared towards women that launched in March of 2008.

I thought I’d share a video that proposed some interesting questions about who is happier – men or women and single or married people. Watch the video and then let us know what you think.

One common trait among those of us in our twenties is we are trying to juggle/balance/cram in too many things into each and every day/week/month. Between work, family, friends, taking care of the house and life in general, are you remembering to take time for yourself? I know that I have to make a conscious effort to take time to relax and recharge a bit. I am not really much of a TV watcher but I do love to take time to sit on my couch and veg out and catch up on some Oprah. Oh how I love Oprah. For those of you who are bookworms and spend your down time reading I found a great resource for ya – 100 Notable Books of 2007.

Some ways I spend my "me time": watching Oprah or Grey’s Anatomy, playing my favorite music on repeat and singing at the top of my lungs, sitting outside and just enjoying life, playing with photoshop, doodling, I used to paint (I think I’m going to start again), long baths, sleeping the day away on the occasional Saturday I don’t have to be somewhere, and once in a blue moon there is reading. What do you do in your "me time"?

According to Gretchen of The Happiness Project there are 8 reasons that money can buy happiness.

If you have never checked out The Happiness Project I highly recommend it. She provides daily tips, theories and ideas about the art of being happy.

To give you a place to start, here are some of the top posts according to aideRSS.

• How to feel happier BY THE END OF THE DAY: Your menu of options.
• Nine extremely simple and easy tips to take stress out of your day.
• Seven tips for having an original thought or finding a solution.
• What I learned about happiness from my love of Harry Potter

I have enjoyed following along with The Happiness Project, I love her writing style and I have enjoyed having all of these great resources in one place.

*Gretchen has been added to the W List.