Self Improvement…

The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.  David Lee Roth

Although I’ve never been a Van Halen fan, I think Diamond Dave Roth may have something there.  Still,  I’m probably not going to quit anytime soon.  I recently read Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project, and I’m working my way through her new book about habits, as well.  I follow her posts on social media and I’m signed up for her frequent e-mails.  I’m thinking so much about how to improve that I have to remind myself just to be.  But of course that’s Gretchen’s message, too.  Her own Happiness Project included telling herself to “Be Gretchen.”

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.”  Gretchen Rubin

I want to dismiss Rubin’s advice as cheesy and I’d like to feel all superior, but after reading her books I can’t do it.  How is it possible to forget that getting enough sleep, eating right and exercising really DO make a person happier?  At almost 65, how is it possible that I still need to be reminded of the importance of self-knowledge? What I am secretly hoping is that soon gardening season will start and I will no longer have time for these concerns….