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Can you be happy for 100 days in a row? What started out as an online project in Zurich, became viral and gathered more than 30,000 participants in less than a week. What do you have to do? You register and then you'll post a photo each day of something that made you happy and that makes your life beautiful. The sad news is: 71% fail. But the good news is, it's never too late for happiness.Take on the challenge!
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I've never been much for New Year's resolutions, and this sounded a little bit like one of those. But I DO like to take photos, I DO try to keep our friends and family updated with the goings on in Zürich through this blog (or at least I used to!)...and I DO like contests...challenge accepted! Really - how long and hard can 100 days be?? Then I decided to count it out. Turns out 100 days for me will end on May 2. May 2?! That's practically summer! By May 2, we will have moved out of our current apartment and into our new one. Steve's sister and her husband will have come to visit us in Zürich and we will have gone to Italy with them...and they will already be back home for OVER A MONTH! Meghan will be done with the classroom part of her Master's program in London...and Connor will be almost done with his junior year at UW. My friend, Teri, pointed out to me that her son's college graduation is May 2, so she will be counting down the days with me...but I'm not sure that she wants them to go as quickly as I might! Wow...this may be more difficult than I thought.
So, why am I doing it...and more over...why am I actually telling YOU about it! Well, I think my chance for success is greater if there is some pressure on me - everyone knows I'm doing it, and they will know if I fail (like 71% of people!!!!) The challenge website says that people who complete the challenge end up being happier because they are looking for happiness in the world. That definitely makes good sense - why not look for the good in the world? The bad is pretty easy to find these days. And besides, this is winter in Zürich...not the most "cheery" place of all. We like to joke that Zürich can be "50 shades of grey" (but not usually that way...) - so trying to keep a cheery disposition through the winter here is definitely a positive thing. Don't get me wrong - I realize we don't have your basic foot of snow every week or 40 below wind chills every other week - but it's still no tropical beach resort. So, if you so desire, follow along with my daily "#100happydays" photos - or better yet, join me in the challenge! Their website is 100happydays.com. What's the worst that could happen? And by the way; if you actually complete the challenge, they send you a photo book of your 100 happy days photos! Wonder if you can do it more than once...........
