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" We put out the challenge to each and everyone one of you. It&amp;#039;s time to get happy! join us in this yearlong project, started by Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project.   This Month&amp;#039;s Challenge: Remember Love   Although we think that we act because of the way we feel, we often feel because of the way we act. So I remind myself to act the way I want to feel, a strategy that&amp;#039;s uncannily effective. When I feel annoyed, I act thoughtful. When I feel resentful, I act lighthearted. It&amp;#039;s harder than it sounds, but it works.   One of my goals is to make my marriage feel more tender and romantic, so I&amp;#039;m trying to act more tender and romantic. The other day, I walked by my husband&amp;#039;s office building on my way to a meeting, stopped, called him, and told him to look out his window.   &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m waving to you!&amp;quot; I told him. &amp;quot;Can you see me?&amp;quot;   &amp;quot;Yes!&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m waving back.&amp;quot;   That affectionate, silly gesture filled me with loving feelings. Along the same lines, I try to send him e-mails with funny anecdotes about our daughters or occasionally do one of &amp;quot;his&amp;quot; chores. These gestures sound tiny, and they are, but they make a difference. \u2014 Gretchen Rubin    Meet the Happiness Projectors   For the next year, these women will be taking on their own happiness projects, and we&amp;#039;ll be checking in to see how they&amp;#039;re doing. It&amp;#039;s never too late to start your own! See below for details.      Annemarie Conte, 31 Lives in New Jersey with her husband, Andy  &amp;quot;I can often be grumpy and I don&amp;#039;t appreciate all that I have. I prefer to be around people who are enthusiastic and upbeat, so shouldn&amp;#039;t I be one of them? It&amp;#039;s time to stop taking my awesome life for granted!&amp;quot;      Kim Bischoff, 32 Lives in Ohio with her husband, Dan, and two sons  &amp;quot;Where I come from, women never do anything for themselves. But my sons are getting older and I want to start making friends based on who I am as a whole person, not just as a wife and mother.&amp;quot;      Ashley Nicole Thompson, 33 Lives in California with her two sons  &amp;quot;I grew up biracial in an atmosphere of contempt, endured an abusive relationship, became a single mother and then a college graduate. Money is tight. But I know I can find happiness and rise from depression.&amp;quot;      Patricia Pacheco, 50 Lives in California with her two daughters  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m a single mother (I&amp;#039;ve been divorced for 15 years and my ex-husband is one of my best friends) and a schoolteacher. There are things I could do to make my life better, but it&amp;#039;s too easy to dream rather than take action.&amp;quot;      Deb Wolf, 58 Lives in Missouri with her husband, Blake  &amp;quot;A year and a half ago, my husband had lifesaving surgery. Three months later my mother died and our first grandchild was born weighing only 1 pound, 9 ounces. Those difficult months were challenging but not defining.&amp;quot;      For more inspirational blogs and articles, visit The Happiness Project page at WomansDay.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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