The Alphabet of Happiness by Klaudia Mitura
Book Summary
What does it take to live a happier life? Discover your path to fulfilment with The Alphabet of Happiness, a real, refreshing, science-backed guide to living a more joyful life. Inspired by Klaudia Mitura’s award-winning podcast, The Happiness Challenge, this invaluable book combines expert insights with hands-on ideas to build happiness in relationships, at work and within your own skin. Weaving surprising science with personal anecdotes and topical examples, each of the 26 alphabet-inspired principles offers easy-to-understand psychology with practical solutions, allowing you to explore and apply these insights in any order, step-by-step, to achieve genuine positive transformation in your life. Perfect for self-reflectors and go-getters alike, The Alphabet of Happiness is a must-read for anyone ready to take small but powerful steps toward a happier life.
This was an interesting read with lots of practical actions. I really liked that the author grouped the sections in the introduction so readers can choose what they want to focus on. For example, I started with the Energy (I want to have more motivation) collection and read Dreams, Meaning, Resilience and Zest. Of course you can also read cover to cover or just dip in and out randomly, whatever method works for you!
You'll want to keep a notebook close for notes and answering the questions and exercises posed for each letter. Each chapter also has recommendations for relevant episodes of Klaudia's Happiness Challenge Podcast. Another bonus is the quotes at the start of each chapter, I enjoyed reading through those first.
The only alphabet cocktail I could find had 26 different ingredients, one for each letter. That seemed far too long winded for here, plus it was very unlikely I would have everything needed! Instead I found this Scarlet letter cocktail which is perfect as I just bought some cherries 😃
Muddle 6 cherries then add 45ml gin, 15ml cherry liquor, 15ml morello syrup, 3 dashes of bitters and the juice of half an orange. Add ice and stir to cool and dilute, then strain into your cocktail glass.
