I Don't Know What I Want but I Want to Be Happy

by Kimberly Kirberger, Jesse Kirberger

Happiness is a choice available to you whenever you decide you want it.

If your outlook on life has become a continuous 'whatever,' if you think of your life as a 'hit-and-miss' game that you mostly 'miss,' if you are tired of feeling like a victim of your own negativity, you're not alone! I don't know what I want but I want to be happy is about learning how to find the happiness that you think is missing from your life. It's about deciding what you want, setting goals, and then going about achieving them. It's about really examining yourself and turning everything upside-down and inside-out so you can find the parts that work for YOU. Now, get happy

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Spirituality

148 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2009

About the author

Kimberly Kirberger is the co-author of the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series, Chicken Soup for the College Soul, and Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul. In addition, she is the author of the Teen Love series, which includes Teen Love: On Relationships; Teen Love: A Journal on Relationships; Teen Love: On Friendship; and Teen Love: A Journal on Friendship.

She is also president of Inspiration And Motivation for Teens, Inc. (I.A.M. for Teens), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and helping teens, and co-founder of the Teen Letter Project, a nonprofit organization developed to handle the overwhelming outpouring from teens in response to the books in the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series.

Reviews

[Diana Nagy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Know What I Want and I Want it Now! Remember that song?! I used to love that song. But this book? It's about knowing you want something, about knowing you want to be happy, but not knowing what it actually is that you want and whatever it is, you want to ensure it will make you happy when doing it (or getting it). This book is fan-tastic! What are you grateful for, right now? There's something. You might not be thinking of it. You might think there's nothing. But trust me. In the worst of situations, every single person has something to be grateful for. If you don't believe that, read this book first and then go buy the children's book Polyanna. Do it anyway actually. Because it will show you just how many things that you have to be grateful for that you never yet considered. The simplest things are the greatest. To find out what you want, it starts with finding out what makes you happiest. What are the activities you absolutely love doing? What are the things you have never done, but have wanted to do forever? What are the things that you enjoyed doing so much as a child? This is your starting point because its going to give you a hint on what you want in life. This is an important book to read, whether you know what you want, or you're still very confused.

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book! I read it in a couple of hours. I mostly liked it because it was a quick read and had short chapters. I didn't know it was for teenagers until I started reading it but I think it can be good for adults as well. Its like an adult self-help book without all the fluff! I was in a pretty happy mood when I read it so it was easy for me to feel inspired by it. I only checked it out from the library but it is a great resource to have at all times. It had simple techniques and advice to make you feel happy! I think I could rewire my brain and learn better ways of dealing with unhappiness as well as preventing unhappiness by just reading this book a couple of times.

[CHRISTELLE · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't think there is any lesson in this book that I haven't learned by myself or thought through growing up. There are amazing quotes that I will definitely use someday, some fairly average poetry by the author also, but I generally really enjoyed this quick read of inspiration. This book was the definitely the positive boost/motivation I needed.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Picked up this book from the library without ever hearing about it before and I'm pleasantly surprised. Very very quick read! So much goodness without any non-sense. It is geared towards teenagers, which was a little less relatable to me. However, it has so much goodness in its little pages that I easily looked past that. Highly recommend for literally anyone.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute easy read