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March 27 marked my in-laws’ fiftieth wedding anniversary, and my parents’ fifty-second anniversary, so it was only a few days ago that I realized March 27 (auspiciously) marked an important anniversary for me, as well: the seventh anniversary of my first post on this blog. Here’s a link to that very first entry: The blog begins. I wish I could …
As promised, here’s the new and improved design for The Happiness Project blog. At last! Re-designing a blog is a bit like renovating your kitchen. You have to think about everything you want to accomplish in the space, what’s important to you, what looks attractive, what looks attractive but doesn’t actually work very well, and how to make the place …
I'm on vacation, so I'm not posting this week, but I realized with a start that I started my blog five years ago, today. I remember so well writing that first post, and the terror of hitting the button to "publish." In The Happiness Project, I set out to test-drive the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies, and …
It’s Friday afternoon, and I just said to myself, “Zoikes, I’d better write my post for today! The day is further along than I thought. And I won’t be posting for the next week, because of vacation, so today’s post had better be good.” Then I had a thought: “Wait, what if I decided to declare that my vacation begins …
