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Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: 7 tips for making happy decisions about how to spend your time, energy, and money. We all have to make decisions about how to spend our time, energy, and money. Because of my happiness project, I now explicitly ask myself, “Will this decision make me happier?” I’m determined to get the most happiness … →

2011 Happiness Challenge: For those of you following the 2011 Happiness Project Challenge, to make 2011 a happier year — and even if you haven’t officially signed up for the challenge — welcome! This month’s theme is Time. Last week’s resolution was to Set aside a specific time for something that’s important to you. Did you try that resolution? Did … →

2011 Happiness Challenge: For those of you following the 2011 Happiness Project Challenge, to make 2011 a happier year — and even if you haven’t officially signed up for the challenge — welcome! This month’s theme is Time. Last week’s resolution (on the theme of Body) was to Cultivate good smells. Did you try that resolution? Did it boost your … →

Every Wednesday is Tip Day — or List Day. This Wednesday: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Manifesto for His Apprentices. I love personal manifestos — for instance, on the home pages of their blogs, Bob Sutton includes his 17 Things I Believe about work and Madame X lists My Rules about money. I recently read Frank Lloyd Wright’s Autobiography — a very … →

I’m constantly on the hunt for insights about happiness, or ideas about how to be happier — which probably makes me a somewhat tiresome companion at times. In any event, I was talking to a friend of mine about her views on happiness, and she said, “I try to remember to do first things first.” “What does that mean?” I … →