Tag Archives: "routine"

Every Wednesday is Tip Day, or Quiz Day, or List Day. This Wednesday: Want an exercise routine you’ll stick to? Ask yourself these eleven questions. When I ask people what they’d like to do for their own happiness projects, they often say something like, “Exercise more regularly.” Exercise is very important for health and mood, and everyone knows this–and yet … →

Further Secrets of Adulthood: I have to remind myself of this, constantly. It’s related to the “argument of the growing heap” and the question, “Can one coin make a person rich? Do you agree? Does what you do every day matter more than what you do once in a while?

Further Secrets of Adulthood: Agree or disagree? For me, I find, this is really true. If something’s important to me, I try to figure out a way to make it part of my ordinary routine. * Happier at Home hits the shelves in four three two days days.  Want to win a free copy? I’m giving away one book each … →

“If you do the same thing every day at the same time for the same length of time, you’ll save yourself from many a sink. Routine is a condition of survival.” –Flannery O’Connor, The Habit of Being, letter to “A,” February 10, 1962 Here, O’Connor was specifically talking about the habit of writing; she wrote every morning for three hours, … →

Of all the changes in my daily routine wrought by my happiness project, one of the most fundamental is that I get up at 6:00 a.m., every day. And I get up at 6:00 a.m. every day, even on weekends and vacation, because I love it. I get an hour to myself, at my computer, before my family wakes up … →