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The original book video for The Happiness Project book features many of my favorite resolutions. With the help of the fabulous Maria Giacchino, I’ve updated the video to highlight some of the resolutions that other people have made. Check it out! I’m always fascinated to hear about other people’s resolutions and add them to my own list all the time. …
Happiness resolution: Choose a one-word theme for the new year. I love New Year’s resolutions – and I’m not the only one. Some 44% of Americans make New Year’s resolutions. There’s a kind of resolution that I’ve never made before, but that has always fascinated me: identifying one idea, often summarized in just one word, as an overarching theme for …
You know how when you become interested in an idea, it seems as though everything in the world relates to that idea? For example, for a long time, I kept remarking, in every possible context, “The days are long, but the years are short.” Everything reminded me of that idea. A good friend of mine had a preoccupation of her …
Every Wednesday is Tip Day — or List Day, or Quiz Day. This Wednesday: 10 common happiness mistakes. To delay to do something important until you have some “free time,” because you may never have any free time To retreat into isolation when you’re unhappy To neglect to make a small change because you think a big change is necessary …
“Anyone can revolt. It is more difficult silently to obey our own inner promptings, and to spend our lives finding sincere and fitting means of expression for our temperament and our gifts.” – Georges Rouault * Last night I had a great time meeting Isabel Kallman, a/k/a AlphaMom. A great site if you’re an alphamom. * I’m preparing a new …
