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Ah! What exquisite relief! For the last several months, I’ve been haunted by a literary allusion that drifted on the very edge of my memory. What was it? I kept asking myself. It related to my own experience with my happiness project. I always remind myself to guard against the danger that my happiness project, itself, might work against my …
We’re about to head off to Kansas City, and I can’t wait. As I think about vacation, I’ve realized something about my approach to traveling — or any situation, really. I’m going to try to treat myself like a toddler. I remember reading somewhere that writer Anne Lamott thinks about herself in the third person, to take better care of …
Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: 5 happiness boosters that actually do more harm than good. Everyone has a few tricks for beating the blues – things you do when you’re feeling down to try to boost your mood. I’ve found out from long experience, however, that several of the most popular strategies don’t actually work very well in …
