Tips, lists, and quizzes

• August 3: Looking for some reading suggestions in children's or young-adult literature?
• July 27: 7 books that changed the way I see the world.
• July 20: 5 reasons for the joy of craft, or, why is computer programming fun?
• July 13: 7 tips for making happy decisions about how to spend your time, energy, and money.
• July 6: If I can't accomplish anything else today, I can do these 10 things.
• June 29: How to keep reality tv from ruining your life.
• June 22: Want to feel happier by the end of the day? Your menu of options.
• June 15: 10 widespread myths about happiness -- Do you believe any of these?
• June 8: 7 tips for minding my own business.
• May 25: Why these 6 happiness "boosters" might actually make you feel worse.
• May 18: 6 tips for battling loneliness.
• May 11: Are you always late? 7 tips to arrive on time.
• May 4: 8 reasons why twitter can boost your happiness.
• April 27: 7 tips for giving effective praise.
• April 20: 8 reasons why waiting in line drives us crazy.
• April 13: 9 tips to quit nagging.
• April 6: Quiz: Are you a moderator or an abstainer, when tryting to give something up.
• March 23: 11 happiness paradoxes to contemplate as you think about your happiness project.
• March 16: 7 ways I violate some standard happiness advice.
• March 9: Quiz: What's your personality type -- for play?
• March 2: 8 tips for feeling happier during an unhappy time.
• February 23: Frank Lloyd Wright's 10-point manifesto for his apprentices.
• February 16: 8 tips for dealing calmly with criticism. Which I find very, very challenging.
• February 9: List: False choices. Do any of these false choices sound familiar?
• February 2: Back by popular demand: quiz -- are you drifting?   
• January 26: 10 "rules of life" from tolstoy. What are your rules?
• January 12: 14 tips for holding a productive meeting.
• January 11: Video: hold yourself accountable.
• January 7: Video: to stick to your resolutions, set concrete goals.
• January 5: Six questions to help you keep your cool -- instead of losing your temper.
• December 29: 5 questions to help you make effective new year's resolutions.
• December 15: 13 tips for sticking to your new year's resolutions.
• December 8: 8 tips to beat the holiday stress.
• December 1: 10 tips to beat clutter...in less than 5 minutes.
• November 24: Eight tips for dealing with difficult relatives over the holidays.
• November 18: 5 basic factors for happiness, according to carl jung.
• November 10: 10 common happiness mistakes.
• November 3: 13 tips for dealing with a really lousy day.
• October 28: 9 suprising and intriguing brain exercises.
• October 20: Quiz: are you a "tiger" or an "eeyore"? Plus a few points to consider.
• October 13: 6 tips for fighting boredom.
• September 29: 9 tips for why starting a happiness-project group will boost your happiness.
• September 22: 7 tips for keeping school-day mornings calm and cheerful.
• September 15: 7 tips to avoid procrastination. Without delay is the easiest way.
• September 1: Trying to make a tough decision? Try asking the five fateful questions.
• August 18: 5 tips for happiness inspired by a family vacation.
• August 11: 12 tips for getting regular excercise -- and the benefits for happiness and fitness.
• August 4: 8 tips for boosting your energy right now.
• August 3: Video: find some fun. You'll be happier.
• July 28: 5 common happiness mistakes -- "boosters" that actually do more harm than good.
• July 23: Re-consider the rules of thumb you use in everyday life.
• July 21: "The things that go wrong often make the best memories" -- and further secrets of adulthood.
• July 20: Video: be happier -- put your values into action in your everyday life.
• July 16: Want some tools to boost happiness? Try the happiness project toolbox.
• July 14: Want to be happy at work? Dozens of tips, plus a few quizzes, to consider.
• July 7: 7 tips for dealing with a sweetheart who is constantly crabby.
• July 2: Find ways to make holiday traditions more fun. (At the very least, have some holiday traditions.)
• June 30: Buddhism has 8 auspicious symbols. I chose my own set of symbols. What are yours?
• June 29: Video: imitate a spiritual master. Who is your spiritual master?
• June 22: Video: plagued by clutter? Clear a surface.
• June 16: 10 extreamly simple tips to eliminate stress in your day.
• June 14: Tell other people about what makes you happy -- a new feature of the happiness project toolbox.
• June 9: 10 tips for living a better life, one day at a time -- from pope john xxiii.
• June 8: Video: want to keep clutter under control? Follow the "one-minute rule".
• June 2: 9 tips to ensure that tv is boosting, not undermining, your happiness.
• May 26: Happiness question: what's an obstacle to your happiness?
• May 19: 6 tips for coping with boredom.
• May 12: 8 tips for handling mail (the old-fashioned kind) more efficiently.
• May 5: Five realistic tips for using email more efficiently.
• April 28: Quiz: is the design of your office space making you happy? Or driving you crazy?
• April 21: Quiz: are you the one that everyone finds difficult?
• April 14: Five tips for improving monday mornings.
• April 7: Six tips for forcing yourself to tackle a dreaded task.
• March 24: Seven tips for "pleasing in company" -- from 1774.
• March 17: Eighteen tips for "little things" to boost your happiness at the office.
• March 3: Ten common myths about happiness.
• February 24: Nine paradoxes to contemplate as you consider your happiness project.
• February 17: Nine tips for feeling happier when you've lost your job -- or fear you might.
• February 10: Nine things you can do every day -  even when you can't do anything else.
• February 3: Nineteen tips for cheering yourself up -- from 200 years ago.
• January 27: Tweleve tips for reading more.
• January 20: Eight tips for maintaining friendships.
• January 13: Fourteen tips for getting more sleep -- and why it matters.
• December 23: Ten tips for an emergency engergy boost.
• December 16: Five tips for planning effective new years resolutions.
• December 9: Four tips for using the abstainer/moderator split in the face of holiday temptations.
• November 25: Ten reasons why using twitter will boost your happiness.
• November 18: Fifteen tips to avoid nagging.
• November 11: Eleven myths of de-cluttering.
• November 4: Eight tips for feeling more energetic.
• October 28: Five great "don'ts" of a happiness project.
• October 21: Eight excellent tips for living that my parents gave me.
• October 14: Seven tips if you're chronically late.
• October 7: Six tips to hold yourself accountable for keeping your resolutions.
• September 30: Eighteen tips that aren't, it turns out, from a churchyard.
• September 23: Six tips for coping with the fact that you've forgotten someone's name.
• September 16: Ten tips for getting along with your mother-in-law.
• September 9: Ten (more) tips for fighting right with your sweetheart.
• September 2: Twelve tips to create  a happier (and more productive) workplace.
• August 26: Eight tips for items to carry when traveling with kids.
• August 19: 5 tips for happiness reinforced by my family vacation.
• July 29: Nine tips for having a good bad day.
• July 22: Quiz -- Are you drifting?
• July 15: How to be happier - in four easy lessons.
• July 8: Nine tips for giving memorable praise -- and why to bother.
• July 1: Fourteen tips for running a good meeting.
• June 17: 5 mistakes I make in my marriage.
• June 10: 8 tips for working more happily with your colleagues.
• June 3: 16 tips for feeling happier at work.
• May 27: 13 tips for actually getting some writing done.
• May 20: 7 tips for making good conversation with a stranger.
• May 13: Quiz--Do you make other people happy?
• May 6: Quiz--how well do you know yourself?
• April 29: 8 tips for conquering anger and irritability.
• April 22: Quiz--Are you an over-buyer or an under-buyer?
• April 15: 10 tips for being a more light-hearted parent.
• April 8: 8 tips for making yourself likable.
• April 1: 5 tips for feeling unappreciated.
• March 25: 9 tips for making yourself feel better in a crisis.
• March 18: 10 myths about happiness.
• February 25: 7 tips for making new friends.
• February 18: 9 tips for tackling a happiness emergency
• February 11: 5 tips for getting a little kid to take "No" for an answer.
• February 4: 9 tips to avoid overspending.
• January 28: Quiz--Are you a "Moderator" or an "Abstainer" when giving things up?
• January 21: Nine tips to keep yourself exercising.
• January 14: Six tips for boosting your self-respect.
• January 7: 8 tips for dealing with criticism.
• December 31: 4 tips for writing your personal commandments.
• December 24: 12 tips for sticking to your New Year's resolutions.
• December 17: 1 big tip--don't "treat" yourself--plus 11 tips for clearing clutter.
• December 10: Quiz--Are you the person whom everyone finds difficult?
• December 3: 12 surprising and productive brain exercises.
• November 26: 7 tips for getting along with your difficult relatives over Thanksgiving.
• November 19: 7 tips to avoid annoying other people.
• November 12: 10 counterintuitive tips for being happier.
• November 5: 5 happiness boosters that actually do more harm than good.
• October 29: 4 tips for dealing with pre-election jitters.
• October 22: 6 contradictions that will help you to be happier.
• October 15: 1 tip on making yourself happier during the economic crisis--and combating poverty,too.
• October 8: 8 tips for finding the right thing to say in a difficult situation.
• October 1: Quiz--are you a likely exercise drop-out?
• September 24: 12 quick tips for boosting your happiness and productivity at work.
• September 15: 5 tips for kicking a bad habit.
• September 3: 6 tips for good deeds that take less than 5 minutes.
• September 10: 11 tips I'm using to "Eat very right" (and cut calories).
• August 27: Seven tips for knowing if you're boring someone.
• August 20: Nine tips for staying motivated to exercise.
• August 13: Six tips for enjoying a vacation that I learned on my recent trip.
• July 30: Eight tips for preparing for a real (or virtual) move.
• July 23: 19 tips for cheering yourself up--from 200 years ago.
• July 9: 6 tips for designing your own happiness commandments.
• July 2: 5 tips for giving good praise.
• July 16: 9 useful yet REALISTIC personal productivity tips.
• June 25: Tips for talking to someone about an impending divorce: dos and don'ts.
• June 18: Eleven tips for broaching difficult subjects.
• June 11: Fourteen tips to avoid nagging.
• June 4: Eight tips for feeling happier in the NEXT HOUR.
• May 28: Quiz--how fun is your workplace?
• May 21: 11 tips for sticking to a program of regular exercise.
• May 14: Sixteen tips for getting a great night's sleep.
• May 7: Six tips for getting yourself to do something you don't want to do.
• April 30: 8 psychological terms to help you strengthen your friendships.
• April 16: 7 things to say in a meeting to make yourself look good and someone else look bad.
• April 23: 9 tips to make TV-watching a source of happiness.
• April 9: 11 tips for cutting down the number of things you buy.
• April 2: Six tips for using mementos to keep happy memories vivid.
• March 26: My ten very idiosyncratic tips for having fun on a family vacation.
• March 19: Twelve tips for acting like a true friend.
• March 12 -- Quiz: how mindful are you? I'm not very.
• March 5: 20 very easy tips for lowering your daily stress level.
• February 27: 17 tips for conquering stage fright.
• February 20: Six questions to help you stay serene.
• February 13: Ten tips for living a better life, one day at a time--from Pope John XXIII.
• February 6: 13 tips for dealing with a really lousy day.
• January 30: Eleven internet tools to boost your happiness.
• January 23: Seventeen tips for coping with a medical catastrophe.
• January 16: 21 phrases to help you fight right with your sweetheart.
• January 9: Two easy steps for improving your life, or, Why cleaning your fridge can help you get a better job.
• January 2: Twelve tips for sticking to your resolutions after the zeal of New Year's has worn off.
• December 19: Twelve tips to avoid seeming like an arrogant, know-it-all jerk.
• December 12: Quiz--Are you an over-buyer or an under-buyer?
• December 5: Nine tips for lifting yourself out of the holiday blues.
• November 28: Eight tips for how to behave yourself -- from 1500-ish.
• November 21, 2007: Twelve tips for stopping the buzz in your brain.
• November 14: Five tips for gestures that look generous, but in fact, are thoughtless.
• November 7: Eight writing tips from Flannery O'Connor.
• October 31: Four tips for surmounting boredom or irritation.
• October 24: Seven topics to avoid if you don't want to risk being a bore.
• October 17: Seven tips on how simultaneously to boost your happiness and safeguard the environment.
• October 10: Six tips for preparing yourself for a vigorous old age.
• October 3: 10 tips for asking questions from the audience, plus a bonus Secret of Adulthood.
• September 26: Nine tips for giving yourself an energy boost in the next TEN MINUTES.
• September 19: Quiz: Do you know yourself? It's suprisingly hard.
• September 12: Five tips to avoid having an office affair.
• September 5: Five tips for creating your OWN set of happiness commandments.
• August 22: Five tips for making your schedule work better (with emphasis on coping with Mondays).
• August 29: Six tips for keeping school-day mornings calm and cheery.
• August 15: A tip to help you be happier, have more fun, lose weight, etc. -- and something for free!
• August 8: Tip for buying groceries while on vacation.
• August 1: Nine very easy tips for taking a lot of stress out of your life.
• July 25: 8 tips for how money CAN buy you happiness.
• July 18: Seven tips for having an idea or finding a solution.
• July 11: How to feel happier by the END of the DAY -- a menu of choices.
• July 4: Quiz--do you make other people unhappy?
• June 27: Seven tips for making someone like you.
• June 20: If you're tired of being nagged, here are 8 tips to STOP the NAGGING.
• June 13: Six tips for coping with the fact that you don't remember someone's name.
• June 6: Quiz--Are you at risk for clutter mentality?
• May 30: Six tips for how to FIGHT RIGHT in front of your kids.
• May 23: Tips for succeeding as a TV writer in Hollywood.
• May 9: Ten hilarious tips for writing from Mark Twain.
• May 2: Six tips for feeling better about yourself.
• April 25: Six tips for tackling a dreaded task.
• April 18: Five tips for how to FIGHT RIGHT with your sweetheart.
• April 11: One big tip for using catchphrases to change the way you think.
• April 4: 7 tips for making yourself happier in the NEXT HOUR.
• March 28: Tips for how NOT to be happy.
• March 14: Five tips for cutting calories without dieting--in fact, without really noticing.
• March 7: Tips for phrases you should NOT allow yourself to use with your sweetheart.
• February 28: Tip--Don't let the PERFECT be the enemy of the GOOD.
• February 21: My Secrets of Adulthood.
• February 14: Five tips for performing easy good deeds.
• February 7: Eight tips for sparking your creativity.
• January 31: Tips for applying my top-secret happiness formula.
• January 24: a quiz: are you at risk of dropping out of your new exercise program?
• January 17: Tips for getting yourself to make phone calls you don't want to make.
• January 10: Tips for pleasing in society, from 1774.
• January 3: Tips for the minimum to do every day.
• December 27: Tips for holiday shopping.
• December 20: Tips for staying in control of holiday eating.
• December 13: Tips for boosting your energy level.
• December 6: Tips for squelching your anger.
• November 29: Tips for passing time with kids.
• November 22: Tips for things you DON'T have to do.
• November 15: Tips for getting more reading done.
• November 8: Tips for boosting your ability to concentrate.
• November 1: Tips for liking someone better (or disliking that person less).
• October 25: Tips for starting a family holiday tradition.
• October 18: Tips for living a virtuous life--from Ben Franklin in 1793.
• October 4: Tips for packing I learned the hard way.
• September 27: Seven tips for defusing a child's tantrum.
• September 20: A quiz: is your workplace driving you crazy?
• September 13: A simple, radical way to cut a huge number of calories out of your diet.
• September 6: Tips on how to be happy--from the year 1625.
• August 30: Tips gleaned from illness memoirs.
• August 23: Tips for getting your sweetheart to do chores--without nagging.
• August 16: The twenty-seven most important rules for keeping your house in order.
• August 9: 24 Tips for being happy at work.
• July 26: A quiz to determine whether you're organized--or not.
• July 19: Tips for cheering yourself up, from 1820.
• July 15: Tips for being a more light-hearted parent.
• July 5: Tips for using Ziploc bags.
• June 28: Tips for staying motivated to exercise.
• June 21: Tips for handling mail.
• June 14: Tips for eating better.
• June 7: Tips for making conversation.
• May 31: Tips for getting good sleep.
• May 23: Tips for sticking to a schedule of regular exercise.
• May 17: Tips for actually getting some writing done.
• May 10: Tips for keeping friendships strong.
• May 3: Tips for clearing closets II.
• April 26: Tips for getting recommendations for good books to read.
• April 19: Tips to make a good first impression.
• April 12: Tips to clear clutter.
• April 5: Tips to improve the morning.
• March 29: Tips for reaching a goal.