Happiness

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Every Wednesday is Tip Day or List Day. This Wednesday: 8 strategies to help you boost your happiness. This is an exciting week for me!First, my book became available for pre-order. For the first time, the book feels real.Second, and even more thrilling, the Happiness Project Toolbox is finally…

There can be no doubt that, from the moment we roll out of bed to the screeching of our alarm clock (on a clock, on an iPhone, from a radio) until……study that takes on the same question and offers a nuanced response, on happiness, material purchases, and the extent to which they ever…

Some months back, PT bloggers were asked to comment on their relationship with money, with a special focus on any quirks we have. This is a more……worthwhile. I hope you like it.My Sicilian family was happy, but their happiness arrived efficiently. They found joy in activities and items…

Our word work has two meanings. It can mean any unpleasant activity; or it can mean any productive or useful activity, regardless of its pleasantness or unpleasantness. The first of these meanings is the opposite of play; the second is not. We use the same word for the two meanings, I suppose,…

I’m thrilled, because after months of preparation, my Happiness Project Toolbox has been unveiled to the world. As I was working on my happiness project, I stumbled across several methods that helped me to boost my happiness. I wanted to encourage other people to try these tools, and I also…

Crying is an emotional reaction that's completely unique to humans. Our capacity for complex thoughts and feelings means that we can cry whether we're overwhelmed with any emotion--happiness, despair, or fear--but not everyone cries the same way or for the same reasons. Some people break into…

George Gurdjieff, the inscrutable Armenian mystic of early last century, insisted that we humans are constantly bearing false witness against ourselves, by glibly using the pronoun "I" to refer to who we are. Rather, he pointed out that careful scrutiny would reveal that this presumably singular…

My high school Latin teacher used to pride himself on using puns to make learning a dead language lively. I remember his all time favorite: "I once……trait called neuroticism, which in turn correlates with lower levels of happiness and positive emotions.But, here's the good news for cud…

Nothing can drain the happiness from you faster than a long, unproductive meeting. You're bored; you're not getting anything done; emails are piling up while you sit, trapped. On the other hand, a productive meeting is exhilarating. A long time ago, when I was working in Washington, D.C., I…

People with varied interests, background and different strata of society come to my newspaper office daily. Some of them walk into my room and if I am free engage myself in conversation with them for a few minutes. Recently, a person, known to me for a long time, well placed in society, who…

I rescued Hope from a high kill shelter in Oklahoma where she was in doggy prison for many months. Everyone thought she was so calm but she was really depressed. Now she shows her happiness with a smile and likes to roll around and makes funny noises. Hope is so sweet and beautiful! She loves…

On my father's 50th birthday, he told us that each decade represents a day of the week. Given the biblical age span of 70 Thursday corresponds to……are not destroyers, but we know well the temptation to destroy. We want happiness, fulfillment and pleasure for our patients. We help the…