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Happiness Podcasts
Happy Holidays: Happiness Podcasts Each year during the holidays I try and provide some additional posts about happiness to help keep people’s moods positive during the holidays. I do this, because for many people like myself, the holidays are often … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday Happiness, personal happiness
Tagged be happy, Christmas, Good life, gretchen rubin, happiness, holidays, new year, podcasts
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Holiday Happiness: Holiday Mood Improvement Resources
Holiday Happiness: Holiday Mood Improvement Resources Normality is a paved road; It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow. ~ Vincent Van Gogh Each year during the holidays I try and provide some additional posts about happiness to help keep … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday Happiness, personal happiness
Tagged Christmas, depression, holiday blues, Holiday Happiness, holidays, resources, van gogh
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Happiness is Poetry: Audre Lorde
Happiness is Poetry: Audre Lorde Tonight the poet I’d like to introduce you to is Audre Lorde. She was a fierce black woman in life and in her words. Her words remind me of one of my favorite poets Warsan … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, outlaw poet, poem, poems, poet, poetry, racism, writing
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Happiness Moments: A Wonderful Surprise
Happiness Moments: A Wonderful Surprise Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. ~ Boris Pasternak So a new little writing experiment for the blog. I’ve been wanting to find a way to do some free writing as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellwether Award, community college, education, Hartnell College, MESA, STEM, surprise
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Happiness in Historic Times
Happiness in Historic Times None of us will ever forget living through 2020, first of all, pre-2020 this is what a lot of us were excited about: Then of course the pandemic hit, in February we were concerned, by March … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, COVID, CRISPR, discovery, geminid meteor shower, happiness, historic times, science, singularity, voyager
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Happiness Resources: Travel Makes You Happier
Happiness Resources: Travel Makes You Happier All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. ~ Martin Buber I have been actively writing about happiness for almost six years now. My work here at the Ministry of Happiness … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness is Adventure, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, biking, bucket list, festivals, fun, happiness, hiking, travel
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World’s Best Travel Locations – Part 2
World’s Best Travel Locations – Part 2 I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it. ~ Rosalia de Castro Follow up post to my post … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness is Adventure, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, best of, bucket list, nepal, photography, scotland, the united states, travel
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It’s ok not to be alright
It’s ok not to be alright I had a phone call with a colleague the other day, we hadn’t talked in some time. I asked her how she was doing, she started to answer and stopped. Then she said, “I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged are you ok, coronavirus, COVID, COVID 19, covid times, depression, guild, happiness, I'm not ok, sadness
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