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My 2018 Adventure: Vegas Baby!
My 2018 Adventure: Vegas Baby! Jobs fill your pockets, adventures fill your soul. ~ Jaime Lyn So it’s finally here, I’m once again unemployed and onto my next adventure. My last day of work started unfortunately early at 7:45AM with … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, blog, food, friends, hunter s thompson, las vegas, pizza, rev kane, travel
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Happiness is being a good person
Happiness is being a good person A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good. ~ Bhumibol Adulyadej I really struggled with whether or not … Continue reading
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Tagged good person, happiness, happy, kindness, patience, random act of kindness, smile
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Can being rejected make you happier?
Can being rejected make you happier? We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don’t. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success. ~ Henry Rollins I listened today to an utterly fascinating … Continue reading
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Tagged fear, happiness, happy, henry rollings, npr, podcast, rejection, rejection therapy
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Adventure and Travel Make You Happy
Adventure and Travel Make You Happy The world is a book and those who do not travel have only read a single page ~ Saint Augustine So it’s a bit of a lazy Sunday night for me tonight, work last … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, be happy, happiness, happy, hiking, make you happy, polar bears, whale sharks
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Reflecting on the Year So Far
Reflecting on the Year So Far By three methods we may learn wisdom: First by reflection which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience which is the bitterest. ~ Confucius So for my Sunday night … Continue reading
Take Time to Stop and Take in the Beauty Around You
Take Time to Stop and Take in the Beauty Around You One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose … Continue reading
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Tagged be happy, beauty, douglas adams, happiness, happy, photography, relax, slow down, smell the roses
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Goodbye Anthony Bourdain
Goodbye Anthony Bourdain I woke up this morning to the news that Anthony Bourdain had died, or more accurately had committed suicide. It made me incredibly sad, if you read this blog and follow my travels it will come as … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, anthony bourdain, anxiety, cnn, cooking, depression, food, mental health, suicide, travel
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Happiness is Not Safety
Happiness is Not Safety The quote above has been flowing around the internet and possibly truer words have never been spoken. If you don’t move forward, take chances, risk yourself in some way, you stagnate. True, you revert to a … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, happiness, happy, life, love, maslow, safety, self-actualization, writing
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We All Need More Kindness
We All Need More Kindness No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted. ~ Aesop Recently, I’ve been thinking about aliens and first contact. One of the theories around how people will react to that news is … Continue reading
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Tagged best of, forgiveness, forvive, grateful, gratitude, kindness, quote, quotes
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Happiness, Friendship and Hiking Surprise
Happiness, Friendship and a Surprise Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light ~ Helen Keller So recently I was back east, my siblings and I threw a surprise 75th birthday party for … Continue reading
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