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Meaning in Life
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. ~ Benjamin Franklin I think all of us, as we age, start asking some of the same questions. What impact have I made in my … Continue reading
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Happiness and Weight Loss
There’s a huge emotional component to weight loss. ~ Carnie Wilson This week my post was inspired by a lovely human I work with who also happens to be a regular reader of this blog. We were having a conversation … Continue reading
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Sleep and Happiness
So I turn to talking about sleep tonight because last night I hardly got any. Apartment complexes with thin walls sometimes make it really tough to sleep, particularly when your neighbor doesn’t understand the simple physics of how bass notes … Continue reading
I Love the Rain
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. ~ Langston Hughes I love the rain, I love almost everything about it. I love laying in … Continue reading
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Returning to feeling right
We all hope for rebirth breakthrough moments ~ Dane Cook My three week birthday celebration is in it’s final week as I’m hanging out in Reno. Why Reno? Well, it’s a 4 hour drive from home and I came into … Continue reading
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Pleasure, Meaning and Engagement
Happiness is not a goal, it’s a by product. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt A lot of the research around happiness boils happiness down to these three things pleasure, meaning and engagement. So for something to make you happy it first needs … Continue reading
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An Indulgent Birthday Post
If you’re not getting older, you’re dead. ~ Tom Petty So I hope you’ll forgive me tonight, this is a somewhat indulgent bit of of writing, with no real attempt to connect it to happiness other than maybe the phrase, … Continue reading
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Life Advice
So this week two things lined up to inspire this post tonight. The first resulted from an issue at work that gets under my skin every time. So I posted this bit of life advice online: Don’t be the type … Continue reading
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Focus on what’s important
When I was growing up it was always made clear what success meant. It meant working long hours, taking second jobs if need be, regardless of what toll it might take on you personally, regardless of whether you like what … Continue reading
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The Importance of Consistency
Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come. ~ Dwayne Johnson When I first starting working out, a guy I really looked up to told me this simple thing. Stick to … Continue reading
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