Today’s post will be short and sweet. I’m not feeling well today but have really found a lot of value in this exercise and wanted to stick with it. The events in the Capitol today have been alarming, to say the least. When it first started I couldn’t help feeling completely and utterly DONE. I’mContinue reading “Happy Thought #6 – The Comfort of Friends”
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Happy Thought #5 – Our Ability to Choose Our Reaction
My company has been remote since the beginning of the pandemic and I will be staying remote permanently. So today my mission was to officially pack up my office. Now that I’m at the end of the day I can say confidently that today had a lot of potential to be difficult. However, each timeContinue reading “Happy Thought #5 – Our Ability to Choose Our Reaction”
Happy Thought #4 – When a Plan Works Just Right
For a while now, I’ve been struggling to find time to fit in some activities of personal importance. The first was just creating space for myself. This is a term you’ll find discussed in Neil Pasricha’s book, The Happiness Equation, among other resources. I love the way Neil talks about this. He says, “Stop thinkingContinue reading “Happy Thought #4 – When a Plan Works Just Right”
Happy Thought #3 – Beauty in Following Through
Just before Christmas, I was getting back into a habit of working out. I let myself take a break between Christmas and New Years but wanted to ensure I jumped back into it as soon as possible after my family headed home. With that in mind, I got up this morning to go for aContinue reading “Happy Thought #3 – Beauty in Following Through”
Happy Thought #2 – Vision Boards
It didn’t take me long to find today’s happy thought. I LOVE vision boards. That’s it. That’s the whole thought. Yet there’s so much that goes into that thought and the reason behind it. If you’ve ever found yourself floundering with what you really want from life, work, whatever, or if you’ve ever felt overwhelmedContinue reading “Happy Thought #2 – Vision Boards”
Happy Thought #1 – Running With My Family
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you’ve had wonderful, safe holiday season. I’ve had family with me for the holidays (safely) so I haven’t been posting much but I’ll have a nice, longer post coming soon. In the meantime, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on the last year and things I want toContinue reading “Happy Thought #1 – Running With My Family”
Turn Emotion into Forward Motion
For those of you who struggle to talk or think about emotions, buckle up because today’s post is all about the “feels.” I mean, come on, did you really think you were going to get through a blog about happiness without emotion coming up once?…Okay, I’ll admit, it’s probably going to come up more thanContinue reading “Turn Emotion into Forward Motion”
What is Happiness?
2020 has been a particularly challenging year for so many people. Our lives have been turned upside down and we’ve had to come up with entirely new ways of working through our daily lives. If you had to name the emotions that have dominated this year, you might come up with feelings such as: StressContinue reading “What is Happiness?”
Treasure Trove of Happy Thoughts 