I’m sure you’ve heard “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” And maybe you’ve said, “It’s no big deal,” about something that hurt a lot more than something that’s “no big deal” should. The thing is, the small stuff really IS important….because although you can bury it in a way that makes your conscious mind think you’re …
There is always a silver lining, if you decide to look for it. So in case you need a little help with that these days, allow me… First, there’s a fun 1-minute Michael Caine clip from years ago that I keep coming across lately where he talks about his “use the difficulty” philosophy – take …
YOU DESERVE TO FEEL GOOD – and the world wants you there ASAP! I’ll explain… What makes your day get better? Or conversely, what keeps you from having a good day? I know there are a variety of responses to that, but I would bet that a very common one for both would be the …
Have a Nice Day! (because the world needs you to have one!) Read More »
Several years ago (but some time after Sally Field 😉), I decided that people like me. That’s right, one day I just made up my mind and let go of worrying about what people thought about me. I can still clearly remember the moment and the feeling – it was so freeing! I have no …
I’m near the end of a major yard overhaul – front and back. Earlier this year, I did a goal setting exercise and part of that process was to determine the “domino” goal…that is, the one that will impact all the other goals on the list. For me, it was finally getting to this yard …
(FYI, this applies equally whether it’s a 2-minute task (ahem, litter box!) or your full time job…) So, how do you EN-JOY a yucky job? LOOK for it: Make a point to FIND ONE THING that you can like about it, even if it’s only the good feeling you get AFTER IT’s DONE for another …
When you have a SH*T job that you just can’t get out of…EN-JOY it! Read More »
Good news – it’s all within your control! And just to set expectations: The goal here isn’t 100% happiness, but tipping the scale so that on balance, you spend (increasingly) more time in the happiness zone than out. Last night I sat in on a webinar with Laurie Santos, the Happiness professor at Yale. It …
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My husband loves Bigfoot. We have driven the Bigfoot Highway in northern California, and have Bigfoot everything – clothing, blankets, “art”, the Christmas ornament pictured here (two, in fact) – around the house. Somewhere in the course of watching many, many YouTube videos on the subject, we came across an episode of a short-lived reality …
I never really grasped what Descartes meant by that phrase (still don’t even after looking it up again just now) but yesterday, while listening to a guided meditation that used the phrase, I had a lightbulb moment to apply it in a way I’d never thought about… 💡 ”What I think becomes what I am.” …
I was sitting with a recently-retired friend the other day and we were brainstorming how she might spend some of her newly-created free time. Ironically, she mentioned going back to work. Dubiously, I agreed that was a possibility, adding “But this time, you can choose to work at something just because it’s fun.” “No, not …
