If anyone else out there is feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or just plain tired, don’t do like I did and wait until you’re so fried you can’t function. Take a few days off. And above all, listen to yourself! What’s the point of giving yourself great advice if you don’t take it?
Tolstoy famously said “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” I disagree. Most people are unhappy in the same ways, and it’s mostly due to making the same few mistakes.
Know what you need to do but can’t make yourself get to work? Here’s how to beat procrastination, get things done, and start enjoying your work.
Are you stressed out? Have you been saying yes to too many things, biting off more than you can chew, juggling faster and faster, freaking out? This may not cure it, but you’ll feel better.
Our chances of going hungry, being eaten by tigers, or falling off a cliff are vanishingly small. So are we happy? No, we get busy fearing smaller things instead. Even when the things we fear are excruciatingly tiny and ridiculous, the fear can still stop us if we let it.
Think about having a peaceful, calm, quiet existence. You don’t worry about money, you don’t have to struggle to find the thing your need, and you don’t have to waste energy looking at messes or excess stuff. Above all, you have time to breathe, time to think, time to relax, time to space out, time to be.
Do you ever wish you could see into the future and know how things will turn out, so you can stop throwing energy at things that aren’t going to amount to anything?
Most people are unhappy. There are many possible reasons for this, but one of the most common is that there’s a conflict between their actions and what they truly value.
The Christmas season is a unique blend of guilt trips, memories (happy and sad), pressure, and false obligation. Here’s how to deal.
There’s a lot of conflicting advice out there about how to be happy. What should you think in order to be happy?
Pop quiz: only one question and it’s multiple choice. What would make me happy? a) winning the lottery b) my loved ones truly appreciating me c) a lifetime supply of chocolate d) my neocortex Happiness, and unhappiness, are actually pretty simple, but they’re not caused by circumstances like most people […]
What does car manufacturing have to do with relationships? Perspective. If you feel a need to control every step to make everything go right, that’s a hindrance to life, peace, and, surprisingly, manufacturing. Needing to control also causes the need to hoard. If you need parts for your assembly line […]
