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Are you your harshest critic? #happiness
This week let’s take a step back from the fascinating subject of love crushes (see the previous week’s post here, if you missed it), and look at our internal language. How do you talk with yourself? Are you being … Continue reading
It’s not about happiness pursuit, it’s about being happy right here, right now
Guilty as charged. I often say that I am working on pursuing happiness. I am not. I am learning how to be happier. But also how to be happy right now. And this is the sole purpose of this blog. … Continue reading
How rich do you feel now? #happiness
I woke up. I exercised. I am finally feeling better after a vicious cold. It’s a long weekend here in the UK. I am listening to an album I found on iTunes yesterday, Soviet Central Asia Music (1930-1950). I found … Continue reading
There is no such thing as failure #happiness
There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. — Positively Positive
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Present moment reminder from Eckhart Tolle #happiness
“Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.” — Eckhart Tolle
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This week’s happiness recipe- do nothing, listen to Spotify and watch James Altucher’s TED talk
This week 3 things have been helping me to stay happy. Here they are. Brilliant post by Swati Desai on The Importance Of Doing Nothing does not appeal to me just because I am lazy 🙂 Often staying still and letting things go (this, too, shall … Continue reading
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Jason Silva’s Shots of Awe – Existential Bummer
This video might just make and define your day, week or even a year. Do not go gentle into that good night, … Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Source
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No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.
No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself. — Positively Positive My office Christmas party is today. I spent a couple of weeks thinking about what I will wear, how I will look, … Continue reading
Different good, different bad — you are perfect
I often find myself in situations where I propose “crazy” ideas, or people listen to what I say and go ‘ok…’ or my point of view is seen as too extreme. I usually feel guilt and regret afterwards — what’s … Continue reading
“The only way to get to happiness…”
Your happiness is buried underneath your ego, desires, fears and insecurities. The only way to get to happiness is by facing and overcoming those pesky little buggers.. and it’s oh-so-worth it! — Timber Hawkeye, Buddhist Boot Camp
The biggest secret to happiness is to stay present, live in the now
Recently I have come to realise that the biggest source of happiness is how we treat the present and whether we live in the now. I’ve seen Matt Killingsworth’s talk and it made me revisit what I read in Eckhart … Continue reading
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Should I Or Shouldn’t I?
I found this one on Quora. I did not fact check it but it resonated. If you wonder, “Should I or should not I?” instead think “What will I regret more — doing it or not doing it?”
Letting Go Gracefully
Source: The Hunting Happiness Project
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