February 2019

Sometimes, life can be incredibly wonderful. Sometimes, life seems too hard. Sometimes, we need to be resilient to just get through; to survive; to bounce back to happiness. Sometimes, happiness might be just 8 steps away...

18 February, 2019

Even the happiest people face problems. Happiness does not completely protect us from failures or adversity. Life is never perfect or simple so from time to time, sometimes more often than we'd like, things go wrong! This won't come as a surprise to any of...

15 February, 2019

If you answered YES then you're not alone. Most "news" these days is excessively focused on the negatives; accordingly, it can sap our happiness and affect not just our mood, but also our productivity and more. One of the simplest strategies for boosting happiness is...

15 February, 2019

For many, many years now I've been saying that enjoying happiness requires little more than practising a few simple disciplines, each and every day. Although happiness isn't always easy, especially for some of us, it need not be overly complicated either. I've always been reluctant...

14 February, 2019

Happiness comes from many things. Happiness comes from pleasure and gratitude; relationships and altruism; doing good and achieving well. In fact, one of the strongest contributors to happiness is success and accomplishment (although it can also be said that happiness contributes to success). So if...

12 February, 2019

I've said it before and I'll say it again, happiness means different things to different people. Although there are some similarities, everyone's definition of happiness will be slightly, or in some cases significantly different. Accordingly, living a happy life will look different for different people;...

10 February, 2019

via Eric Barker Last year Cal Newport convinced 1600 people to completely change their lives. He asked them to take a 30-day break from the optional technologies in their lives. Unless not using it would get you fired, divorced, or cause the people you love to spontaneously...

09 February, 2019

Happiness is feeling good when things are good. But happiness is also managing your moods when things aren't so good. Happiness is the "health" that's in mental health; and happiness is the response to mental illness. These ways of thinking about mental health and ill-health should...

09 February, 2019