Tag: joy
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The To-Do-Do-Do List
For such a crazy week, today turned out pretty good in that ordinary, mundane sort of way. Though I knew when I wrote shave my legs on my to-do list, I was already too busy. From the Bookshelf Unapologetically Happy — 23 lessons from a life reimagined, and your permission slip to find happiness on…
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Showing your Injuries
When someone I dislike does something to hurt me, especially intentionally, I want to bare my teeth and claws and think nothing of going for the jugular. If they do something to someone I care about, I’ll shred them without thinking. When someone I care about does something to hurt me, intentional or not, my…
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The Most Basic Rule for Happiness
An email sent to me without a BCC jarred me back to the realization of what it takes to be happy. Enough time has passed for me to evaluate where I’ve been, the decisions I’ve made, and how it’s working. And yes, my most basic rule for happiness is still a good one. Plain and…
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Regular Deposits at the Happiness Bank
They say in personal finance that the best way to create and grow your savings account–that foundation for an economically rainy day–is to pay yourself first. The idea is, you take out…Thanks for reading! The complete version of this article is now included in Unapologetically Happy. Featured Book: Rite of Reckoning A Southern witch returns…
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The Long-Awaited, Honest-to-God Secret to Being Happy (No Kidding)
I am happy. And do you know why I’m happy? Why, for the best reason of all! None. That’s right. I’m happy for absolutely no reason at all. (I’m also not crazy, not drunk, not on drugs, and not basking in the afterglow of hot sex.) I’m simply…happy…for no reason. But you see, that’s exactly…
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Observations on Enjoyment and Manifestation
I am enjoying men more. Not in a slutty sort of way but in simply watching them move, interact, be. At the end of my workout, I often find myself just sitting for 10 minutes or so, watching the hundreds of muscular twenty-somethings in t-shirts and shorts on the athletic field. There was a time…
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Defining Contentment
Lots of people talk about finding contentment. It’s the holy grail of my generation and something I’ve never really considered as completely possible for me. I always have more to push toward, it seems, so I’m never really 100% content. I’m always looking inward for more or outward for more and never stagnating, and I…
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Why Some People Will Never Be “Happy”
Every time I turn around, there’s a new book out about how to be happy. It seems we’d have enough already, but the audience is not only vast but growing. To top it off, an acquaintance asks me if I’m happy and I find myself hesitating to answer. It’s not that I’m unhappy. Far from…
