How to Live a Happier Life
There are certain words in the English language that get tossed around so often and used so loosely, that it’s challenging to pin down a specific meaning for them. One such word is “freedom”. Take a moment right now and try to come up with an adequate definition of freedom, or what freedom means to [...]
Last night, I went to Milwaukee to see one of my favorite bands (and the first band I ever “got into”), Streetlight Manifesto, for the fourth and final time. Sadly, this is their final tour, and as far as I know, I’ll never have another opportunity to see them live. When I woke up today, [...]
I recently read a fascinating book on nutritional psychology called Nourishing Wisdom, written by Marc David (thank you for the recommendation, Sharon). This book made me really think about something I had never considered before: many of us choose to label foods as either “good” or “bad”. In fact, most of you reading this right [...]
Note: The following is a guest post by Ryan Rivera. Positive thinking is at the heart of happiness. Positive thinking is how you get joy from your accomplishments, look forward to the future, enjoy the present, and relish your past. Happiness is itself a type of positive thinking, because it comes from being content with [...]
Since returning from Israel almost two months ago, I’ve found myself slipping into daydream an awful lot. My mind will wander from whatever it is I’m doing to a scene of beaches along the Mediterranean, a crater in the Negev, or a bar in Tel Aviv. I have a love/hate relationship with daydreaming. On the [...]
“Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” Ahhh, the golden rule. We have been taught from a young age to be kind to others because that is how we would like others to treat us. That’s a great rule of thumb. Unfortunately, your kindness may not always be reciprocated. Uh oh. [...]
You have goals that you want to achieve, and habits that you want to implement in order to reach those goals. That’s great! Unfortunately, a motivation to succeed is simply not enough. People don’t talk about it enough, but you will fall off the horse, stray from your goal, and slip back into your old [...]
With the summer just about here, it’s time for the return of one of my oldest friends: sunburn. For pasty white guys such as myself, sunburn is pretty much a fixture of the summer months. Besides being painful, sunburn is also a huge risk factor for skin cancer…not good. Luckily, people like you and me [...]
It was a brisk morning in January 2009. At a Metro station in Washington D.C., a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for approximately 45 minutes. About 2000 people walked past him during that time, most of them on their way to work. Ten minutes after he started playing, a three year old [...]
In my last post, I wrote about an alternative mindset for habit change, and I’ve been experimenting with it in my own life for the past two weeks. Most people think of habit change as this long process. I have suggested that instead of thinking about it this way, you just focus on the single [...]
