Lifehacker.com today has an article that you may find interesting. We tend to forge strong friendships during childhood, adolescence and into college. But for a lot of people, making close friends after college can be challenging. After discussing potential causes, they make recommendations such as “use daily deals, such as Groupon or LivingSocial, to take classes or other activities” and Read more…
I’ve written before about the problem with focusing too much on happiness at the expense of our ability to feel sad. Leo Babauta over at zenhabits.net writes about how contentment is more important than happiness. He provides reasons why we should focus on contentment, such as “happiness can go up or down each day (or moment), but contentment is something Read more…
Over at zenhabits, Leo Babauta recently wrote the counsel that he would give his kids as they move into adulthood. The advice he provides fits quite well with the theme of this blog. For example, he writes: “You are good enough. Most people are afraid to do things because they are afraid they’re not good enough, afraid they’ll fail. But Read more…
A guest author on zenhabits.net, Craig Ballantyne, recently posted on his personal rules that he uses in his life. He draws the comparison with vegetarians that live by a strong personal philosophy about not eating meat. Using this, he suggests that each of us develop a philosophy or rules that we hold to in our day to day interactions. He suggests Read more…
In a recent post, Sean Johnson talks about the importance of having margins in our life, space in between activities, meetings, etc. I admit that this is one area that I haven’t done very well with in the past. In my scheduling, I’ve always just assumed that I can travel across town to appointments instantaneously. This hasn’t worked very well Read more…
