Having children does not make your life smell like talcum powder but it does make you understand what it feels like to ferret around for a bogie in someone else's nose. When mine were younger I would sometimes glance in the driving mirror and freak out seeing two small people in the back of the car and realise it was my responsibility to actually make sure they stayed alive for like, ever. It's MORE +
Is Your Glass Half-Full? Drink up – truth is it doesn’t matter too much.
Today’s five-minute wisdom comes mostly courtesy of Hugh Mackay – a man so well-adjusted that I can do little more than concur. In his book ‘The Good Life – What makes a life worth living’ he reminds us to: Stop striving to be so damn happy all the time. Doing so can actually have the reverse effect – ‘If you encourage people to pursue happiness single-mindedly as their primary goal, either MORE +
Mind Your Manners – A (Very Quick) Reminder to be Thankful
You could probably count on one hand the things I know about Buddhism. Be Present. Be Mindful (is this the same thing?) Be Thankful. Don't Kill Spiders. Wear a shed load of Orange. That said you don't need to be a self-help guru (which is lucky as I am not) to know that at least 3 of these concepts might make life less of a stress ball and a tad more Tibetan. Clue: Orange is MORE +
Important Life Lesson – No.129
Sometimes you simply can't do everything. And. That's. OK. This Get Happier post is brought to you by someone who is off to pour herself a very large wine. Illustration by the ridiculously talented @gemmacorrell MORE +
What if they don’t like me? – How to stop caring about people who don’t matter.
I have a friend, who used to be a friend until I realised just thinking of being around them sucked the will to live out of me. I was pretty keen to terminate this friendship but, by some insanity of logic, was worried that if I did, they might not like me anymore. Wtf? Was I genuinely concerned that someone, who I did not like and did not want in my life anymore, might-not-like-me? Idiot. It MORE +
Quack That: Don’t Wait for All Your Ducks to be in a Row.
Life is Short my friend and so is this blog post. It’s a quote from one of the case studies in ‘Sell Up, Pack Up & Take Off’ by Stephen Wyatt & Colleen Ryan. The book explores how to live a more luxurious life for a fraction of the cost overseas and Suzanne, a woman who made the move from Coolangatta to the French Alps, says: ‘People, from what I have witnessed, need to have ducks in MORE +
How to Stay Married – The 9 Secrets to Staying Happily Ever After.
Marriage is hard and everyone is annoying. So my No 1. piece of advice on how to stay married would be to find the person who annoys you the least. It may not be romantic but it is valid. Having stayed Happy Ever After to the same person for the last 23 years here is what else I have learnt. Decide to. I have seen a few married friends of mine end up drifting apart and eventually MORE +
5 Apps to Make You Happier
Instead of being a slave to your tech let it work in your favour for a change. Here are 5 Apps to help you get your happy on. HEAD SPACE: Meditation. Pretty people do it (Gisele Bundchen), Successful people do it (Billionaire founder of the largest hedge fund management firm in the US), even I have started doing it (and I thought there was no way I could get out of my head and in to my MORE +
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