March 2011

Living In Harmony

March 30, 2011

Although I have been exploring happiness and what it means to be happy my whole life, it wasn’t until I introduced the concept of harmony into my thinking that I really started to create a picture of what true happiness is. At each stage of my life I have made big decisions: going away to [...]

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Pamper Yourself!

March 28, 2011

Why is it easy to justify spending time doing nice things for others, but we feel guilty doing nice things for ourselves? It really is a funny situation. I have spent hours making gifts for friends or doing nice deeds for relatives, but a half-hour massage for me? No way! Part of taking the Happiness [...]

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Go To A Second-Hand Store

March 26, 2011

Second-hand stores are not just for the poor. They can serve as a great source of inspiration for unleashing your inner-creativity! I’m currently living in Denmark and second-hand stores are very common here. They are not a hand-out to the poor. On the contrary. The clientele is made up of all classes of society (not [...]

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Overcoming Differences

March 24, 2011

A beautiful video showing the love between two different animals. We have a lot to learn from nature. As the video says, if they can do it then what’s stopping us from overcoming our differences? It makes you think.. Is part of your Happiness Plunge overcoming differences with people in your life? Share your story [...]

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Do What You Love; Love What You Do

March 22, 2011

How nice would it be to wake up in the morning and actually be excited to go to work every day? For most of us, that isn’t the reality. And that is quite sad given that we spend the majority of the most productive hours of our adult lives at work. If you hate your [...]

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Open Up!

March 20, 2011

The decision to take the Happiness Plunge is a monumental moment in anyone’s life, but one need not go it alone. Open yourself up to others. It’s easy to perceive those who share their thoughts and feelings and desires as weak. We are all guilty of this judgment at one time or another. We often [...]

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Be Thankful and Grateful

March 18, 2011

There are some things we have infinite quantities of: love, respect, hate, anger, etc. But an often overlooked supply of infinite energy is gratitude. Imagine how different your life would be if you approached every situation and circumstance as a small miracle instead of having expectations and demands. For example, to an 85-year-old it must [...]

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Stop Comparing Yourself To Others!

March 16, 2011

As human beings, we are all guilty of comparing ourselves to others. It’s human nature. Taller, faster, smarter, happier, nicer, and thousands of other adjectives exist to allow us to make these comparisons. If you want to move a step closer to happiness, stop comparing yourself to others! There is someone out there who is [...]

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Happynomics Of Life

March 15, 2011

I came across this recent article in the New York Times and wanted to share it here. I am very excited to see what the British are doing! They are trying to look beyond GDP as a measure of prosperity and look more at the overall wellbeing and happiness of society. They are calling it [...]

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