Purpose

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Below are the posts related to purpose. What is my purpose? How can I strengthen my purpose in life? What should I be doing? The posts below are all related to this self-discovery, and how to strengthen your sense of purpose.

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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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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The Pursuit Of Happiness

March 14, 2011

Isn’t it funny that this widely used and accepted phrase, the pursuit of happiness, is so often misunderstood and misapplied? Pursuit implies a journey; it implies something difficult one must achieve, such as a college degree or convincing the person of your dreams to spend the rest of his or her life with you. Both [...]

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Minimize Things, Maximize Experiences

March 13, 2011

We live in a consumption society. Our entire economic model depends on mass consumption. The more we consume, the better off the economy is. But the more we consume, the worse off we are financially. Quite a conundrum. My philosophy is to minimize things and maximize experiences. Too often we long for material goods. But [...]

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The Meaning Of Life

March 12, 2011

A video showing the meaning of life and words to live by

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Get Out Of Debt!

March 10, 2011

I’m sure anyone in debt reading this will read this and think “easier said than done.” Fair enough. Some debt can be necessary. It would be hard to become a doctor or lawyer without taking student loans. Frankly, it’s hard to pay for college in general without taking loans. Then there are cars, houses, etc. [...]

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Make Something!

March 5, 2011

Some people are creative, others are not. I would say I’m mostly not creative. Just look at the layout of this site! Designing a PowerPoint presentation or website is not my strong suit. I’m fine with creating the content, but the visual story is difficult for me. But part of taking the Happiness Plunge is swimming against the stream [...]

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Pursuing Your Passion!

March 3, 2011

I am intentionally making “Pursuing your passion” the first real blog post for the blog because it is so important. In my own case, this blog is an example of me pursuing several of my passions. But for some reason, many people swallow their passions in pursuit of other less meaningful endeavors. Pursuing your passion [...]

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