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Yesterday's happiness
December 6
69%
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Imagine this scenario: you wake up in the morning with a hangover, you barely make it out of bed, you go straight to make your first cup of coffee of the day and you drink it while reading the newspaper which, btw, is full of bad news that makes you feel insecure, scared and anxious. […]
“Imagine a big explosion as you climb through 3,000 ft. Imagine a plane full of smoke. Imagine an engine going clack, clack, clack.” It can all change in an instant. We recently came across this talk by Ric Elias, who was in the plane that had to land on the Hudson River in Manhattan a […]
If you take a moment to reflect on our lifestyle, you’ll notice that we live in a period which only a few years ago (not to mention decades or centuries) would have been perceived as total science fiction. Think about the internet, smartphones, transportation, augmented reality, the growth of the digital world and the big […]
There are many good and effective methods to improve our lives, but there is one which is unique in its simplicity, and it’s known as The Four Agreements. The Four Agreements is a concept created by Mexican Doctor Don Miguel Ruiz. Ruiz began his professional career as a conventional doctor, stepping away from his family’s […]
If I spend more than half of my waking hours doing something that causes more pain than joy, can the rest of the day compensate enough to still have the potential of making me a happy person? We could discuss the answer, but most probably it would be no. Now, can I still be happy […]
Being able to recognize a feeling and identify a problem is the first step towards solving it. What usually happens is that there comes a moment when you start feeling a bit uncomfortable with something in your life. This discomfort grows until you can no longer ignore it, and finally you start reflecting on it […]
A few days ago, I stumbled upon a New York Times article titled “How To Breathe”. The articled featured some wise words from an 80-year-old Argentine-born Israeli clarinet player who offered his advice on using the breathing process as a method to gain peace of mind and overall well being. Reading this article drew me […]
Being happy is pretty simple if we focus on it. We said it before: 40% of our happiness depends on us, on our own actions and attitude. It’s our own habits that play the biggest role, and not the people we have around or our environment, as we would tend to think. You should always […]
We often write about those things that contribute to our happiness. Today we decided to go the other way and to show some of the things that will guarantee your unhappiness. So choose your habits carefully! Don’t set yourself any goals Having goals to pursue and work towards them is one of the scientifically proven […]