Time is money. Often, we see that phrase and think, “If I’m wasting time, then I’m losing money”. But I offer you an alternative thought: “Time IS money”. It’s the currency we exchange for the things that we deem most important. To take this one step further, money is simply an outward sign of our …
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How to Be Happy
Q&A with Nick and John from Happy Every Day
I recently got the opportunity to talk with John and Nick from “Happy Every Day”. Their show on YouTube is all about celebrating the random, and not so random holidays that people have come up with over the years. Things like National Ice Cream Day, National Smile Day, and National Fishing Day. The goal in …
Do You Know What You Like and Don’t Like
Do you really know what you like and what you don’t like? It sounds like an easy question, but a lot of people don’t. For a long time, I didn’t. I went along with what the people around me were doing because I didn’t want to rock the boat. I didn’t want to speak my …
Three Major Questions We Should All Ask Ourselves
I talk a lot about how to keep yourself on your path to your happiest life, but several people have asked me, “What if I don’t know what my happiest path even is? What if I don’t even know where to start?”. To help you find the beginning steps on your path, I recommend asking …
Is It OK to Say No, Even to Good Opportunities
Saying no to things that are very obviously not right for us is generally easy for people. But what about saying no to something that could be a really good opportunity? Is it ok to say no to things that would be really good for us, or that would allow us to help someone else, …
Can What You Collect Help You Find Your Happiest Life
Take a look at the things that you collect and answer a couple of questions: Why do you collect the things that you do, and how do you display those collections? Why am I asking? Because finding the answers to these questions can help us to narrow down what we enjoy doing most in life, …
Bloom Where You’re Planted
I’ve always loved the phrase, “Bloom Where You’re Planted”. I think it gets a bad rap sometimes, because some people use it to mean that you need to stay in a bad situation and make the best of it. I disagree with that definition of this phrase. Let’s clarify first, what this phrase doesn’t …
How to Write a Letter to Yourself
Practicing self-care is important, but it’s not going to help quite as much if we don’t also practice self-love in the process. Spending time to go a little deeper, to make sure that we’re getting rid of old habits and emotions that no longer serve us, is as important as exercise. Learning to love what …