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What’s awesome? In other words … What’s going really well? What are you proud of yourself for doing? What are you grateful for? What is there to be happy about? What improvements have you made lately? How are you currently succeeding? What are you making progress toward? My answers: I’m doing more than ever, I haven’t missed a day in nearly three years, and I’m noticing the benefits in my… Read More »2 Questions

Why Complaining Makes Things Worse

I want you to think about how you feel when you have to listen to someone else complaining. Does it feel good? Now I want you to think about the fact that, when you complain, you’re making other people feel just as crummy as you feel when they complain. I also want you to think about the fact that, when you complain, you’re making yourself listen to yourself complaining. Does… Read More »Why Complaining Makes Things Worse

My New Rule for Money and Happiness

Last week I gave into temptation and splurged on myself. In one of the nerdiest splurges imaginable, I bought an expensive board game (Terraforming Mars), and I bought three expansions for it, and I bought a custom organizer for all the game pieces. Total cost: $169. I spent the next hour looking forward to it with great excitement, but I hardly ever spend that kind of money on myself, so,… Read More »My New Rule for Money and Happiness

The Most Important Rule for Sticking with a Habit

“It’s OK to suck. It’s not OK to skip.” –Brian Johnson1 We’ve all been there. Too tired to have a “good” workout. Too stressed to have a “good” meditation. Too busy to write a “good” blog post. These are all perfectly legitimate reasons to do a short workout, have a distracted meditation, or write a mediocre blog post. They are not legitimate reasons to skip. The key to sticking with… Read More »The Most Important Rule for Sticking with a Habit

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