Happiness is U-Shaped
According to Jerry Kennard (article), if we could draw out a diagram over our lifetime, our happiness level would be in the form of a “U”. If there is in fact a midlife crisis, that would of course...
View Article10 Reasons Why I Want You to Be Financially Independent
I’ve wanted to be financially independent starting about 2-3 years ago. I’ve been out of school and in the work force for 6 years. The first few years out of school, I think I was trying to figure out...
View ArticleFree Amazon Gift Card
I’m participating in the 10 Day Give. Part of my 10 Day Give is to give away a $20 Amazon gift card. In order to be eligible for the gift card, please place in the comment section below, the nicest...
View ArticleWhat Would Happen if More People Were Financially Independent?
I previously wrote about 10 Reasons Why I Want You to Be Financially Independent. I gave my 10 reasons, but I also asked what would happen if more people were financially independent. There were a few...
View Article10 Simple Ways to Overcome Disappointment
Everyone is disappointed at some point in their life. Perhaps you didn’t receive the grade you were hoping for on your math test. Maybe you didn’t perform as well as you had hoped for in the big...
View ArticleWhat Determines Happiness?
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. -Aristotle I think what we all really want is to be happy, right? We go to college to get the right job we...
View ArticleIs Happiness Viral?
We know videos can go viral. Other people can catch a sickness or a cold from you. Recent research by Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler found that happiness can be viral too. Above is a picture of...
View ArticleThe 3 Myths of Happiness
I recently wrote about What Determines Happiness that may be a companion article to this post. In the book, The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky, she determined that you have the opportunity to...
View ArticleBook Review: The How of Happiness
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” -Aristotle The How of Happiness was written by Sonja Lyubomirsky. This book took me a while to get though,...
View ArticleWhat Time Do You Wake Up?
I’ll be the first one to admit that I am not a morning person. I try really hard to be chipper and happy in the morning because I want to be happy around other people. I typically wake up at 5:45 a.m....
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