Have you ever noticed how life seems to work in waves? You have a smooth period, where your everyday life moves onward without major wins or setbacks. You just wake …
5 Things That Have Made Me Happy Lately
Oh lord, what a week! I’ve been on the highest cloud and the next second at the bottom of the deepest pit. My life is always a roller coaster and …
3 Ways An Instagram Challenge Affected How I Use The App
Last year I took on a week-long Instagram challenge: the point was to grow my following substantially within one week by posting good-enough(??) content and being active on the app. …
Postcards From Hawaii
Aloha y’all and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I thought I’d pop over quickly to give an overall update on things here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and to allow …
Day 20: How You Can Deal With Rejection
Photography Challenge Day 20: Decorations “Thank you for your application. We have decided to move on with other applicants.” “On this occasion I will not be participating.” “We do not …
The Ultimate Sunday Routine for Successful People
I’ve done it all, worked in a shop from Monday to Sunday, been a Project Manager with deadlines looming in the near future all the time, and worked in an …
Thoughts On Thanksgiving: Appreciation Is The Key To Happiness
Thanksgiving is here. This US tradition has been accepted quite widely around the Western world and celebrated all the way in Japan. I do not celebrate Thanksgiving but I like …
How to Make The Most Out of The Darkest Time of Year?
It’s a little bit hard sometimes to live with the fact that it’s pitch-dark in the morning when you drag yourself to the office, and then it’s pitch-dark in the …
20 x This or That – Would You Rather…
“Would You Rather…” is an ancient old game that is actually quite fun to play when you are stuck somewhere with a friend, for example, waiting for your flight at …
October Schedule – Holidays & Happiness
Have you heard of SAD? As in Seasonal Affective Disorder. It’s a temporary mood disorder “in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year exhibit depressive symptoms …