Is it weird or foolish to think you’re the happiest person you know?! Possibly!? But if you’re as obsessed with happiness as I am, maybe you’re here to see what else you can implement in your life to boost your overall happiness. So here’s my number one tip that I feel like helps me tremendously. … Continue reading “#1 life advice tip to increase your happiness”
Category: Know Yourself Better
New neighbors, rhubarb cake, and what I want to spend my life doing
Last month I took some time off writing to focus on our move! We just moved end of April to a sleepy seaside town filled with lots of friendly retired folks. Within the first three days, we already knew the neighborhood gossip, got invited to the ladies’ weekday 8 am walking group, the neighborhood church … Continue reading “New neighbors, rhubarb cake, and what I want to spend my life doing”
What I did on my staycation (and loved)
As per my last article talking about alternatives to retirement, last week I took a week off. To be honest, it feels more difficult and unnatural for me to take time off. I’m someone who likes to stay busy, have a routine, and check things off my to-do list. But what I’ve learned for myself … Continue reading “What I did on my staycation (and loved)”
Reframing winter, motherhood, and extroversion
Reframing winter My period is about to start, and I’m feeling all sorts of low energy and just want to sit in this chair with a heating blanket and veg. Winter months get to me. How about you? One thing that has helped me a bit is reframing winter. It’s not cold, it’s cozy. If … Continue reading “Reframing winter, motherhood, and extroversion”
Do you have a word for the year? Here’s mine
Do you listen to The Happier podcast? I’ve heard every episode! One thing that Gretchen Rubin and her sister Elizabeth Craft do every year is choose a word of the year. I usually don’t do this yearly practice because most years, I don’t really have something I want to focus on specifically so the practice … Continue reading “Do you have a word for the year? Here’s mine”
My current favorite quiz online
I love a good personality/know yourself better quiz, do you?? My current favorite free quiz is the values bridge quiz! It tells you your top 4 values and shows you if you’re living according to them. Very eye opening! Nate and I share two of them, familycentrism and affluence. Several of my friends have taken … Continue reading “My current favorite quiz online”
Something to think about- do you know what your dream social life would look like?
I like to see friends, I like to have people over, and I like to go to other people’s get togethers. On any given week I will have fed a friend at least once. This last week, I had my weekly regular lunch with my brother on Sunday, had a friend and her kids over … Continue reading “Something to think about- do you know what your dream social life would look like?”