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Happiness and Choices

Frugal happiness advice on how to enjoy life more making
good choices and with positive thinking

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"The present moment that you are living in right now was yesterday's future.
This very moment will soon become your past. The question is, when this moment
becomes your past, will it be something good, bad, or mediocre?"  from
Are You Living Life Or Just Existing? by Michael A. Verdicchio

 
Enjoying Life

Are You Bored? by Colleen Langenfeld How to handle times when life seems a grind. 

Are You Living In the Past? by Susan Russo   The importance of forgetting past negative experiences so that you can enjoy the present.

Are You Living Life Or Just Existing? by Michael A. Verdicchio   How to live in the present, cease looking to the past for the "good ole days", and live life to the fullest.

Concentrate On Today's Date, by Steve Goodier    Don't let the joy of the present moment go unnoticed- it is gone too quickly.

Deciding How to Live, by Steve Goodier   How you don't have the choice on birth or death, only on how you live.

Do You Know Who You Are, by Steve Goodier   How to be happy knowing yourself and making the best choices for your life, as exemplified by the life of Jack Benny.

Following Your Bliss, by Steve Goodier 
Chose to do that which you love whenever you can.

Get It Done:  A Formula to Have a Great Day, by Nikki Willhite    How to arrange your day so that it is more satisfying.

Get The Most Out Of Your Day, by Kathy Gates   How to be happier and enjoy life more.

Happiness Is Diversity, by Kathy Gates   How to be happy being uniquely you.

Run with Intent, by Steve Goodier   An example of being happy by doing that which you love from the life of NYC marathon creator Fred Lebow.

Wherever You Are, Be There, by Steve Goodier   How to be happier and more successful by paying attention to your surroundings, as illustrated by a man applying for a job.

Goals

Get into the Habit of Winning, by Kathy Gates   How to set small, positive goals to learn to succeed.

Get Your Hands Dirty! by Kathy Gates   How to go after the things you want.

How Big Is Your Frying Pan? by Steve Goodier   How to raise the bar on your life's goals, using a fishing analogy.

Happiness

Happiness Takes Work: 5 Choices To Create Happiness, by Margaret Paul, Ph.D  Five specific qualities you must choose to develop in yourself in order to be happy.

Ya Gotta Let Go, by Steve Goodier    How letting go of the past makes you ready for the future.

Humility and Change

A Humble Spirit, by Steve Goodier    A story of humility from the life of Booker T. Washington.

Affirmation for Today, by Steve Goodier    How to live each day giving it the importance it deserves.

Use Your Greatest Power, by Steve Goodier    How to recognize personality flaws and change them, as illustrated by Benjamin Franklin's life.

Who is Packing Your Parachute, by Steve Goodier   Being humble and thankful for all those who have helped you in your life.

 

Integrity

Those are My Principles, by Steve Goodier   How doing the right thing builds our character, as illustrated by a young boy who found a woman's wallet.

Follow Your Stars, by Steve Goodier   The importance of integrity in our live and an example from the life of a General in the civil war.

Your Life is an Inside Job, by Steve Goodier    How you build your integrity one day at a time and a humorous story of a judge offered a bribe.

Do All the Good You Can, by Steve Goodier   Life is about doing the right things, even if it is not nice.

It's a Choice, by Steve Goodier   How most of the choices in your life are made by you.

Making Decisions

20 Ways to Find, Sustain and Share Happiness, by Carol Tuttle   Choices to make in your life that will lead to happiness.

No Crystal Ball, by Steve Goodier  How our choices today secure our future happiness.

Time to Be Quiet, by Steve Goodier   The worth of quiet time to know ourselves and choose what is best for us.

Won't Power, by Steve Goodier  A humorous story about a man on a diet that illustrates how you need to say no to yourself to change your behavior.

The Rocking Chair Test, by Steve Goodier   A humorous cattle branding story that illustrates the need to make strong decisions and how to measure your choices.

Using Your Homing Instinct, by Steve Goodier   An example of the Artic Tern and the salmon applied to making good decisions.

Why Is Today Important? by Kathy Gates   How today is important because it affects all your tomorrows.

Positive Thinking

A Choice to Make, by Steve Goodier   Inspirational and humorous article about choosing to be positive and a comment from concentration camp survivor Viktor Frankl about attitude.

Alive and Present, by Steve Goodier   How to walk a straight line toward your goals.

Choose It! by Steve Goodier  
How we have the choice of seeing things in a positive or negative way, as illustrated by the story of men seeking snakes for money.

The Garden of Your Mind, by Rhoberta Shaler, PhD   This article compares your mind to a garden.  In order to be happy you need to tend your garden.  When necessary, pull out the weeds, check for bugs, and plant new seeds.

Taking Advice

Those Who Will Listen Will Learn, by Steve Goodier   Humor and how to listen and learn from our experiences.

 

 

 

 

 

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