This winter has been hard, emotionally and physically. We’ve had someone sick in our house almost constantly since the middle of December, including another round of COVID-19 in mid-January. Not surprisingly, my focus on my 12 Months of Happy project definitely, uh, took a hit during this season. As I’m pulling myself back into that …
Ingredient no.2: Affirmations (12 Months of Happy) Read More »
As I was conceptualizing what a “12 Months of Happy” project would look like, I was mulling over what elements I would need (or want) to include. How do you retrain your brain to feel happy after more than a decade of training it to feel unhappy, anyway? Well, I started by making a list …
Dear Abby, I’m writing to you from the first official day of your 12 Months of Happy project. Congratulations. You should be proud of the work you’ve put in, mentally and emotionally, to get you here. I thought you’d like to remember why you embarked on this journey, why the cost of staying the same …
Fall always brings me an intense season of introspection. I’ve never been able to pin-point why, though I have a couple theories. My birthday is at the end of October (the very end — I’m a Halloween baby!), and the end of one year of life and the onset of another seems like a reasonable …
