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Tuesday, February 23rd 2010
A great article written by Clara Moskowitz from Live Science... at this site
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(an excerpt of her article)
5 Things That Will Make You Happier
LiveScience.com
LiveScience.com clara Moskowitz
livescience Senior Writer
livescience.com – Mon Feb 22, 11:50 am ET
Here are five things that research has shown can improve happiness:
1. Be grateful - Some study participants were asked to write letters of gratitude to people who had helped them in some way. The study found that these people reported a lasting increase in happiness - over weeks and even months - after implementing the habit. What's even more surprising: Sending the letter is not necessary. Even when people wrote letters but never delivered them to the addressee, they still reported feeling better afterwards.
2. Be optimistic - Another practice that seems to help is optimistic thinking. Study participants were asked to visualize an ideal future - for example, living with a loving and supportive partner, or finding a job that was fulfilling - and describe the image in a journal entry. After doing this for a few weeks, these people too reported increased feelings of well-being.
3. Count your blessings - People who practice writing down three good things that have happened to them every week show significant boosts in happiness, studies have found. It seems the act of focusing on the positive helps people remember reasons to be glad.
4. Use your strengths - Another study asked people to identify their greatest strengths, and then to try to use these strengths in new ways. For example, someone who says they have a good sense of humor could try telling jokes to lighten up business meetings or cheer up sad friends. This habit, too, seems to heighten happiness.
5. Commit acts of kindness - It turns out helping others also helps ourselves. People who donate time or money to charity, or who altruistically assist people in need, report improvements in their own happiness.
Lyubomirsky has also created an iPhone application, called Live Happy, to help people boost their well-being. More >
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Thursday, February 18th 2010
thought this was good More >
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Sunday, February 7th 2010
hope you like it More >
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Saturday, January 2nd 2010
In the busy shopping season before the holidays.. one has to plan ones route carefully to optimize ones itinerary. I was wisely heading for the next stop at a popular grocery store... for some reason the left turn light heading to my home was green and I was on automatic...you know what I mean. More >
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Saturday, January 2nd 2010
I was traveling home from dropping of kids to school.. when I saw a young man with a backpack rushing with all his might to the bus stop. The bus pulls away just as he gets across the street. His obvious ire was perfectly expressed in his jumping down, throwing his back pack and shouting various colorful expletives... More >
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Thursday, December 3rd 2009
To a lovely young miss from Canada...This last Friday in a lovely ceremony at Danish Hall in Surrey BC. More >
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Wednesday, December 2nd 2009
When having my blood workup pre surgery on my broken arm... I was tested.. More >
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Monday, August 24th 2009
I fall down and go BOOM. I tripped on Aug 16th.. and have no idea on what.. and landed on my left knee and left palm on cement. broke my arm.. and not in a good way..
oh a wee joke..
"Yeah.. I have a boo boo on my knee.. almost all better with bandaid and time. I went to doc..
"ok.. which knee did you injure"
"The red one! The red one!""
anyway...
well.. yes.. they took a lovely digital xray.. wow.. those are way cooler than the old films in resolution..
yes.. there it was.. More >
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Thursday, March 5th 2009
And who thinks I could possibly have any clue?
Every once in a while... I really do think what I see around me is reality. Yet... I have this nagging feeling I am wrong!
*grins More >
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Tuesday, February 17th 2009
Breaking news.. whodathunkit?
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Friday, February 13th 2009
to all of us.. love in all its wonderful forms, shades, nuances and flavors!
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Friday, January 23rd 2009
What do you do to beat the dark sky blues?
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Tuesday, January 20th 2009
anyone else find it a kind of nasty thing to do to us?
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Thursday, January 15th 2009
In this world today we have an opportunity to explore virtual reality. I have been going to Second Life, a free virtual community.
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Tuesday, December 16th 2008
I am not sure what teachers are thinking... but every one of my kids has had these projects to do for school.
see more crazy cat pics More >
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Friday, December 5th 2008
an article on MSN this morning.. had to share.. real food for thought! forgive the earlier typo! lol More >
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Thursday, December 4th 2008
The late fall weather here in Sacramento is like that. We often will have overcast and fog for a month straight. More >
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Saturday, November 29th 2008
I do SO know that the day after Thanksgiving is the first official start of the Christmas shopping season...
The death and injuries attributed to Black Friday at an New York WalMart are terrible. My condolences to those and their families. I just want to know where security was. I know here in my town they had plenty of police etc. to keep things relatively sane. Just makes me shake my head that something like this would need security measures in the first place. Whose idea was this Black Friday thing anyway? Are they freakin' nuts? Are WE nuts? My only answer is "most likely". More >
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Monday, November 3rd 2008
borrowed from another posting on Postmormon.org.. I thought it was hilarious.
here is another site.. with more..
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and
[link] More >
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Monday, November 3rd 2008
After doing tarot readings at the Halloween party. We ended up with some donations from that. We had already quite a bit and made $19 at the party. We were able to donate a total of $124.91 to UNICEF. More >
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Monday, October 27th 2008
I am happy to report we made over 70 dollars. I want to thank those who donated and helped. More >
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Friday, October 24th 2008
I found some great recipes for the bake sale.. More >
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 Wednesday, October 22nd 2008
Just something my kids and I do each Halloween.
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 Saturday, October 11th 2008
In theses challenging economic times... one has to get creative! Some links for you! I have a Halloween party to go to... going to go as an angel. ha! enjoy the links More >
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Monday, October 6th 2008
The Skeleton Crew More >
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