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HAPPINESS HACKS On: Attitude

Sometimes, you just have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and trust yourself...

  • Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 2:37AM
  • by GraceFire
  • GraceFire

ONE-SENTENCE JOURNAL From: An Authentic Life

It's time to start thinking about whether my job is truly fulfilling or whether I stay in it because I just lack the courage to do what moves me.

  • Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 2:36AM
  • by GraceFire
  • GraceFire

HAPPINESS HACKS On: Attitude

Every time your decisions in life are dependent on another person's decision to "do" or "not do" something, your personal power is eroded. The less control you have of your decisions, the less happy you will be...

  • Wednesday, August 04, 2010 at 4:06AM
  • by GraceFire
  • GraceFire

ONE-SENTENCE JOURNAL From: An Authentic Life

Today I brought materials for my new painting and framed two others. I can't wait to get started on my next project.

HAPPINESS HACKS On: Mindfulness

Not every problem requires a solution. Sometimes the best solution is to do nothing at all.

SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD

Trust your intuition. Instincts have an uncanny ability to be absolutely right.

SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD

Winning the lottery is not a financial plan.

SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD

It has taken years to learn and refine some of my worst behaviours, attitudes and prejudices. Unlearning them requires a return to the innocence and awe of childhood.

SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD

Your boyfriend is not a mind reader.

ONE-SENTENCE JOURNAL From: An Authentic Life

Today I had the best takeaway sushi I have ever eaten. I can't stop thinking about its deliciousness...

SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD

Make friends and be kind to them.

SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD

Courage. Its important and we all need it sometimes. Just hang in there. It will be okay. That's all you need to remember.

ONE-SENTENCE JOURNAL From: An Authentic Life

Today the man at Plum Cafe was pleased so see me when I picked up my morning take out coffee on the way to work. He is getting better at making coffee which is a good thing...!

ONE-SENTENCE JOURNAL From: An Authentic Life

I feel unwell today and I just have to roll with it...

SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD

Never marry a man until you have seen him drunk.

ONE-SENTENCE JOURNAL From: An Authentic Life

Today I feel confused about what to do - which means I should probably sleep on it.

LISTS July's list of nice things

  • Send a beautiful card to Lana
  • Say something nice and thoughtful every day to one of my friends
  • Empty the dishwasher at work a few times each week
  • Fill out and send my Red Cross membership form

SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD

It's okay to like watching cartoons (even if you are 36)...

ONE-SENTENCE JOURNAL From: An Authentic Life

I got real and used Facebook for the power of good to contact people I have loved and cared about throughout my life...

HAPPINESS HACKS On: Attitude

It's okay to hiberate in the dead of winter.

LISTS For my dream job, I need to fluent in French. This is how I am going to do it:

  • Make a commitment
  • Live, breath and dream about what it will be like to be fluent
  • Sign up for Term 3 classes next week
  • Set up a special fund to pay for classes
  • Borrow French DVDs
  • Get BRAVE and go to the French social evenings.
  • Kickstart my learning with my French speaking kit. Do a one hour class 3 times a week.
  • Keep dreaming about what it will be like when I finish term 3
  • Stride into term 4 with confidence
  • Keep my special dream to myself for a little while...
  • Celebrate successes
  • Seek out other people who speak French and want practice
  • Remember, its the "long game" and at times I will falter, but i have to remember that its now or never

HAPPINESS HACKS On: Fun

One night a week, buy a big bar of Nestle chocolate, hit a couch and listen to music.

GROUP RESOLUTION Live life authentically

Be authentic and be the person you really are. 1. Stop trying to "fit in" 2. Follow your own compass 3. Live with an open hand. 4. Love the person you are. For one month, live purposefully and try and do one of these things every day.

August 8 - August 14

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  • all time average: 7% positive!
  • Friday, July 16, 2010 at 7:26AM by GraceFire

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The art of living with simplicity.

LISTS Some things I just need to remember

  1. The past is the past. Now, move on.
  2. It's doing things, not acquiring things that make me happy
  3. Remember the long game..
  4. It's o.k. to hibernate for the winter.

RESOLUTIONS: An authentic life

Dedicated to focusing on my authentic self, my health, financial independence and my special long term goal.

September 5 - September 11

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Follow my 90/10 health plan and keep away from wheat
Stay within budget
Collate recipes for my cookbook
Join up for term 3 French lessons
Do something every week for Geneva
Work on my painting
  • average this week: 0% positive!
  • all time average: 2% positive!
  • Friday, July 16, 2010 at 7:09AM by GraceFire

SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD

Just be your authentic self.

PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS An authentic life

  • Live an authentic life
  • Act with an open hand
  • Follow my moral compass
  • It's time to close the door on the past.

ONE-SENTENCE JOURNAL From: An Authentic Life

I lit a fire of fun at work today - we ate mid-winter Christmas cake and solved the world's problems together.