happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
Finding my rose-tinted glasses
It took a while before he agreed to follow his girlfriend to the shore. And honestly, I don't blame him. It was cold, raining and every gust of wind held enough power to make you lose your balance. I remember looking at the girl, wondering why on earth she wanted to go now. After all, I had been walking behind them for long enough to learn that she's studying in Brighton. She could go anytime. Why now?
By Dalila Abdelkhalek5 years ago in Motivation
Life’s Never Ending Story
How many of us have always known what we wanted to do or be when we grow up? I don’t really know of many people who would say an over worked and under valued mom. However, here I am!! Don’t get me wrong I love what I do on most days. Then add in Covid the year of 2020 and my jump into healthcare.
By Jessica Davis5 years ago in Motivation
Flirty Thirty: a Bourgeois Experience
It all began with an idea. Since I'm not the type to celebrate my own birth in a major way, I wanted to do something memorable for my third decade of life. Despite going all out for my friends and family for their respective birthday plans, I only have a small brunch by myself at Cheesecake Factory every year and then buy my annual Godiva strawberries and truffles. That's it. I cannot tell you the exact reason why I treat others’ celebrations better than my own, because I'm not sure. My 2015 New Year's resolution was to treat myself better, so I decided to start with my birthday. I had recently watched the remake of The Great Gatsby and it inspired me to do something similar for my birthday. Of course, nothing on that level of partying is my style but I desired something formal that people can dress up to attend - you know, baby steps. Therefore, my theme was the "Bourgeois Experience - Michelle's Flirty 30". The plan was simplicity yet elegance. In typical Michelle-form, I began my research. I contacted eight restaurants with a set of questions and started my research there. Most of them shot out a price quote without even answering my questions. All of them had a general party template that was massive (like 200-1000 guest massive). That's way too much for me especially when I'm used to celebrating alone. So, I scraped all that research and started over from scratch with a better idea of what I wanted to do.
By M'chelle Nicole5 years ago in Motivation
My Trees
I've lived at the same home for over 20 years. Being a young homeowner meant I had to learn to take care of things myself. A right of passage if you will. I have two trees in the front yard and in my first year of home-ownership, I realized these trees were going to need attention. Branches were hanging low. Some over the sidewalk and others a hindrance towards mowing the lawn.
By Eric Sykes5 years ago in Motivation
Things I'm Passionate About Part 1
In learning to find my “voice” as a writer, and in an attempt to build a portfolio of work, I decided to share a lot of personal insights online because a) it’s the style of the time, b) it will be good to look back on when I’m older (or for my family when I’m dead and they want to revive me as an AI simulacre) and c) it’s therapeutic for me right now. Especially in this case as I’m going to be using it to try to figure out what I’m passionate about in order to give my writing more focus, and hopefully my life as well. Here are things I’m passionate about in no particular order. Part 1:
By Brent Salmon5 years ago in Motivation
How My Little Beach Town Restored My Faith in Humanity
On the First Day of Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me- Unbridled Po-ver-ty... I don’t know about anyone else, but the one thing that I didn’t need after the year we've just been through is Christmas. What is normally one of my favorite times of the year, has now become just one more thing that I loathe. One more expense that I cannot cover. One more thing that I must figure out exactly how I'm going to pull off. One more bill with exactly zero dollars designated for it.
By Francesca Crespo aka The Industry Momma5 years ago in Motivation
Time of my life
Feeling like its right around the corner. Time slips out of my grasp like sands on a beach, the water lapping at my feet. Apprehensive. Curious and trying to ward off the fear that half the world is holding tight to. As I rise in the morning, from learning all night during dream I'm exhausted going in and the days seem to last forever and at the same time they go so fast that the year seems eaten.
By Lee Naylor5 years ago in Motivation
What am I thankful for?
What are you thankful for? Gratitude is the primary focus of this season, so one would think it would be an easy question to answer. Or, who knows, maybe you're like I was a few years ago, always struggling when my parents asked me what I was grateful for. Perhaps you're at a place in your life where everything just sucks and you can't muster a single grateful thought.
By Ayumi Nakamura5 years ago in Motivation
Theatricals of a Modern Teenager.
The Theatricals of a Modern Teenager I am not a happy boy, Though the art of deception may seem strong on my outer workings, my smile and stature may put off the foxes of questioning whether there truly is something wrong with me, but if someone was to dwell deep into my own inner cognitive workings they may only begin to comprehend this “art style” of such deception and realise that I am a self-incriminating case of whatever may bully my mind, like a thunderous storm of blows to the head within, where no-one; no peers, friends, parents or the average passer-by, may be enticed to learn the real reason for the formation of the frown stitched perfectly on my face, only if they dwell deeper they may begin to comprehend the inner workings my mind.
By Mike Russell5 years ago in Motivation
