Happy people make people happy, but I can’t make someone be happy, and No one else can make me happy.
Consistency, repetition, no decision—this was the way to develop the ease of a true habit.
Arranging to Fail Loophole:
Accept myself, and expect more of myself. Give myself limits to give myself freedom. Make people happier by acknowledging that they’re not feeling happy. Plan ahead to be spontaneous; only with carefu...
One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight...
Then I wonder if some people need a coach more than a therapist, I said, thinking of Obligers.
The reward for a good habit is the habit itself.
The harder it is to do something, the harder it is to do it impulsively, so inconvenience helps us stick to good habits. There are six obvious ways to make an activity less convenient:· Increase the...
The fact is, changing a habit is much more challenging if that new habit means altering or losing an aspect of ourselves.
It’s a Secret of Adulthood: Make sure the things we do to make ourselves feel better don’t make us feel worse.
I don't want to reject my life. I want to change my life without changing my life.
HomeEvery room should include something purpleKeep pens, a notepad, and a pair of scissors in every roomWrite down anything I need to rememberIf something’s important to me, I should reserve time for...
He gave his assistant a stamped, addressed envelope with a check he’d written to an anti-charity, an organization whose policies he passionately opposes, with the instruction to mail the check if he h...
Happiness, wrote Yeats, is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that, but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing.
Habit is a good servant but a bad master.
Generally, I’ve observed, we seek changes that fall into the Essential Seven. People—including me—most want to foster the habits that will allow them to: 1. Eat and drink more healthfully (give up sug...
Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. —Journal of Thomas Merton
Epicurus wrote, We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it....
DON’T PUT THINGS DOWN; PUT THINGS AWAY.
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.