There is power in Gratitude. It has worked miracles in my life. If you had known me ten years ago you would be amazed. Since most of you don’t I feel a brief illustration of my life will help you understand.
You see as a youth I developed a very painful hateful way of thinking about [...]
Categories: FEATURED ARTICLES, HAPPINESS
Tagged: appreciation, depression, gratitude, HAPPINESS, HEALTH, joy, Major depressive disorder, Pain
X-Ray Technician Schools has listed Cheerfulliving.com number 8! in their list of the top 50 blogs bringing peace and happiness to others.
The fast pace of life makes it hard to always be in a happy and healthy frame of mind. You’ve got to deal with gossipy co-workers, nagging mother-in-laws, dinner for your family and your [...]
Categories: PRODUCTIVITY
Tagged: cheerfulliving, Directories, FAMILY, HAPPINESS, HEALTH, recognition, success, top 50, winning
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle
Our daily lives are often a series of habits played out through the day, a trammeled existence fettered by the slow accretion of our previous actions.
But habits can be changed, as difficult as that may seem sometimes.
Categories: HAPPINESS, PRODUCTIVITY
Tagged: Addictions, building, change, habit, habits, HEALTH, Smoking cessation, stop, Substance Abuse, Tobacco, Tobacco smoking
The one topic that people can’t seem to talk about enough these days is money. Of course that is understandable after the last two years of recession, unemployment, housing and credit woes. The fact that millions of people have literally changed their entire way of thinking when it comes to money management proves that change [...]
Categories: BUSINESS & FINANCE, FEATURED ARTICLES
Tagged: business, debt, fear, finances, financial fear, money, Personal Finance, Savings account
As you might know, I consider myself a minimalist — at least, as much as you can be with kids.
Kids are almost antithetical to minimalism: having them brings new resource consumers into the world, not to mention how much clutter and chaos and complications that come with even just one kid.
But as we parents know, [...]
Tagged: FAMILY, Kids and Teens, minimalism, minimize, Parent, simplify