The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies. – Andre Maurois Picture this: a full cup of warm coffee, a clear sky with the sun shining, a cool breeze, and the gentle sound waves splashing up on the rocks. I cannot imagine a betterContinue reading “Week Thirty-One: Read a Whole Chapter of a Book Uninterrupted”
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Week Thirty: Change Your Phone Screen to Something that Makes You Smile
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. – Thich Nhat Hanh I take a lot of photos. Every time I see something potentially memorable, something that reminds me of someone, something amusing, strange, or beautiful, I take a photo of it. IContinue reading “Week Thirty: Change Your Phone Screen to Something that Makes You Smile”
Week Twenty-Nine: Become a Vegetarian
It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence a lot of mankind. – Albert Einstein My relationship with food is nuanced. Food is sustenance. I can’t function without it and if I forget to eat, my body lets me knowContinue reading “Week Twenty-Nine: Become a Vegetarian”
Week Twenty-Eight: Wake Up Early Enough to Watch the Sun Rise
Wake up an hour early to live an hour more. – Unknown One morning when I was about seven or eight years old I remember waking up, stumbling out of bed, and wandering down the hall while my eyes slowly adjusted. As I made my way to the kitchen, wiping the sleep from my eyes,Continue reading “Week Twenty-Eight: Wake Up Early Enough to Watch the Sun Rise”
Week Twenty-Seven: Draw Something
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. – Pablo Picasso In my office, among the books, plants, miscellaneous chargers, and paperwork, is a stack of blank canvases, a sketchbook, pencils, a set of brushes, and paint. At one point, years ago, I told myself thatContinue reading “Week Twenty-Seven: Draw Something”
Week Twenty-Six: Write a Positive Review
Every time you spend money, you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want. – Anna Lappe Whenever I try something new that I really like – a city, a restaurant, a boutique shop, a new craft beer – I get an overwhelming urge to introduce it to everyone I know. WhenContinue reading “Week Twenty-Six: Write a Positive Review”
Week Twenty-Five: Go for a Walk
There was nowhere to go but everywhere. – Jack Kerouac I love walking. I love walking to a destination, I love walking for no reason, I love walking for the sake of walking, I love walking for exercise, I even love walking when I’m lost. I have spent the majority of my life as aContinue reading “Week Twenty-Five: Go for a Walk”
Week Twenty-Four: Write a Journal Entry
Journal writing is a voyage to the interior. – Christina Baldwin I wrote my first ever diary entry in my first ever diary on October 22nd, 1999, two days after my ninth birthday. Like most kids, I formally introduced myself to this newly anthropomorphised book of blank pages: “Hi My name is Laura EliZabeth Fyfe”.Continue reading “Week Twenty-Four: Write a Journal Entry”
Week Twenty-Three: Sit on a Park Bench
Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops. – Maya Angelou When I added this to my list way back at the beginningContinue reading “Week Twenty-Three: Sit on a Park Bench”
Week Twenty-Two: Discover New Music
It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong. — Miles Davis This week will be different. Fair warning to the reader: this week I am not talking about myself and how I made myself happy. At least not in aContinue reading “Week Twenty-Two: Discover New Music”
How to Be Happy 