Let’s face it, retirement is great for individuals, giving people freedom to be at home pursuing their interests, after years of being harnessed to a job, but the togetherness that retirement brings may not be so good for marriages. Suddenly, especially if two partners retire at the same time,… Read More »The Pitfalls of Too Much Togetherness After Retirement
You might not be aware of it, but somewhere in the back of your mind, or in your kitchen junk drawer, or in a folder marked “Things to do”, you have a bucket list —most everyone does. I actually don’t like the name, “bucket list”, which is a term for… Read More »Your Bucket List—the Key to Fulfillment or a Distraction from Real Life?
On some days, even perfect ones like today, when everything is fine in my world, I’ve been known to suddenly experience what I can only describe as a bad mood. I don’t obsess about it, or even question it. A wave of sadness appears out of nowhere, and usually, if… Read More »Why a Bad Mood May be Good for You
I don’t know what I expected when I set out to be a minimalist. I thought I’d be rewarded with something—a sense of being unburdened, a renewal of energy, or a burst of happiness, at the very least. Clearly, I had been missing out—minimalism, it appears, can be the answer… Read More »Minimalism—a Trend or a Truth?
Happiness and fulfillment are two different things. You can have fulfillment without happiness, but you can’t have complete happiness without fulfillment. Being happy is about feeling good, experiencing something pleasurable—something philosophers refer to as hedonic well-being. Fulfillment, or eudaimonic well-being occurs when humans reach for something beyond pleasure in life—which may… Read More »5 Steps to Finding Lasting Happiness and Fulfillment
Thank you to all of my followers for making this year an extraordinary one! I have been so gratified to have you visit my blog regularly, and to post thoughtful, sometimes challenging and sometimes funny comments. You made me laugh. You made me think! You helped me to feel connected… Read More »A Holiday Greeting to My Followers!
It appears that we older people are the happiest generation in history. Study after study says that we are. Our aging faces may not reflect this, but it’s true—we older people are considerably happier than younger people and certainly happier than people who are middle-aged. It seems that when it comes to the… Read More »The Happiest People on the Planet
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