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Entries from March 2009

Eat healthier for your happiness, one step at a time

March 25th, 2009 by Anne | No Comments

Eat healthier for your happiness, one step at a time

Believe it or not, what you eat changes how you feel about things. If you want to feel good more often, eating well will be a huge step in making that happen.
Now, I believe in making healthy and happy habits work for your lifestyle. Making the move from unhealthy habits to healthy habits is a [...]


Your attitude can make you more (or less) successful

March 17th, 2009 by Anne | No Comments

Your attitude can make you more (or less) successful

It is my belief that your attitude will make or break how happy and successful you will be in life. Why do I think this to be true? Because it makes sense when you think about it.
If you approach life with the mentality that you will fail, that you aren’t good enough, and that nothing [...]


Do something new this weekend

March 13th, 2009 by Anne | No Comments

Do something new this weekend

Sometimes, in order to feel inspired for life, we need to try something new. Even if it’s not new, something that is not in the usual routine. So here’s a challenge: do something new this weekend!
Think outside the box here – if you have a bit of cash, you could go for something thrilling like [...]


Live, love, and never give up [Music]

March 12th, 2009 by Anne | No Comments

Live, love, and never give up [Music]

Music speaks to me loudly quite often. There’s a great song by the band Superchic[k] called “We Live”, and it talks about living every moment like you could die at any minute.
I encourage you to give it a listen and take it to heart.


Hope for the best, plan for the worst

March 11th, 2009 by Anne | No Comments

Hope for the best, plan for the worst

This is a saying I grew up hearing from my mom: Hope for the best, plan for the worst. This has stuck with me for years. If you really think about it, this is a great mental attitude to have about life. What better way to live than with hope and preparedness?
The beginning of the [...]


Let your curiosity set you free

March 10th, 2009 by Anne | No Comments

Let your curiosity set you free

Curiosity is a strange motivator. It makes us do strange things at times. Sometimes, the strange things curiosity makes us do gets us into trouble. At the same time, who would want to live without curiosity?
Curiosity fuels our desire for knowledge. We learn because we want to know, we want answers to our questions. If [...]


Treat a stranger like a friend

March 9th, 2009 by Anne | 1 Comment

Treat a stranger like a friend

Here’s a novel concept: treat the random people you meet day in and day out like, well, real people.
Don’t objectify the girl behind the counter making your sandwich as just a sandwich maker. She has a life, relationships, hopes, hobbies and dreams. Treat her as such. She may be having a rough day. Say “please” [...]


Find your role to make an impact, part 2

March 8th, 2009 by Anne | No Comments

Find your role to make an impact, part 2

We can take this idea of finding your role from another angle. In our strengths, we are all different. Some jobs seem more glorious than others. The speaker in front of the crowd is necessary to bring about an awareness. The worker behind the scenes is necessary to make it happen.
Knowing the job that you [...]


Find your role to make an impact

March 7th, 2009 by Anne | No Comments

Find your role to make an impact

We all have strengths and weaknesses. The first step is to realize what these are. The second step is to take on jobs that allow us to use our strengths. The third is to develop our weaknesses.
When it comes to making an impact (on myself, friends, the world), I know that my strength is coming [...]


Solve problems with creativity

March 6th, 2009 by Anne | No Comments

Solve problems with creativity

Originality and creativity are severely lacking in today’s society. How do I know? We’re all trying to slum by at the lowest common denominator, insisting we all go at the pace of the slowest person, and somehow we’re all okay with that. It’s usually in the name of “equal opportunity” and “fairness”.
I think that we [...]



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