Relying on a relationship to make us happy is putting all our eggs in one basket. What happens when the basket breaks? If our relationship is what’s sewing our happiness together, then what’s to stop us from unraveling?
Five Guys: You’re the kind of person who loves the free samples at Trader Joe’s.
Make fewer plans.
You won’t be able to make rent because of all the parking tickets you’ve accumulated.
Among its new 2014 entries, the AP Stylebook added the words “buffalo wings” and “vegan.” The Dems lost the Senate. The Palin family got into a bar fight. We lost Robin Williams, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and 298 lives on Malaysia Airlines Flight #17. Ellen DeGeneres ordered pizza at the Oscar’s. Brad Pitt handed out the plates and napkins.
Stop waiting for someone to change. (Start accepting that you can’t control people.)
Yet now, we think we’re the victims. We are burdened by the everyday struggles of adjusting to real life, and it’s hard. It makes us impatient. It makes us selfish. And with this negative energy pushing into our psyche, we forget to be grateful.
I’m too attached to how good my hair looks in this picture to let it go.
Believe it or not, your Reindeer headband with the jingle bells has no place at your office party. It’s destined to be replaced by an understated ribbon, or even a barrette.
Wherever your joy comes from, spread that. And if that means you say something other than “Happy Holidays,” then so be it.