Tag: Happy

I got my first smartphone when I was 13. I remember the feeling of happiness that I had because I did not have to say goodbye to any of my friends and leave my parent’s computer. I was finally going to be online all the time. From that moment, I never stopped using my phone. I took it...

Becareful who you tell your dreams to or who you allow to know about what you’ve got good going on. And I’m not talking about just acquaintances like co-workers, colleagues, and group members. This includes family members and close friends because plenty of them are haters too who don...

I have been thinking about this question recently; in fact, I often think about it :) The most common answers I hear are money, power, recognition etc. The least heard answers are job satisfaction, quality relationships, and so on. Money can indeed buy (affect) happiness. If my salary ...

She’s confused. My daughter. She’s not sure why I’m dancing. I don’t look especially happy and she caught me crying in the bathroom, so why dance? “Are you happy now, mommy?” She asks. Am I happy? I’m not really happy right now, baby, but I have joy, s...

She’s confused. My daughter. She’s not sure why I’m dancing. I don’t look especially happy and she caught me crying in the bathroom, so why dance? “Are you happy now, mommy?” She asks. Am I happy? I’m not really happy right now, baby, but I have joy, s...

If your team is making noises about how glad they are the working week is over, how sad they are it’s Monday, or talking about work-life balance, it’s a good idea to ask why. “When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they wa...

How To Use Image Prompting with Reference Images to Create Unique Masterpieces with Midjourney. This is an intermediate to advanced technique for generating unique images (NOT suited for those who have never used Midjourney) also the first in a series of Happy Accidents where I will be writing ab...

I trust everyone is happy, healthy, and sane? No? Two out of three, perhaps? We’re doing well. Mom is still here, and we’ve been boring her to tears. Last night we finally went out for the first time since she arrived. We got ice cream at the Earnest Ice Cream shop in North Vancouver....

Throughout my life, I’ve been intrigued by the complex relationship between wealth and happiness. The bustling streets, the frenzied pace of life, and the relentless pursuit of material success often made me wonder whether money equates to happiness. As I navigated through different phases of ...

So this week I was going to write about the Happiness U-Curve. This is a theory — popular in the last few years — that human happiness starts to decrease in early adulthood, bottoms out in our 40s, and begins to rise again in our 50s and beyond. My memory being what it is, I needed...

I am not all in for the Good over Evil theme as I find it polarising. If people fall in the dangerous trap of believing they are good, they fail to get the complexity of human nature. Consciousness is all encompassing. We are beings with shades of grey. We can be evil too, even if it isn’t bor...

Before I go any further, I would like to clarify that there is no war on Christmas and I am not here to wage one. The fact that people feel threatened by the mere acknowledgment that Christmas isn’t a universal holiday is pathetic. This is an unfounded complaint from people who have never expe...

We’ve all heard it. Some people utter it with resignation. Others, with contempt. This phrase has become so widespread and generic that it almost seems to be lampooning itself, these days… “Happy wife, happy life” The surface-level advice seems clear enough. If a red-b...

It is important to note that holidays can be both magical and difficult, the former for some and the latter for others. Therefore, this brings up the expression “Happy holidays” and why I still use it knowing this. I love to share well-wishes during this time of the year, and I do thi...

Look, I’ll be honest: the headline “Can modern women ever be happy?” feels like a landmine disguised as a conversation starter. It’s loaded, complex, and frankly, kind of presumptuous. But as a man navigating the ever-evolving world of female ambition and self-discovery, I...

Did you know that May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month? It’s a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States, which encompasses people originating from all of the Asian continent, the Pacific islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The month of May was cho...

Wear traditional clothing-You can also find traditional clothing online. Wearing red is considered auspicious during this time. Red packets -Prepare and exchange red packets, containing money, as a symbol of good luck and blessings. Give these packets to children, unmarried family members, a...

Poet, essayist, and activist Audre Lorde famously wrote, “If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” I didn’t see The Whale, for which Brendan Fraser won an Oscar earlier this month. Nor will ...