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Joy and Well-Being

No, really. I AM too old for this.
126: who knows, you may be, too?
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It's February. How you doin'?
123: Don't you dare give up.
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The Joy Experiment
I can only imagine what will happen. 😊
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Playing, When Playing is Tough
No. 119: In WTF moments, what does playing even look like?
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How I've kept the December melancholy at bay
It’s that time of the year.
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I managed to stop complaining!
No. 110: Insights from 21 consecutive gripe-free days
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Stress: Relieved
No. 103: We can't wait for the sh*t to hit the fan to figure out how to get the sh*t out of the fan
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99. When the will hasn't got the power
you can do it. can you do it? do you want to do it? arrrgh.
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98. Whoever complains less wins.
how long can you go — how many days — without griping?
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96. Are you gratefully-challenged?
tips + an experiment for those who find it tough to stay in the spirit (AKA: me)
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95. Am I actually getting better?
oh dear, this is harder than I thought...
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93. Some Useful Habits
attempting to age like fine wine
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92. Getting Out of the Funk
because sometimes, we fall into a hole, you see...
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84. Is your December sad too?
Nobody wants to be a Debbie Downer this month.
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78. What's with all the mindset shifts?
'Change your mindset' has become the panacea for all life's frustrations. What exactly are we changing, and how are we doing it?
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75. How to truly grow up and not merely age
What it takes to truly "grow up" and respond to life's ups and downs in a way that befits the person we want to be.
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73. Things will get better.
In our midlife, we discover that the journey not only continues, it’s likely the better half of the trip.
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72. Live Long and Prosper
"If you could be at your mental peak for an extra 20 years, imagine what you could contribute to society."
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59. Why Are You So Stressed?
As difficult as it may be to accept, the answer is less about what's happening "out there" and more about what's happening "in here".
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Feeling the Midlife Blues? Hang in there. It Gets Better.
"Hello, you've reached the winter of our discontent." That was Troy, answering the phone, in the 90s romantic-comedy "Reality Bites", a film that…
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