Category: optimism

  • The [Photo] Album To Make On Your Phone Today

    If you’re anything like me, you take photos on your smartphone most days, even if it’s just a screenshot of an address you have to get to, or a photo of your pet sleeping peacefully (guilty!).   Well, today’s idea is for you to organize those photos a little.  What if you made different folders in…

  • How a Practice of Gratitude Can Increase Your Happiness

    I was recently listening to a podcast wherein the person being interviewed was a researcher on happiness.  The research shows that about 50% of one’s capacity for happiness is genetic, 10% is based on one’s life circumstances, and 40% is the wiggle room area wherein one’s personal habits come in to play.  It really got…

  • Optimism (or lack there of) and Your Teenager

    Are you a half glass full (optimistic) or a half glass empty (pessimistic) kind of person?  How about your child/ teen?  Not surprisingly, a parent’s level of optimism is very contagious as to how your child or teen may think and feel about themselves, school, and their future.  Studies have shown that people who are…