Great post from the Happiness Project (a site and book on, yeah you guessed it, Happiness) listing Tolstoy’s 10 rules for a happy life.

Tolstoy wrote these rules when he was eighteen years old:

Get up early (five o’clock)

Go to bed early (nine to ten o’clock)

Eat little and avoid sweets

Try [...]

As we are now spiraling toward half past January, here’s something that last drifted through my brain on or around New Years day.  Namely my semi-annual New Years Resolution list!

Actually I’ve never made a resolution list before, so I’m kinda new to this making future plans/changes deal, so bear with me.

Quick question though…

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Is it just me, or is this video gut wrenchingly sad?

Every year, our dad would tape us coming down the stairs. This is a compilation of all the videos I could find. Relatives and pets grow up and disappear, and new extended family members appear in their place.

In 1960, Jung was interviewed by journalist Gordon Young, who asked, “What do you consider to be more or less basic factors making for happiness in the human mind?” Jung answered:

“1. Good physical and mental health.
2. Good personal and intimate relationships, such as those of marriage, the family, and friendships.
3. [...]