I’m not just a fan of New Year’s resolutions, I’m a cheerleader for them, and for positive change in our lives in general. As a former counselor who’s worked with a full spectrum of folks — from underachieving college students and the worried well to late-stage alcoholics and drug addicts – I have a realistic [...]
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How To Follow Through On New Year’s Resolutions
December 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · health & well being, lifestyle, simplicity
Tags: addictions·decluttering·exercise·habits·New Years resolutions
Happiness In The High Desert
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · community, entertainment, lifestyle, money, nature
What did I do last night and how happy did it make me? I went running in the high desert, sang and got people to sing with me — for a 9 on my 1-10 scale of happiness.
I’m in Bend, Oregon, for a conference on public participation. To the right is the type of [...]
Tags: American Pie·Bend·exercise·fun·happiness·high desert·Janet Johnson·Oregon·outdoors·public participation·running·thrift
Twenty Ways to a Simpler, Happier Life, Part I
March 31st, 2009 · No Comments · food & drink, health & well being, home & garden, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability, transportation
My pursuit of the Diamond-Cut Life (a life rich in joy and low in consumption) still leaves me plenty vulnerable to the excesses of U.S. culture. I love finding little inroads to simplicity and happiness like the ones I’ve listed here. I’ll publish the second half later this week.
Gracefully end memberships that are no longer [...]
Tags: bicycling·cars·email·exercise·green living·happiness·life·plants·possessions·storage·thrift·vegetables
Bike. Walk. Joy.
March 10th, 2009 · 3 Comments · energy, health & well being, lifestyle, sustainability, transportation
Did you know that 40% of trips made in the U.S. are two miles or less in length? That’s walking and bicycling distance. Yet cars are currently being used for most of those trips. So much physical, sensual pleasure being bypassed as we vegetate in our vehicles! And carbon emissions needlessly created. And overweight-ness perpetuated.
The [...]
Tags: bicycling·carbon footprint·conservation·energy independence·exercise·fossil fuels·fun·happiness·life·outdoors·technology·walking
Fierce Vitality In Ashland, Oregon
February 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · entertainment, lifestyle
When do you feel the most vibrantly alive? Where do you feel it in your body? What activity or situation stitches your body, soul and heart all together into a joyous whole? I accidentally tripped into the zone of fierce vitality last night like Alice falling into the rabbit hole.
It started out sedately. I drove [...]
Tags: Ashland·culture·dancing fool·exercise·fun·happiness·life·music·Oregon·Royal Blues Band
