I logged into day 14 at 3am on the way to the airport. Realising I couldn't physically declutter and be minimal in the back of a taxi without getting funny looks, I started thinking about what I could do without or virtually minimise. I'd already had a minimal 3 hours sleep so figured [...]
This week we had a day to be nice to ourself, to be compassionate - probably one of the easiest tasks I thought, a day to spoil myself. So I did really well. I had that second coffee, I had crumpets for breakfast and I cancelled a meeting I just couldn't be bothered to attend [...]
Saturday flew by. It was one of those days that feels like it was shorter then the rest of the week. In fact, I'm sure there's been some extensive research done by the Happynesshub, to prove that some days of the year are actually 8 hours shorter than the rest. Surely [...]
I found a place yesterday. A place that I've been to many times before but it felt like the first time. A place just for me… and the other thousand or so people that use the lido everyday. Ok, so it's only a lido and not an undiscovered waterfall, complete with grazing wildebeest and dolphins [...]
What makes you happy? It’s such a simple question yet I found it initially a bit of a puzzler. What makes ME happy? Who knows, I’m alright, I’m generally quite upbeat. Initially I wanted to reel off a list of hobbies that you might put on a CV or profile: I’m Paul [...]
Excitedly woke up this morning in a foul mood, which is quite unlike me (my ego there just needed to reinforce a good first impression... please don’t see me as “the grumpy one”). I feel a bit under the weather and have the Monday blues. I thought though that this was [...]
Hi I'm Paul. I first became aware of the Happynesshub at the beginning of this year when it first launched the 21 Days to Happiness programme. I was full of the promise of committing to follow the course to the letter, EVERY DAY. I was mindful with the meditations, I exerted with the [...]
