Boeing 737 FMS with 'SCRATCH PAD' on the screen
  • Love the life you have, with the stuff you have, and try to improve it a little bit each day.

  • Take pictures of everything.

  • Tell your friends and family that you love them.

  • Talk to random strangers, connect with people, even just for a few minutes. You may brighten their day, and yours.

  • Do something you are scared to do. Start small and work up to “No Fucking Way, I’m doing that” kind of stuff.

  • Declutter both physically and mentally. Give something away. Clean up that pile of papers on your desk.

  • Read a book with your phone on silent.

  • If you want to buy something, put it in your cart and wait a day or two. Then, ask yourself, Will this still be useful in three months? Will this bring happiness? Is this thing worth going to work for?

  • You can skip the pursuit of happiness altogether and just be happy.

** None of these cornerstone ideas are truly my own; I’ve read/seen them before, thought about them, changed the wording to fit my life. Try to do the same, make them your own. Write your own versions and look at them daily for a few weeks over coffee. Tweak, read, think, tweak again until they are just right for you.