So...What DOES Make You Happy?


I hope that you had a happy and restful holiday period.

I certainly did a lot less 'work' than usual thanks to the combination of lack of sleep thanks to new baby Skye, and the free-for-all that is Christmas and New Year.

So...writing this stuff has taken a back seat as I am the sort of person who thrives on challenging himself to learn and do new things - and over the last few months I've certainly been doing that in terms of my online adventures.

Also...I'm practicing being the hands-on dad to Skye like I was with Connor (and missed with Katie) - and it has reminded me of where my priorities should always lie.

Also...things like the Tsunami in Asia, horrific as they are, provide us all with the opportunity to realize that perhaps our lives aren't THAT bad really, are they?

It's just a shame that it takes things like this and 9/11 to make people wake up to the fact that there are far more important things to life than accumulating stuff and worrying about what other people like of us!

This time of year always makes me reflective as opposed to looking forward.

I've made and broken so many resolutions over the years that (like you, I expect) they don't really MEAN anything anymore.

So...based on my experiences over the last year (where I get involved in too many things that didn't benefit me in the ways I wanted) - I have decided to focus my efforts in more streamlined ways.

So...instead of writing practically daily as I used to, I am now reading and applying more in my life - so that I can 'deliver' a better result for YOU in terms of what I say.

I've said many times before that it's easy to get into a rut of doing things 'just because' - so this year you will undoubtedly be hearing from my less as I focus more on the 80/20 side of my working life.

Having said that - I still have a few very interesting things in various stages of development that might interest you as the year progresses - and in the next few weeks I will be asking you what YOU would like to see more of in the future.

It's so easy to get lost in the 'me-too' crowd online, especially when writing about motivation as I do.

When I started online almost 3 years ago - I decided that I would be different in terms of what I would do and say.

If you've been reading what I've written since then, hopefully you'll agree that I have gone a little way to being that.

BUT...

Not sufficiently enough to really stand out from the increasing crowd.

So...this year my direction will be more focused. On the spiritual side of life. On the focus side of life...and on how to just be plain happy on a daily basis!

After all...who knows when the next 'wave' will hit, in whatever shape or form.

Being miserable ruins something very precious...something that is worth more than any amount - time.

So...let's start from the beginning.

What makes YOU happy...and how can you do MORE of it?