Author: Michele Connolly

Choose to be happier – and you will be.

How NOT to be Happy Tip 3: Pity yourself

This is the third of 10 tips for unwavering woe. It’s a harsh reality that must be faced: ‘Other people’ simply do not appreciate how egregious things are. When you don’t get the expected promotion, you stay bitter for months because you care more than those other under-achieving joes/jos. They might find the flu unpleasant,… Continue reading How NOT to be Happy Tip 3: Pity yourself

How NOT to be Happy Tip 2: Never take responsibility

This is the second of 10 tips for unwavering woe: This is a big one. You can’t be truly out of the shadow of happiness until you master the art of responsibility-dodging. In essence, the challenge is to thwart all attempts by the universe to offer you self-knowledge. It involves deflecting each piece of negative… Continue reading How NOT to be Happy Tip 2: Never take responsibility

How NOT to be happy: 10 tips for unwavering woe

There’s a lot of talk these days about happiness. People wanting to get happy can do courses, read books, subscribe to forums, meditate, or follow any number of paths to proactively raise their happiness quotient. But jolly isn’t for everyone. What if you’d rather wallow in your own misery? Shouldn’t you have the right to… Continue reading How NOT to be happy: 10 tips for unwavering woe

Stuff that makes me happy – Music videos

“What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because… Continue reading Stuff that makes me happy – Music videos

Power of 40

I’m using the psychological magnitude of turning four-oh to, I hope, galvanise myself into action on some long overdue goals. Here they are: 1. Have a draft manuscript of a non-fiction book completed. I don’t know whether I want to seek publication, self-publish, or make it an e-book, but that decision can come later. By… Continue reading Power of 40

Countdown to 40

I turn 40 on September 28. I don’t look or act 40 (a canny combination of good genes and sustained immaturity), so when I reminded my Mum of this minor milestone, she looked shaken. I could see her doing the calculations in her head (unlike me, she can do this sans fingers). Her eyes darted… Continue reading Countdown to 40

Communicating – more than words

[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc] The short film In My Language (8:35 minutes) is touching, profound and confronting. From about 3.10 seconds the actions seen in the first part are ‘translated’. It makes me re-think how I perceive communication, language, intelligence – and happiness.