Archive for the 'happiness' Category

How to find out what to do with your life

February 3, 2010 in Bootstrap: Step 2, Career, Work, happiness

So what to do? What do you actually want to do with your life?
“If you’re unsure about what you’re going to do with your life, try to remember some of the most interesting people didn’t know what they were going to do at age twenty-two or even at forty. And nearly all of them [...]

Learn to manage your finances

March 10, 2008 in Bootstrap: Step 1, Bootstrap: Step 2, happiness, money

Take a read of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert T Kiyosaki (with Sharon L Lechter)”. I thought this book was great! Along with being a very pleasant read it had many valuable financial lessons to teach us. I’ll quickly go through some of the very important points.
We really don’t get taught anything about financial [...]

Slow down and get your life back!

March 9, 2008 in Bootstrap: Step 1, Bootstrap: Step 3, happiness

Why more people are down shifting.
Folks are doing so much these days that we are at breaking point most of the time. We rush from home to work and appointments, then have no energy for house work, cooking, hobbies, family and friends at the end of the day. What are we doing and why are [...]

How to Avoid TV

March 9, 2008 in Bootstrap: Step 1, Bootstrap: Step 4, Quality of Life, happiness

I don’t understand why so many people come home from work and plonk themselves down in front of the TV. I understand that we live in a stressful world and that we come home exhausted and wanting to relax. But the tv isn’t going to fix that.
You might even zone out for a while in [...]

Get Happy!

March 9, 2008 in Bootstrap: Step 1, Bootstrap: Step 2, happiness

What makes us happy? What makes us want to do things? To be inspired? To put it bluntly: What is the point?
Face it, we are only really satisfied with out lot in life on occasion. The rest of the time we are struggling with something or other and trying desperately to get back to that [...]