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My Goals for 2020
On januari 3, 2020 by MerelIf you know me, you know I love all things planning. New Year’s resolutions have been mahh thingg for as long as I can remember. Last year I poured them into the form of daily ten words and DuoLingo practice. Besides, reading and watching Spanish movies will definitely help tremendously in building confidence to speak. So who
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What I Learned In 2019
On december 20, 2019 by MerelThat I am not a consistent blogger, that’s for sure. I started and forgot all about my Happiness Project TWICE this year. Even though it was the reason I picked up blogging again, so enthusiastically, back at the end of 2018. But what I also learned in 2019 is that I will always want to
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How I’m Going to Make Myself Happier in the Second Half of 2019
On juni 30, 2019 by MerelHalf of 2019 is gone and I’m not happier. Quite the contrary. But that has nothing to do with my Happiness Project, because my Happiness Project actually did make me happier, the first three months of the year. After that, I allowed life to happen, and the project fell down the ladder of priorities. Now
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The Twelve Commandments
On december 24, 2018 by MerelHow to give shape to a Happiness Project? What is happiness and how do you gain more of it? According to the multiple definitions of ‘happiness’ researchers and philosophers have been adopting, we apparently barely comprehend the term. However, in Gretchen Rubin’s words: “Even people who can’t agree on what it means to be ‘happy’ can
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The Happiness Project
On december 17, 2018 by MerelHappiness. I’ve never given it a lot of thought. I always considered myself quite a happy human being. With a happy life, a happy boyfriend, and two happy cats. Why think about happiness? I think the happiness-thoughts started to come after we (that is: happy me, happy boyfriend and the two happy cats) moved from