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Month: January 2019

29 January 2019

Happiness Challenge for January 29, 2019

Written by Kisstopher Musick
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Happiness Challenge: Make a goal attainment schedule that includes days off.
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28 January 2019

Achievement requires sacrifice, not relentless joylessness

Written by Kisstopher Musick
Kisstopher Musick
While working toward goal achievement, it is important to include days of rest and reflection. Goal achievement does not need to be a grind to be successful. Goals are more likely to be achieved when we can do so with fun and joy in our life. This means that when we are crafting the...
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22 January 2019

Happiness Challenge for January 22, 2019

Written by Kisstopher Musick
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Happiness Challenge: Make a bulletproof step-by-step goal achievement plan
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21 January 2019

Protecting your achievement plan from failure-by-perfection

Written by Kisstopher Musick
Kisstopher Musick
After defining a short-, medium-, and long-term goal, it is time to review and determine if each step of that plan is bulletproof.  This is the realty check. It is tempting, and natural, when goal planning to assume that everything will go perfectly. This means that we do not consider potential obstacles (“what if...
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15 January 2019

Happiness Challenge for January 15, 2019

Written by Kisstopher Musick
Kisstopher Musick
Happiness Challenge: Write down a goal and then write down any barriers to achieving your goal and work to remove them.
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14 January 2019

Milestones are stepping stones to goal achievement

Written by Kisstopher Musick
Kisstopher Musick
Now that we have reflected on what mini goals we have and the benefits they provide to the here and now, it is the perfect time to break down our goal into short-, medium-, and long-term goals. Every long-term goal should have a clear beginning (short term), middle (medium term) and end (goal achievement)....
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08 January 2019

Happiness Challenge for January 8, 2019

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Kisstopher Musick
Happiness Challenge: Write down how achieving your goals will improve your life.
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07 January 2019

Are we setting goals worth the process of achieving them?

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Kisstopher Musick
Building on last week, we are going to explore why we want to achieve the goals we set. Let’s bring forward the questions of last week and really explore our answers. Let’s start by considering: What will our goal give us in the here and now while we are working to achieve it? Goals...
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06 January 2019

Puzzle Talk: Tenyo hologram puzzle, Mickey Mouse Directing

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Picture of a completed jigsaw puzzle that shows Mickey Mouse directing a cascade of colored water and fireworks as an audience watches and various Disney couples dance.
Puzzle Maker: Tenyo (Japan) Title: (no official title given) Micky Mouse Directing Pieces: 1000 Cut: Grid cut Relative difficulty: *** Overall quality: **** Link to purchase: Amazon Japan (note: Some of the stained-glass type seem to get imported, but we couldn’t find this one outside Japan) Review: Tenyo is one of the biggest puzzle-makers...
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01 January 2019

Happiness Challenge for January 1, 2019

Written by Kisstopher Musick
Kisstopher Musick
Happiness Challenge: Take time to reflect not on what you "should" accomplish but what you truly want to accomplish and make that the goal.
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