‘Favorite People’

Who doesn’t want beautiful skin? I took mine for granted most of my life.
The only problem I had with my complexion was that it was often oily and, hence, prone to acne unless I properly cleansed and (ironically) moisturized it. With such oily skin, at least I looked forward to delayed […]

Can anyone have too much happiness? Or too many happiness quotes? 200 might be pushing it. : )
I started out looking for 100, but there were just too many thought-provoking quotes on this all-important, yet thoroughly engrossing, topic to stop at 100.
Since we just finished “Day 3: Childhood Happiness” of the “All […]

This blog is called Easy Steps to Success. So, now, I want to start something that makes good on that tall promise by introducing a new series called “All About You!”
This “All About You!” series consists of 30 steps, taken one by one, over the next 30 days, that will let you answer the […]

Try as I might to fit both working out and working on my blog into my daily schedule these days, I always opt for the blog and ignore the gym/diet.
It’s time for me to employ an alternative that some people think is too drastic, too harmful, and just plain too crazy to do […]

Affirmations are statements asserting one’s belief in the truth of something.
We can use positive affirmations to challenge, correct, and tape over that nagging voice in our heads that keeps whispering outdated, non-fact- based negative statements in our ears literally thousands of times a day! (See “10 Harmful Thoughts.”)
For this article, I’ve drawn […]

My Personal Ten Commandments are the rules I try to live by in daily life.
They’re different from my life goals. They’re the tools I use to get there from here. It takes different strokes for different folks, but I’ve found these happen to work best for me.
Over the years, I gathered […]

Why would an introvert want to be an extrovert? There are lots of reasons!
Don’t get me wrong. I love introverts! I was born one myself. And, I still love my solitude and usually prefer small parties to huge ballrooms full of people. (My boyfriend is one, too!)
But, […]

We all talk to ourselves. Not necessarily out loud, but in our heads, and all the time. These short, lightning-quick messages flash through our minds like little mental knee-jerks to all the stimuli that surrounds us all day long. Most of us have about 2-3 such mental flashes per minute, or 2,000-3,000 […]

Sarcasm can be cruel and is always harmful to relationships when used instead of polite, direct, and specific communication, especially during arguments. However, as a form of humor—particularly as social commentary—it can be wickedly funny! Oscar Wilde, famous for his own use of it, called it “the lowest form of wit”—obviously making fun […]

“You come in here with a skull full of mush, and you leave thinking like a lawyer!” Thus said the scary fictional Contracts Law professor at Harvard Law School, Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr., to his students on their very first day in his class. Here’s the full quote:
“In my classroom there is always […]