The Value of Value

I’ve owned a 1988 Toyota Camry now for over 2 years.  It leaks oil and breaks down from time to time, but it’s been terribly reliable.  I simply check the oil roughly once a week, add a quart or so, and then go on my way.
When it does fail, it’s usually a minor part that [...]

Relevant Article on Happiness #4

In my exhaustive quest to cover all things “happy,” I use several cutting edge research techniques.
In other words, I usually just type the word “happy” into Google.com and see what’s there.  Tonight my search led me to this article called “Deceptive Happiness,” part of the aptly named site called findhappiness.org.  It appears to be a website [...]

Politicking (Or, the Obama Factor)

I have no desire to discuss the nuts and bolts of the Presidential Race on this site- several other pundits and bloggers are currently busy covering every tiny detail they can find and then opining about it at length.
What I do want to explore, however, is the Obama Factor in the current nomination process- specifically [...]

Future Value in Practice

Last night, I decided to try again to quit smoking.  I have tried countless times with little success.  This time, however, I’m going to approach it from more of a happiness viewpoint than at prior times, using the future value of happiness theory I advanced below. 
Not smoking a cigarette will not give me much happiness [...]

Emotional Compounding

Being somewhat of a nerd, I sometimes like to play with investment calculators and figure out what one dollar invested today would be worth after about three decades in the stock market. 
The growth of the dollar is quite slow at first, but then the power of compound interest causes it to accelerate quite quickly. 
I’m starting [...]

Sore

 Yesterday was a fairly productive and fun day.  My wife left on errands for a few hours, so I decided to spend the day raking the front yard.  I hitched my dog to a tie in the front yard and she sat and watched while I worked. 
About halfway throught, a guy I know came walking [...]

Customer Service

I wanted to post something today just because I feel it’s important to introduce new material on a daily basis.
It makes for a good habit, and it shows respect for the people who take the time every day to stop by and visit.  It’s no different than a company having really good customer service, so [...]