12 Commandments of Happiness

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Happy New Year!

More than a decade ago, I was inspired by Gretchen Rubin’s “12 Commandments of Happiness,” and I did one for myself at that time. To kickstart 2022 for me—and as a personal tradition or ritual—I’m reposting here my personal “12 Commandments of Happiness” …

1. Be Alice

2. Enjoy the process

3. Enjoy simplicity

4. Rejoice in beauty

5. Always with love

6. Only a bore is bored

7. Do something different

8. Baby steps

9. Forget the past

10. Recognize my patterns

11. Don’t rehearse unhappiness

12. Cut my losses