Roger on June 25th, 2009

Dear Precious Reader,
I recently read my friend Jay’s post on Lazy Summer Days in which he reduced his posting schedule for the summer. He explains why:
Because I’ve been out enjoying life instead of sitting on the computer for hours upon hours. My daughter is here. I’m loving the time with her. Swimming. Playing together. Hanging [...]

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Roger on April 3rd, 2009

Note: I’ll be on a family vacation for the next ten days in sunny Miami. My posts and response to comments will be sporadic at best.
My fellow bloggers, Nadia at Happy Lotus and Vincent at Yinnergy, have tagged me along with six other bloggers. This tagging idea has been floating around the blogosphere for awhile [...]

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Roger on March 26th, 2009

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. – John Steinbeck
This August, my wife, Lisa, and I will have been married for twenty-five years. We lived together for a couple years before we married, so we’ve been together even longer.
Honestly, I love Lisa more now than [...]

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Roger on February 27th, 2009

You may believe more money makes you happier. With more money, you could buy luxury cars, bigger homes, new gadgets, and exotic vacations. You could eliminate your debts and retire early. You could hire a cook, maid, gardener, personal trainer, accountant, and lawyer. But would any of this make you happier?
You may believe money will [...]

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Roger on February 16th, 2009

I’ve seen many books and articles about defining and achieving goals, but few discuss how using goals affects your happiness. Goals have a big impact on your  happiness, but for different reasons than you may think.
Goals May Be Unnecessary
My wife, Lisa, is happy and has no goals. Does that means she does nothing? Not at [...]

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