Posts filed under “Happiness”
On Mindfulness
rss | t | g+ Three years ago, since starting Minimal Student (on a whim – like most of the things I end up doing), my life has gone through some very distinct phases – I moved away from home, I spent a year abroad in Japan, I came back to England and got my own place… and during [...]
Spiritual Revolution
“What I propose is a spiritual revolution” ~ Dalai Lama As political freedom spreads to more people and technology integrates into our lives, one would think that man’s quest for happiness is more obtainable than ever. And yet, there is still so much suffering in the world. There is still discrimination, war and violence. People [...]
The Best Investment You’ll Ever Make
If someone said to you that they would give you $1000 to spend in any way you like, but with only one rule, would you listen to what they had to say? The rule is: you must spend the money on making your dreams come true. Want to play? The trick is, all of us [...]
How you see
Life doesn’t get better or worse, just how you see it does. We all experience bad things in our lives, some worse than others. Some problems we have are minor and some are quite life changing. But whilst we’re concentrating on the our failures, mistakes or heck even natural disasters, sometimes we forget that good [...]
Happy Birthday to you
Chances are, it isn’t your birthday today. (If it is, then happy birthday!) Birthday’s are great because people do things on this special day that they wouldn’t do otherwise. Mainly, they have fun. They’ll go out of their way to throw a party, gather with family and friends or do something that will make everybody [...]
Simple Philosophies – Live like you’ve only got once chance
You only live once… but if you make it worthwhile, once is all you need. Right now, millions of people out there are so busy working to buy more and more stuff, they forget that they’re wasting something so precious that they will only ever have one of it, no matter how much money they [...]
One amazing thing
by Jessica Dang | Twitter The average human life span is around 80 years. In that time, we can achieve many things – from getting a nice house, a collectable car, or reaching a million dollars, to raising good children, having our own business, or doing some good in the community. Most of this stuff [...]
making a not so small difference
Back when I was vegetarian (I’m currently on a teeny break whilst in Japan), one of the biggest criticisms I got was that by myself, I probably won’t make much of a difference to the animals or the environment, so what was the point? Why was I putting myself though all of those ‘inconveniences’ when I [...]
Five Focus 2011
Welcome to 2011 everybody! I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year’s! So it’s that time of year again when we make the obligatory promises to ourselves and if we’re lucky, they’ll see the other side of February. I was wondering how I could solve this problem, and I think I came up with [...]
minimalism 101
I’m very happy to announce that this week, I was featured in the UK The Times newspaper magazine. It’s the biggest thing I’ve ever done in my short lifetime, and it’s incredibly humbling to realize that there are people who will listen to someone like me has to say. So, with honor, I would like [...]