Discussing Paths Towards Happiness
If you want to listen to me reading the blog post, here you go š (if the player doesn’t work, here’s the Google Drive link) Hello my dear Happiness Nerds and welcome back Youāve probably realized that I only seldomly write on this blog by now, but todayās entry is a big one (Iāll still […]
Read More How to come up with a meaningful story for us humans[Edit: After discussing this post with a few people I realize that my calculations are way off, but I want to leave the original post up for transparency. Mistakes happen and that’s ok – it’s how we grow :)] Hello my dear happiness nerds Long time no read. Sorry about that – I had really […]
Read More How To Make A Country Carbon Neutral Within A Year (Not Clickbait)Hello my dear happiness nerds, happy New Year! I hope you had a good start into 2022, I know I did (with the love of my life and a few friends in a chalet in the Swiss Alps). I also started 2022 in the best way I know: By learning something new. In this case, […]
Read More Perfection First, Then ChangeHello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! Just a short post today, because I have an appointment soon, but I also want to get out my inspiration =) I just had the most beautiful walk through the late-fall, early-winter forest close to my homeāyou know, the kind of walk that opens your heart and connects […]
Read More The Second Best Idea Iāve Ever Had?Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! I have been busy, among others, with doing loads of fun-raising š I’ve given two workshops about it and am planning to give more workshops in the future. People love the idea and it’s catching on. For those of you who don’t know: Fun-raising is the very simple […]
Read More Doing Good Feels GoodHello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! Iām back from the summer break with a topic that is very dear to my heart: Helping beautiful Mother Nature to recover from global warming. And I think I found a way that beats every other way Iāve heard of, pondered, or researched (at least for individuals like […]
Read More The Best Idea Iāve Ever HadHello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! Itās a grey autumnās day here in Zurich. The blanket of clouds is so thick that itās dark even at noon. And itās raining non-stop. Everybody I know would call this weather ugly and depressing. I get it. The beautiful warmth of sunlight on our skins is intuitively […]
Read More From Dark Clouds to the Beautiful Sound of RaindropsTo celebrate Mother Earth, this post includes some pictures of our beautiful home. I hope you fall in love with her like I do time and time again. I found all these lovely images on Unsplash (picture by Tim Swaan) Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! Iām returning from my summer hiatus with something […]
Read More Finally a Generation with a Meaningful TaskWelcome to my blog, Iām Thomas, the happiness nerd, and Iām here to discuss my thoughts and experiences on my path to happiness. Iāve looked wide and deep, read a lot, discussed a lot, practiced some, and want to share with you what Iāve learned so far. In my content Iāll focus on scientifically sound […]
Read More Let’s Talk Happiness!Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! In the first part I told you in quite some detail how playing the sci-fi video role playing game Cyberpunk 2077 made me (re-)realize to my core that real life is immensely beautiful and richāeven compared to the jaw-dropping world of the game. In this post I want […]
Read More What Cyberpunk 2077 Has Taught Me About Happiness (Part 2)Hey lovely happiness nerds! Part 2 of my last post is coming soon, but in the meantime I’d like to step up my fun-raising game (read about it here and here). For those who don’t know, fun-raising is the best way I know to do good, because it is a win-win-win situation: You offer a […]
Read More A Win-Win-Win SituationHello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! The short answer: So many things that have to write multiple posts on it and still be very selective about what I cover. Also: Some of the insights I didnāt newly learn from Cyberpunk but was merely reminded of. Still, quite the feat. For those of you who […]
Read More What Cyberpunk 2077 Has Taught Me About Happiness (Part 1)Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! I was just working on a research project on so-called āmental health problemsā and I thought part of it could give you some great insights into happiness. But this time framed through the lens of how things can go wrong (in the sense that they cause suffering). Itās […]
Read More Feeling Unhappy? This Is Why.Hello my dear happiness nerds, happy New Year! I want to kick off 2021 with a follow-up to the post The Best Idea Iāve Ever Had. Not only was it the most-read article on my blog in 2020, but also has the idea behind it done a lot for my happiness š If you havenāt […]
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