Photo by Drew Beamer on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! I’m 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 I’ve heard of, pondered, or … Continue reading The Best Idea I’ve Ever Had
One Year of Nerding Around with You
Photo by Amy Shamblen on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! Today 1 year ago I started this blog and it has been so rewarding to write for and discuss with you. All y'all showed such kindness, good manners, and genuinely intersting insights in the comments that it really moved me! But it … Continue reading One Year of Nerding Around with You
A Love Letter to You
Photo by Dawid Zawiła on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! I noticed that the less I write the more you do, so let’s try another short one today. Again, it’s a quote by a poet that really touched me. It’s the second half of the poem My Hovel by Zen master Ikkyū … Continue reading A Love Letter to You
The 2010s: A Decade in Review Focused on Your Happiness
Photo by Everton Vila on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! The 2010s were packed with revolutions, atrocities, and wonders, which, based on the color of your lenses, may leave you hopeful or despaired. Here’s a list of the “best and worst” that happened in the 2010s: An earthquake in Haiti killed over … Continue reading The 2010s: A Decade in Review Focused on Your Happiness
From Dark Clouds to the Beautiful Sound of Raindrops
Photo by Geetanjal Khanna on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! It’s a grey autumn’s day here in Zurich. The blanket of clouds is so thick that it’s dark even at noon. And it’s raining non-stop. Everybody I know would call this weather ugly and depressing. I get it. The beautiful warmth of … Continue reading From Dark Clouds to the Beautiful Sound of Raindrops
But Then, Life Happened
Photo by Mishal Ibrahim on Unsplash.com Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! I've been preparing another essay for you, but then, life happened. But so did inspiration. Therefore, without further ado, another poem for all you lovely people. A Scene along the Way Karen and I were coming home from dinner, In our street … Continue reading But Then, Life Happened
Give Life, Feel Alive
Planting seeds of life. Here's your opportunity to do the same. Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! This just in and I had to spread the love: An awesome group of youtubers have joined forces to make it easy for you to do something about climate change. I know so many people, who want … Continue reading Give Life, Feel Alive
Finally a Generation with a Meaningful Task
To 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)! I’m returning from my summer hiatus with something … Continue reading Finally a Generation with a Meaningful Task
How Much Love and Where to Find it?
Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! Today I’m finishing up my mini-series on love. If you haven’t read the previous posts in the series, no worries, each post should work on its own. But, of course, knowing the other ones helps contextualizing this post, so here a little overview: In the first post, I … Continue reading How Much Love and Where to Find it?
At the Love Buffet
Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! A few weeks ago, I started a mini-series on love, because it’s one of the most fundamental keys, if not the most fundamental key to a happy life. In the last post, I started discussing who and what to love, and I outlined a general principle to increase … Continue reading At the Love Buffet