What’s So Great about the Present Moment Anyway?!

Photo by Alex Iby on Unsplash … is what I hope you won’t ever have to ask after this post. Let me start with a story: When I did the dishes earlier today, I shifted into being present without even noticing it at first. I felt the cool water running down my hands, watched it …

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 …

4 Life Hacks to Thrive during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Photo by Amber Maxwell Boydell on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! Loyal readers will have noticed that my publishing frequency has dropped to once per month. This is due to work and it will probably stay that way for the foreseeable future. I had a mini-series on mantras in the pipeline, but …

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 …

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 …

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 …