This is how the media is screwing with your happiness. — There is no shortage of articles about what you must do to ensure a happy and long retirement. And it is easy to understand why there are so many articles. Many people need to be sure that they are doing it right. Peruse any of the Facebook pages related to…

It is easier than you think Have you turned the success or failure of your financial life over to someone else? Do you look to your financial advisor and hope he/she is doing the right thing for you? Have you relied on an insurance agent to guide you in choosing…

How the challenge of learning new things will keep you young and happy — As I write this, I am just a few months shy of 70 years old. There was a time that I would have thought that 70 was not only old but ancient and ready for the grave. Today, I am happy, excited to get another day, and energized because I…

But neither is January 2, 3, or any other day As I write this, it is January 1, 2023. Many of you woke up this morning with New Year’s resolutions. Others awoke and thought, “this is just another day.” January first is another day that provides me with a blank…

It doesn’t get any easier If you want to share your ideas on leading a happy and joyful life, Everyday Happiness may be your perfect publication. Simply comment on this post with your Medium handle (@usename) and I will gladly add you as a writer. Then you can begin submitting…

A New Publication Dedicated to Ideas on Living a Life That You Love Welcome to Everyday Happiness. This is a publication born out of an obsession with being happy. The articles you will find here have nothing to do with scientific studies. The ideas shared here do not come from…

New Year’s Eve, 1977 — I am unsure why the approaching New Year’s Eve triggered my remembrance of that night 45 years ago. But, for the last three nights, I keep reliving that moment over and over again. Preparing for a Party I was 24 years old, living alone in Santee, California, and had decided to hold a New…

A simple system that everyone can follow — There are only two reasons you have yet to achieve the success you want. You do not really want what you think you want You do not know how to achieve the success that you want. I addressed the first reason in my article When What You Think You Want…

From an American Retiree in Mazatlán, Mexico — I must begin with a clarification. While I am a retiree living in Mexico, my wife and I own a small, 588-square-foot, one-bedroom home in Green Valley, Arizona. It is a home we own strictly to comply with our Medicare Advantage Plan. Advantage Plans offer great international emergency medical benefits. …