If I pretend to myself that I'm different from the way I truly am, I'm going to make choices that won't make me happy.

I am living my real life, this is it. Now is now, and if I waited to be happier, waited to have fun, waited to do the things that I know I ought to do, I might never get the chance.

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.

Happiness comes not from having more, not from having less, but from wanting what you have.

Feelings follow actions. If I'm feeling low, I deliberately act cheery, and I find myself actually feeling happier. If I'm feeling angry at someone, I do something thoughtful for her and my feelings toward her soften. This strategy is uncannily effective.

Turn off your email; turn off your phone; disconnect from the Internet; figure out a way to set limits so you can concentrate when you need to, and disengage when you need to. Technology is a good servant but a bad master.

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.