52 Weeks Of Happy Quotes

Wishing you 12 months of success, 52 weeks of laughter, 365 days of fun, 8,760 hours of joy, 525,600 minutes of good luck, and 31,536,000 seconds of happiness.

Honestly, I couldn’t remember the last time I asked God to fill me with joy. Or to create a joyful spirit in my children. Goodness knows I’ve asked for peace and sanity and obedience. I’ve prayed for healing and wisdom. I’ve worshiped the Lord and studied His Word. But joy? How in the world did I forget about the beautiful, good, and pleasing gift of joy?

Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.” Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction Author

set a time limit Don’t let decisions drag on for hours, days, even weeks on end. Give yourself an appropriate time limit so the indecision can go on for only so long.

He asks you to write down everything you need to remember and to file it effectively. He explains that you should create a current task list that is relevant to today and the immediate future, and a “tickler file” of folders in which you organize reminders of things to do over the next month, as well as the next twelve months. For simplicity, David recommends that you create a task list for each day and a task list for the week and keep a “Future File” of longer-term items in a separate place. Revisit your Future File every week or two to stay mindful of those items and to assess if any of them should be moved to your current task list.

It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. —Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker

An alternative to following the 80 percent rule on a daily basis is to fast for one or two days each week. The 5:2 (or fasting) diet recommends two days of fasting (consuming fewer than five hundred calories) every week and eating normally on the other five days.

Finally, to support you over the next 52 weeks, I’ve provided tools, worksheets, and other resources in Part III. I highly recommend you use these to stay motivated and on track throughout the program.

Negative self-talk can be so habitual, it can be difficult to recognize it or, for that matter, the damage it causes. The first step for this week’s change is to become aware of any negative self-talk you do and to acknowledge that it hurts and is damaging.

express to loved ones Make an effort, at least once a week, to express appreciation to those you love. Although we don’t necessarily mean to, it is human to take the people we appreciate the most for granted. Yet expressing thanks for the things they do, their support, and their love will make them feel good and make you feel even better. Make a concerted effort to thank loved ones openly and to verbalize how much they mean to you. By the same token, part of practicing gratitude is being able to accept appreciation and thanks from others.

create an experience fund If you have your eye on an excursion that could be very expensive, such as a trip to New Zealand or the Galapagos, create an “Experience Fund” in which you stash money away each week toward the cause.