Excited By Life

Want some motivation to help you in the pursuit of your goals?  Be inspired by our top 4 picks of the best short motivational videos of all time. We all get discouraged at one point or another in our lives,  especially when things don’t go the way we planned.  Discouragement can make us feel depressed, [...]

I finished reading, “The Millionaire Fastlane” by  MJ DeMarco, and it was not what I expected.  MJ takes a contrarian position on doing what you love, getting a good job after college, and saving for your retirement.  MJ was the former CEO and founder of Limos.com. He built the brand from scratch and became independently [...]

I started excited by life as journal blog to write about the things that excite me most about life. Excitement to me is more than just  happiness. The concept of being in the zone or flow state is closer to my personal definition of happiness and excitement. For me, excitement includes challenge, adventure, discovery and [...]

We take so many things for granted in our modern society, filled with it’s abundance and excesses. Recently I came to the realization that delaying my gratification for things actually increased my happiness and enjoyment of them. I mentioned that I suffered from ulcerative colitis and have had to limit myself to drinking coffee just [...]

It’s now almost thee months into my mini-retirement or my unpaid sabbatical as I like to call it, so it’s a good time to talk about my experiences so far. I mentioned in a previous post about the benefits of a mini-retirement.  Also, three of my best friends had already taken one year off from [...]

Having trouble getting your mojo working to get started on that first task for the day? Are you procrastinating cranking out that blog post?  For whatever reason, that very first task of the day is usually the hardest to get started.  Here are some tips to help you get your mojo kick started before a [...]

Life is pretty boring if we don’t continually challenge ourselves. Why not make your life exciting by rising up to a challenge? We look at some of the online challenges that are available and the benefits of joining one. I am into the third month of my mini-retirement or unpaid sabbatical. I think it is [...]

Play is a transformative force that shapes our brains, opens our imaginations and invigorates our souls, according to Stuart Brown M.D. Stuart is founder of The National Institute For Play and author of the book “Play”. This is Day Seven and the conclusion of my Seven Days Of Happiness Series, where I watch TED talks [...]