Happiness

Two weeks ago I wrote a blog post about happiness and I want to expand on that with a couple of thoughts.

I still contend that one of the biggest impediments to achieving success is the fact that it’s sometimes a lot simpler to make ourselves happy in the short term. Unfortunately, that short term happiness hurts us in the long run. When I say short term, I mean things like getting a drink with friends or buying an overpriced item in the window when you know you can’t afford it.  By doing this, you are asking the rest of your life to compensate for your indiscretions.

I have also been thinking about what successful people do. The more I think about it, the more I realize one of the things they do is they have a list of things that they need to accomplish, and they tackle this same list over and over again. Their list might be revised from time to time, but they pretty much stick to it. I didn’t realize this until now.

I am really focusing on my list. I am writing and I am communicating better with my team to get exactly what I want. In the past, I assumed they were mind readers. I said to myself, “They know me. They know what I want.” But I was wrong. One of the items on my list is to support them on their lists.

Loose Ends

The way I write this blog is sometimes I write it a week in advance…unlike this one, which I’m writing one day before.

In terms of the blog, there are a couple of times a year when I like to do a theme post; I like to do posts for my blog anniversary, New Years, Thanksgiving, and Valentine’s Day. This year, Valentine’s Day came and went, and I totally forgot to write a blog post about it.

Leslie and I ordered Chinese, watched the Clippers destroy the Lakers, then in the third quarter we watched American Idol. It sounds ordinary and that’s the point. Two years ago I was wondering if I would ever find her, and last year we had an online relationship. This year is exactly what I want.

All of this with my boy in her belly.