TMI Tuesday: Health, Wealth, and Happiness

1. Do you feel that happiness is luck or is it a practiced mindset?
I think it’s mostly a practiced mindset.  While you can be lucky and that can make you happy, I think you can also be happy, and more often, if you appreciate the little things and take joy and happiness in those moments.

2. If you could transport to the happiest place in the world where would you be?
Ha – well, if you had asked me that pre-pandemic, I might actually have said DisneyWorld. But now, I think I would be in hell if I transported there (I am not comfortable around people now at all, and I think I’d be seriously claustrophobic).   Now, I think I would be on a small island, that had plenty of fruit and fresh water, beautiful sunny weather but a comfortable shelter if it stormed, and most importantly, no people (but a dog or cat, or other animal that wouldn’t eat me would be fine).

3. In 2022, what will you do to improve your health?
I think exercise more and eat better.  Last year I got into the habit of cardio, which I always honestly hated, and now that I have the habit, I think I want to stretch it a bit more. I do mostly enjoy it, and I think it’s good for me.  I really miss swimming, but I’ll continue to make do with the bike, treadmill, and rower.  I cut sugar mostly out of my diet in the summer, and I feel a lot better and have more energy, so I’m going to work on keeping that up.

4. What is your money psychology?
a. Money worshipper: Those who associate money with security, but in a kind of arbitrary way. The danger is no amount of money is ever enough.

b. Money avoidance: When you tend to think of money as bad, corrupting or just something you do not deserve. This can manifest in many ways, such as, not trying to negotiate a raise at work or avoiding looking at your retirement account.

c. Money vigilance: These people seem really great with their money, but there is a lot of anxiety around actually using it. This type can be great savers but rarely treat themselves.

d. Money status: People with this mind-set see money as a way to feel good about themselves and appear a certain way to others. These folks tend to run up credit card debt, pick up tabs they cannot afford and otherwise mismanage their money — while judging others who do not have the same status symbols.

That’s a tough one. I think mostly c) money vigilance.

Bonus: Do you have any goals for your blog in 2022?

To get back to it is number one. I had so many crises that I got out of posting, and then just couldn’t seem to get back to it.  I also want to do some redesigning this year and make my blog fresher.

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