Smell a flower!

An ex-girlfriend of mine couldn't walk past a flower without smelling it. She was particularly fond of roses and whenever we passed a blooming rose bush, she hopped briefly into the flower bed to breathe in the scent. In the beginning, I thought that...

So close to heaven

As children, we all did something that we should do regularly as adults: lie down on the ground and look at the sky. You wouldn't believe how relaxing it can be just watching the clouds. Without any thoughts, the view simply...

Take a gratitude break!

There are now a wealth of studies that prove the positive effects of gratitude on health and well-being. We just can't be grateful and unhappy at the same time. And we can't be grateful and stressed either...

"If you're in a hurry, go slowly"

The quote from the title of this micro-exercise comes from well-known time management pope Lothar M. Seiwert. By the way, in the original Japanese proverb, from which the Seiwert quote is based, it says: "If you are in a hurry, make a detour". If we...