Gretchen Rubin wrote in The Happiness Project about the year she spent “test-driving the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies, and the lessons from popular culture about how to be happy.” The Puppiness Project is my attempt to learn the same from Honey, my Golden Retriever. Honey has assigned herself the job of monitoring …
Learning From Dogs
The Puppiness Project – Ask for Help
Gretchen Rubin wrote in The Happiness Project about the year she spent “test-driving the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies, and the lessons from popular culture about how to be happy.” The Puppiness Project is my attempt to learn the same from Honey, my Golden Retriever. I once read of a study where a …
The Puppiness Project – Exercise!
Gretchen Rubin wrote in The Happiness Project about the year she spent “test-driving the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies, and the lessons from popular culture about how to be happy.” The Puppiness Project is my attempt to learn the same from Honey, my Golden Retriever. When I spend too much time sitting …
The Puppiness Project – Expect the Best from People
Gretchen Rubin wrote in The Happiness Project about the year she spent “test-driving the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies, and the lessons from popular culture about how to be happy.” The Puppiness Project is my attempt to learn the same from Honey, my Golden Retriever. Honey likes everyone the first time she …
Why I Need to Train Myself the Way I Train My Dog
I feel old! Although I was a fairly early internet adapter (way back in the old days before the World Wide Web), I’ve been left behind. In the past 20 years of working on other things, I haven’t kept up with my computer skills. And now I’m paying the price. I admire beautiful blogs and …
The Puppiness Project – Do One Thing at a Time
Gretchen Rubin wrote in The Happiness Project about the year she spent “test-driving the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies, and the lessons from popular culture about how to be happy.” The Puppiness Project is my attempt to learn the same from Honey, my Golden Retriever. Every time I cook a large meal, …
The Puppiness Project – What Is It?
With shorter days, colder temps and gray skies I find my ambitions sapped. I sometimes wonder if I should curl up in bed, eat fattening food and watch bad movies until warmer weather arrives (which in my hometown is only about 6 days in June through mid-August). But if I don’t want to lose months …