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	<description>My personal search for greater happiness as I grow older.</description>
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		<title>Happy Thoughts List: Giving Thanks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life has been pretty decent lately. I&#8217;ve been having a number of days in a row now where things are good. Not earth shattering, but pretty darn good. To be honest, it feels wonderful. I think that I&#8217;ve been a bit burnt out, and I really needed time like this. When good things happen to <a href='http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/05/24/happy-thoughts-list-giving-thanks/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Learning New Things: Making a Windows 8 App</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 03:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a result of attending DevTO recently, I was made aware of a company called IdeaPress. IdeaPress is a company that helps transform WordPress blog sites into Windows 8 apps. They have an amazingly simple online conversion process, and they will even submit the app for you. All without you having to learn a line <a href='http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/05/20/learning-new-things-making-a-windows-8-app/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cupcake Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What the heck is Cupcake Wednesday? Well, at the heart of it is the simple concept of random acts of kindness. But for a detailed explanation, we need to take a trip into the way-back machine and look a few years back in time. Several years ago, Cinnabon released a short-lived line of cupcakes. On <a href='http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/05/16/cupcake-wednesday/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thought for the Day: Spreading Seeds and Growing Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 03:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to say, Spring seems to have arrived at exactly the right time for me. I was in a bit of a gloomy space, and the weather in the recent past hadn&#8217;t helped that much. However, spring came right when my life switched into a higher gear. Things are happening, and it kinda blows <a href='http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/05/08/happy-thought-for-the-day-spreading-seeds-and-growing-things/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Define your Endgame</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 02:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a I had a bit of a realization tonight. It&#8217;s not a complicated one, but it&#8217;s still a valuable one for me. I tend to be unhappiest with my free time when I feel that I am wasting my time, and I feel like I am wasting my time when I&#8217;m not moving towards any <a href='http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/05/05/define-your-endgame/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thought of the Day for Work: Getting out and Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 03:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a As part of my ongoing exploration of career growth and learning more about myself, I&#8217;ve decided to try and get out and learn more after work. Frankly, it amazes me all of the talks and learning opportunities that are offered after 5pm in Toronto. Yesterday, I had the chance to attend DevTO, an organization <a href='http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/04/30/thought-of-the-day-for-work-getting-out-and-learning/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thoughts List: Great Weekends</title>
		<link>http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/04/29/happy-thoughts-list-great-weekends/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=happy-thoughts-list-great-weekends</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Experiments]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.searchingforhappy.com/?p=1399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the experiments that has worked the best, even after all the ones that followed it, was my experiment in writing a happy thoughts list. So, I try to write one on a fairly regular basis, even if I don&#8217;t publish it here. It helps remind me of all the good things that happen, <a href='http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/04/29/happy-thoughts-list-great-weekends/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thought of the Day: What makes us feel good at work</title>
		<link>http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/04/26/thought-of-the-day-what-makes-us-feel-good-at-work/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=thought-of-the-day-what-makes-us-feel-good-at-work</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.searchingforhappy.com/?p=1397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be honest, I thought about calling this the happy thought of the day. It doesn&#8217;t seem like an idea that is just 100% happy, but I believe that all self-discovery is good in one way or another, so I&#8217;ll call it positive. As with many of my deep thoughts, this one started with a <a href='http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/04/26/thought-of-the-day-what-makes-us-feel-good-at-work/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thought for the Day: The Universe Has a Sense of Humour</title>
		<link>http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/04/23/happy-thought-for-the-day-the-universe-has-a-sense-of-humour/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=happy-thought-for-the-day-the-universe-has-a-sense-of-humour</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the craziness that has kept me on my toes lately hasn&#8217;t lightened up much, but I&#8217;m taking comfort in one fact &#8211; the universe has a sense of humour. Today had moments of such bizarre activity around me that I couldn&#8217;t help but to laugh. Laughter is healing and incredibly stress relieving, so as <a href='http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/04/23/happy-thought-for-the-day-the-universe-has-a-sense-of-humour/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Third Star on the Right&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a quiet week on the blog front, but one filled with a lot of thinking. I have half-a-dozen half-finished ideas for blog posts, and about a dozen more ideas that have been working through my head. Casey, Christine, and a number of other bloggers have been asking some inspiring and challenging questions lately. <a href='http://www.searchingforhappy.com/2013/04/22/third-star-on-the-right/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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