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Let’s Talk Happiness!

Welcome to my blog, I’m Thomas, the happiness nerd, and I’m here to discuss my thoughts and experiences on my path to happiness. I’ve looked wide and deep, read a lot, discussed a lot, practiced some,...

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Change Yourself or Change the World?

This is probably the most pervasive question that has emerged during my journey towards happiness. How much of happiness really comes from within and how much of it comes from our current...

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Love, Love, Love

In 1967, during the Summer of Love, The Beatles sang “It’s easy. All you need is love.” I kind of agree, but for my taste they could have been a bit more specific. Love from whom or for what? And how...

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So Much Love, So Little Time

Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! Recently, I started a mini-series on love by scrutinizing two lines from a Beatles song that most people would probably just accept as true “It’s easy....

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At the Love Buffet

Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! A few weeks ago, I started a mini-series on love, because it’s one of the most fundamental keys, if not the most fundamental key to a happy life. In the...

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How Much Love and Where to Find it?

Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! Today I’m finishing up my mini-series on love. If you haven’t read the previous posts in the series, no worries, each post should work on its own. But, of...

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Finally a Generation with a Meaningful Task

To celebrate Mother Earth, this post includes some pictures of our beautiful home. I hope you fall in love with her like I do time and time again. I found all these lovely images on Unsplash (picture...

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Exactly Where You Need to Be

Photo by Sebastian Unrau on Unsplash.com Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! Today is World Mental Health Day and for this day I prepared something special (the WHO has, too). Let’s see how...

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On Spreading Sunshine

Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! A while ago, Heather from the wonderful blog The North Sea of My Mind nominated me for the Sunshine Blogger Award. I was so humbled, because I'm really...

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Give Life, Feel Alive

Planting seeds of life. Here's your opportunity to do the same. Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! This just in and I had to spread the love: An awesome group of youtubers have joined...

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But Then, Life Happened

Photo by Mishal Ibrahim on Unsplash.com Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! I've been preparing another essay for you, but then, life happened. But so did inspiration. Therefore, without...

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From Dark Clouds to the Beautiful Sound of Raindrops

Photo by Geetanjal Khanna on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! It’s a grey autumn’s day here in Zurich. The blanket of clouds is so thick that it’s dark even at noon. And it’s...

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A Difficult Lesson about Life

Photo by Jay Castor on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome (back)! Sorry for the relatively long absence, I’ve been very busy with real-life deadlines. As this state of affairs will likely...

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The 2010s: A Decade in Review Focused on Your Happiness

Photo by Everton Vila on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! The 2010s were packed with revolutions, atrocities, and wonders, which, based on the color of your lenses, may leave you...

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A Love Letter to You

Photo by Dawid Zawiła on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! I noticed that the less I write the more you do, so let’s try another short one today. Again, it’s a quote by a poet that...

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Emergency Post: What You Need to Know about COVID-19

Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! The current coronavirus pandemic is maybe the worst of its kind in over a hundred years. Millions of people are likely...

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4 Life Hacks to Thrive during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Photo by Amber Maxwell Boydell on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! Loyal readers will have noticed that my publishing frequency has dropped to once per month. This is due to work...

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One Year of Nerding Around with You

Photo by Amy Shamblen on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! Today 1 year ago I started this blog and it has been so rewarding to write for and discuss with you. All y'all showed such...

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The Best Idea I’ve Ever Had

Photo by Drew Beamer on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! I’m back from the summer break with a topic that is very dear to my heart: Helping beautiful Mother Nature to recover from...

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The Currency of Life

Photo by Cris Trung on Unsplash Hello my dear happiness nerds, welcome back! Those who have known me for a long time likely will be surprised about what they are going to read in this post. They know...

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