The Hello Bar is a simple web toolbar that engages users and communicates a call to action.

Join 5000 Smart Readers and Get My Ebook "1250 Ideas for Your Bucket List" for Free

  • Get "1250 Ideas for Your Bucket List" as a gift when you subscribe to get free updates of "Abundance blog at Marelisa Online".
  • You'll find the link you can use to claim your free gift at the bottom of any post you receive after subscribing.
  • Subscribe by RSS by clicking here, or by e-mail by clicking here.

May 2011

20 of the Best Posts on Abundance Blog

“Whatever with the past has gone, the best is always yet to come.” – Lucy Larcom In May 2008–three years ago this month–I started this blog. To mark the occasion, I’ve compiled a list of 20 of the best posts on “Abundance Blog at Marelisa Online”. Here they are: 42 Happiness Tips and Snidbits: Happiness [...]

Read the full article →

Why We’re So Bad at Predicting How Long a Task Should Take

The famous Sydney Opera House was originally estimated to be completed in 1963, but it wasn’t completed until 1973. That’s ten long years later than was originally planned. This is an exaggerated example of a tendency that we all have: we underestimate how long it will take us to complete a task or project. This [...]

Read the full article →

The Pursuit of Perfect – How to Overcome Perfectionism

The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life is a book written by one of my favorite self-help authors, Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, Ph.D. Ben-Shahar is a positive psychologist, and he’s an expert on happiness. Is it any wonder, then, that he should write a book about perfectionism? [...]

Read the full article →

50 Ideas for Your Summer Bucket List

Summertime and the living is easy, fish are jumping, and the cotton is high . . . the long, lazy days of summer are almost here. Beach weather, watermelons, fruit-flavored sorbets, sand-between-your-toes, fireworks, barbecues, flip flops and bathing suits come to mind for most people when they think of summer. Remember when you were a [...]

Read the full article →

7 Tips for Making Your Self-Confidence Soar

One of the best ways to improve your life is to increase your self-confidence. By increasing your self-confidence you’ll change your inner dialogue for the better, you’ll modify your behavior in a way that will get you better results, and you’ll act in a way that will show others that they need to treat you [...]

Read the full article →