positivethinking

  • See You In 50 Years

    Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. Dear Me, Today marks the centenary of your birth, and I want to be with you on this special day. Surely you’ll be celebrating with your children, grandchildren, great‑grandchildren, friends, and loved ones.… Continue reading

    See You In 50 Years
  • Choose Your Hard

    What is the last thing you learned? I had always believed that being alone was a valid choice. Not building a home was just as valid as being in a relationship and starting a family. My wish to be alone… Continue reading

    Choose Your Hard
  • You Grow With Every Failure

    How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Maintaining the right attitude is essential, because in life you never truly lose: you either win or you learn. What we often label as failure is, in… Continue reading

    You Grow With Every Failure
  • Life, Death and Other Teachers

    What experiences in life helped you grow the most? There are tough experiences in life that make us see things differently. They force us to change course and guide our steps toward better paths. A broken heart, bankruptcy, the life… Continue reading

    Life, Death and Other Teachers
  • No Destiny, But Unfinished Business

    Do you believe in fate/destiny? This is the same cliche question that generations have asked themselves since forever. Some people think that the events in our lives are already predetermined. They believe that our life is like a book someone… Continue reading

    No Destiny, But Unfinished Business
  • Mirror

    If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? At 50 years old, I have no interest in being anyone else—living or dead, real or imaginary. When I first read this question, my immediate… Continue reading

    Mirror
  • My Family

    Who are your favorite people to be around? At every moment in life, family will always be the favorite people to be around. Friends, enemies, acquaintances, coworkers, and loves come and go. They pass like cars on a busy highway,… Continue reading

    My Family
  • Not One, But Two

    Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received. I don’t believe there is a father who doesn’t think that the greatest gift we can get is our children. Watching them grow from the time they barely fit in our… Continue reading

    Not One, But Two
  • Financial Freedom

    Write about your approach to budgeting. I believe that financial management and budgeting should be a mandatory subject in schools. Many adults only learn to manage their finances correctly later in life, or through severe setbacks that affect their personal… Continue reading

    Financial Freedom
  • Retirement Is Getting Closer

    What were your parents doing at your age? In their 50s, my parents were still finishing up my younger sister’s studies and buying their second house, which is the one they live in today. Even though they still had a… Continue reading

    Retirement Is Getting Closer