Everyday Bliss

Surprise! The new blog is finally here!!

2011-03-21T12:38:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear Everyday Bliss Fans,

Have you ever enjoyed a moment of pure bliss?

An ideal moment that seemingly defies time and space.

A moment so perfect your heart and soul sing with gratitude for the chance to experience it?

Yes! me too, and I want more!

I'm delighted to announce that beginning March 28, 2010 Everyday Bliss will be explored in a new home! The new Bliss Habits will have all the old fun of Everyday Bliss plus a whole lot more as we endeavor to make Bliss a Habit in our lives. I really hope you'll come along for the fun!

In addition to the new blog site there is also a new and interactive Facebook page where you will be invited to share your own experiences about our weekly topics. The community is already growing over there so please stop by and say hello today!

Over on the new blog, I've posted some old Everyday Bliss favorites and am getting geared up for an exciting launch into Joy Week next Monday. Stop by to take a look and follow the blog to insure you don't miss a thing!!

Also, if you are an artist, blogger, writer, lover of life who has something that would contribute to one or more of the Bliss Virtues and you would like to share your craft and point of view as a guest of Bliss Habits please let me know. I would love to include your work in an upcoming feature over on the new blog. I am eager to make Bliss Habits a sharing and collaborative space for all Blissful pursuits!

I look forward to seeing you there!

Outrageous joy,
Kathy

Wow! We are almost here!

2010-12-17T17:22:00.000-08:00

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Hello everyone!! I am getting SO excited. I'm getting pretty close to the relaunch of the new Bliss blog!

If you haven't done so already do take a sneak peak (under the New Site Design tab above) -- Nice huh! I have to give Marija over at Pro Blog Design high marks for conveying just what I wanted in the look. We have been "talking" and tweaking things on a nearly daily basis and I am very happy with it. Now Michael takes over with all of my programming wishes... and soon we'll be going live!!

If you have never been here before, this blog is inspired by Ben Franklin's weekly practice to study each of 13 virtues he thought would help him lead a better life. In my version of the practice, I am playing a game to develop the habit of Bliss. Each week I concentrate on one of the virtues, play some games and do my best to inspire and encourage everyday bliss.

My 13 Virtues of Everyday Bliss are:

joy, order, creativity, passion,

whimsy, serenity, inquiry, community, romance,

gratitude, moxie, humility, and surprise

On the new site each of my thirteen virtues will have it's own resource page where you will be able to get all the latest information on the topic, find tips for encouraging bliss in your own life and links to other sites which will inspire . Each week I will also be introducing you to Artists and Writers whose work evokes the particular virtue. There will also be a community forum on the site where everyone will be invited to share their opinions and discuss the topics. All in all it should be an interesting and inspiring place to be!

When I started this project I wrote nearly everyday.... it was part of the whole experiment. I would give you the "play by play" of everything and while I found that interesting I'm not sure all of it was really the stuff of good blogging. For this reason I've decided that I am going to concentrate on writing a couple of really good topic related posts and leave my "process" to the community forum. If you have questions about things not covered in my posts, that will be a great place to get them answered.

In addition to my posts I will be interested in hooking up relevant stuff to my resource pages as well as having guest bloggers on each of the topics. If you have posts... new and old ones which speak to or evoke one of my Bliss Virtues I would love to hear about them! Also, if you have artwork, a song, jewelry or philanthropic projects that could match up with any of my topics I would love hearing about them. I want to make this blog a place where Bliss is championed and welcomed in all forms!

As I get closer to launch I will post more details about the opportunities and fun that is coming. Let me know in a comment here (or at my other blog, where I am posting regularly) if you have something you would like to share and/or if you would like me to keep you in the loop about the new blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I'm looking forward to sharing lots of Bliss in the coming year.

Warmest regards,
Kathy

Welcome to Everyday Bliss

2010-10-24T14:46:00.000-07:00

I'm delighted you stopped by!

I started this blog as a place to report my progress in a little experiment I call an Everyday Game. My game is based loosely on Ben Franklin's practice to examine each of 13 virtues and concentrating on one per week. Ben played this game for his entire life. So far I have played my version of the game for one year, visiting each of my virtues 4 times.

Ben Franklin picked virtues he thought would make him a better person and chose to play his version of this game with the same 13 virtues for his entire life. I am not quite as nobel in my pursuit and decided to concentrate on things that would encourage more everyday bliss in my day to day life. In my version I explore what I am calling the 13 virtues of Everyday Bliss.

My 13 virtues of Everyday Bliss are
joy, order, creativity, passion, whimsy, serenity, inquiry, community,
romance, gratitude, moxie, humility, and surprise.  

You have joined me while I am in the middle of a grand re-design and update to the blog so while I am not updating with daily posts I thought Id encourage you to poke through the archives for some inspiration. I've spent an entire month in total concentrating on each of the topics and finding tips for increasing your experience of Everyday Bliss.

I realize hunting through more then 365 posts would be rather daunting so to get you started I've picked out a few of my favorite posts as a way to introduce my blog. Are you interested in politics or religion? Do you want to laugh or do you just want to know more about me? There is something for everyone!

From Serenity Week, a reality check:

Jungle Lessons: Giving up Perfection as a Path to Serenity

From Gratitude Week, a real favorite:

Anticipating Gratitude or Christmas Morning kind of Living

From Whimsy Week, comedy for my foodie friends:

Kitchen Whimsy

Thank you so much stopping by! If you want to be updated regarding the relaunch please let me know in a comment and check back here for future updates!

Outrageous joy,

Kathy

Urgent Everyday Bliss Announcement

2010-09-15T22:43:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear readers. I am writing to let you know that I am going to be taking my blog off line for the immediate future. I have been having many many feed issues and now most recently have been hacked by another blog which has been forwarding things in my blogs feed. I apologize for any annoyance this has caused on your end and want you to know I will only restore my blog if/when I can be assured these issues have been corrected.

I may have to restart the blog at a new address (and I'm contemplating a wordpress switch if this is needed) so I'm asking that if you wish to be kept up to date on the future of Everyday Bliss please send me message at EverydayBlissSpot@yahoo.com and I will make sure you are invited to what ever is next. If you continue to receive blog posts clearly not from me please unsubscribe from my blog and let me know you did so. I will let you know as soon as I figure it all out.

My other blog TheEverydayMommy.com is not experiencing technical difficulty so I plan on resuming my posting over there. Everyday Bliss subscribers may be interested in stopping by there on Fridayswhen I participate in "Friday Fragments" and I will be updating on the Everyday Bliss situation until it is resolved.

Since I don't really know what will be the conclusion, yet, I'd like to take a minute and say thank you to everyone who has been following my blog this past year. Every comment, every visit has meant the world to me. I never knew blogging would be so much fun for me and because of all of you I am sure I will be blogging somewhere for a very long time!!

I promise to do my best to keep you posted.

Wishing you great Bliss Everyday,

Kathy