A woman sitting on a rock by the ocean and watching the view.

A breakup can feel like your whole world is falling apart.

You question everything (maybe yourself the most). You feel sick to your stomach and heartbroken.

You don’t know if you’ll ever feel whole, feel like yourself again.

To spark hope I’d like to share 120 of the most relatable, hopeful, positive and helpful breakup quotes.

I hope you’ll find something here that will comfort you. Remind you that you are not alone on this journey.

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Woman looking at a sunset at the beach with her bike leaning at concrete in the foreground.

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”’
Helen Keller

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
Mahatma Gandhi

Living a life where you’re happier and kinder towards yourself is not just about what you can do.

But also about what you are already doing. And especially those habits that do have a negative and unhappy impact on your life.

So this week I’d like to share 9 such habits. And what have helped me a whole lot to do instead.

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A cup of coffee with a white heart in the foam and coffee beans strewn around the cup.

Coffee is truly a special thing.

It helps us wake up and once again feel human and (at least a bit) energetic. It’s always providing a good reason to take a break.

And it brings us together at work, in coffee shops and cafes and in our homes.

So in today’s post I’d like to share 101 of the most timeless, beautiful and funny short coffee quotes.

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Don’t Compare Your Life to Someone’s Highlight Reel

Woman sitting on a couch reading a book while her phone rests in a basket in the foreground.

“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.”
Lao Tzu

Today I’d like to focus on a negative habit that creates insecurity within, erodes self-esteem and can make you feel quite unhappy with your own life.

It’s something that has sprung up as we have moved a part of our lives on to the internet and social media.

And that habit is to compare yourself and your life to other people’s highlight reels.

What do I mean by that?

That it’s so easy to start comparing your life to the lives of friends, old classmates or celebrities of all sizes as you each day see how perfect their homes, kids, love lives are and how filled their lives are with wonderful moments.

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