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Newtier! Jinglier! We're back. Do a New Thing for Spring... The Gloves are Off

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Sharkie Apr 2017 6:07pm, 7 Apr 2017 11,260 posts	0 Sharkie i have also just nabbed thread post 999 and 1000! Ha! Go me!
Ness Apr 2017 6:54pm, 7 Apr 2017 8,123 posts	0 Ness Go Sharkie! Enormous newt for me today. Handed in keys and pass and left my job after just over thirteen years. Looking forward to future career ventures after a bit of a holiday.
Diogenes Apr 2017 6:55pm, 7 Apr 2017 22,171 posts	0 Diogenes That's a great one Ness, enjoy it!
Velociraptor Apr 2017 6:57pm, 7 Apr 2017 35,995 posts	0 Velociraptor Wow! Another mega-newt. Go Ness I haven't worked at a weekend for two years, but I shall be coming into work tomorrow because I've been so busy keeping on top of the urgent stuff that over a period of four days I've built up a surreal backlog of stuff that's merely important. But that's not in the spirit of newtism.
.B. Apr 2017 6:58pm, 7 Apr 2017 30,140 posts	0 .B. Excellent newt Ness
WA Apr 2017 6:59pm, 7 Apr 2017 4,525 posts	0 WA Wow! Big changes in the offing today. Good luck Ness and Maz!
Ness Apr 2017 7:08pm, 7 Apr 2017 8,124 posts	0 Ness Good luck, Maz.
FleeCircus Apr 2017 8:07pm, 7 Apr 2017 33,972 posts	0 FleeCircus Epic newt there Ness
Mazlin Apr 2017 8:11pm, 7 Apr 2017 2,756 posts	0 Mazlin Thanks Ness! That is a mega-Newt!
FleeCircus Apr 2017 8:19pm, 7 Apr 2017 33,976 posts	0 FleeCircus How apt. I'm reading a textbook about positive emotions, and there's a chapter on happiness. One section asks if it's possible to become happier, they discuss a study where they asked people to track positive changes in their lives over 12 weeks. They found that changes involving beginning new activities (like pursuing an important new goal) resulted in bigger and longer-lasting increases in happiness compared with changes which happened TO them circumstantially. Then they go on to talk about studies involving acts of kindness or recording gratitude. Maybe the last bit is also encompassed by newts?