Launching Life Badges

I am nearly 44 years old. I am happy.

But I am restless.

Can you be happy and restless at the same time? Doesn't restlessness mean that something is missing? Wouldn't that indicate a state of unhappiness?

Not at all.

Happiness is the lens, the frame, the perspective. An unhappy person would feel restless and then despair about what to do to alleviate the unease. A happy person feels restless and leaps at the chance to do something about it. Restlessness is just a signal that it is time to do something. Happiness means you're capable of answering the challenge.

What does this have to do with Life Badges? What is a life badge?

A Life Badge is something I made up. It represents things that I will learn about or learn to do (or revisit from years ago.) To make it simple, I decided to base it upon the Boy Scouts of America merit badge program. This is not intended as disrespect to scouting.

I explain most everything in the introductory posts at my Life Badges blog where I will chronicle my quest to earn every badge from American Business to Woodwork.

Go check it out and let me know what you think.