Sky, I'm proud of you for managing this, and for using this both as a learning opportunity for yourself, and a teaching opportunity to help the painter dude. It sounds like you are doing really well with this!

Please share more of how you are applying Positive Psychology to this situation and other things. I have been interested in the Positive Psychology movement too for a long time, and I have gotten their newsletter but I haven't seen much from them in a few months now. I don't know if the newsletter slowed down or if my spam filters are grabbing it (which is quite possible). There was lots of good stuff though, and I wish that had more time to read more of the books by Dr. Seligman and his associates. There was a new book this summer that sounded really good, not by Dr. Seligman, but someone who works with him. Ah, here it is: http://www.amazon.com/Primer-Positiv...e=UTF8&s=books A Primer in Positive Psychology by Chris Peterson. I want it. Apparently it reads easily, and the reviews in the newsletter commented on Chris using terminology like "less sucky," which I thought was fitting for this kind of book (even if it is considered a textbook - less expensive than most textbooks though). I'd like to read all of the related books too. One might think that I've gotten tired of all the negativity in my life and now feel a need for something positive. Hmm.

TC, Rap