Mary Roach: 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm
Another fun talk from TED…
Entertaining 16 minutes 40 seconds…
Another fun talk from TED…
Entertaining 16 minutes 40 seconds…
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1. Ask: “What would make me happier?” It might be having more of something good. It might be less of something bad. It might be fixing something that doesn’t feel right.
2. Ask: “What is a concrete action that would bring about change?” Look for a specific, measurable action.
3. Ask: “Am I a ‘yes’ resolver or a ‘no’ resolver?” A lot of my resolutions are aimed at getting me to stop doing something or to do something I don’t really want to do. Don’t expect praise or appreciation. There’s no right way to make a resolution, but it’s important to know what works for you. As always, the secret is to know your own nature.
4. Ask: “Am I starting small enough?” We tend to over-estimate what we can do over a short time and under-estimate what we can do over a long time, if we make consistent, small steps. Little accomplishments provide energy for bigger challenges.
5. Ask: “How am I going to hold myself accountable?” Accountability is the secret to sticking to resolutions. You could track your resolutions online using the tools at the Happiness Project Toolbox. Or you could form a goals group – or even a happiness-project group! Accountability is why #2 is so important. If your resolution is too vague, it’s hard to measure whether you’ve been keeping it.
Links:
Happiness Project: Five Tips for Planning Effective New Year’s Resolutions, Gretchen Ruben, 1/1/2010.
Happiness Project Toolbox
To keep my brain limber, I sometimes think of two random double-digit numbers and try to multiply them by each other as fast as I can. Weird, I know. Oh well.
That’s it.
I replaced my mountain bike crank; it was my most ambitious DIY repair/upgrade yet!
National Geographic Traveler recently published “Drives of a Lifetime: The World’s Greatest Scenic Routes” on their website.
Sometimes it’s the journey, sometimes it’s the destination—and sometimes, it’s both. National Geographic Traveler has scoured the globe for the world’s most beautiful, interesting, and off-beat road trips.
It’s worth a look.
Men’s Health, one of the few magazines I still subscribe to, published “50 Ways to Add Years to Your Life” on their website. A lot of it is stuff that was lectured to us as kids growing up, some are still debatable (For example, is coffee really good for you?), there were others that were interesting, like “Stash a Cinnamon Air Freshener in Your Car.”
Here are the ones that stoodout to me: … Continue Reading
By Melissa Magsaysay
February 22, 2009
Serene Cicora craved a new black bag last fall, but couldn’t come to terms with the $1,000-plus price tags on the styles she liked. So Cicora, an L.A. publicist, took her brown Mulberry Bayswater bag from several seasons ago and spent $120 to have it dyed black. The makeover gave her a key “new” piece — and moved her $1,800 bag back to the front of the closet.
Such accessory updates are simple, and they’re a smart way to extend the life of basic pieces, customize sale finds or reinvent something for a new season. A brown hobo bag, for example, loses the bohemian vibe when dyed black or deep gray. It can get even more sophisticated if you replace the rustic brass hardware with pewter or brushed silver.
We’ve found four local cobblers who don’t just fix shoes and bags, but also rework, reconstruct and update them. They can restyle a pump, turn a gladiator sandal into a T-bar and give a trendy clutch new life as a classic evening bag.
