Via Newsweek’s awesome tumblr: “The average smartphone user checks his or her phone about 150 times a day. We’re, uh, waaaaay over that.” For more: Multi-tasking is Bad for You. Really bad.
After 20 years of travelling around the world, including crossing the Himalayas on foot in 1997, he decided to follow his dream of living like a hermit. He travelled to Siberia and spent six months in a cabin on the shore of Lake Baikal with the merest necessities (that included books, cigars and vodka) and a six day walk from the nearest village.
He lived from February to July 2010 in silence, solitude and cold. He discovered that to follow a certain routine was helpful, although he admits the loneliness was difficult to bear. In spite of the daily hardship he found moments of ecstasy, inner peace and harmony. He learned that “You can spend a very great moment doing nothing”… and says that the three main things he felt were the quality of silence, amazing silence, and then the aloneness and the cold.
If you have children between the ages of 6-17, look for a Young Eagles program near you this summer. It’s a way for your kids to get a free airplane ride thanks to local pilots who donate their aircraft, fuel and time. Two of my boys got to fly today…
An inspiring scene from the movie Peaceful Warrior. Socrates teaches Dan about taking out the trash. “The trash is anything that is keeping you from the only…
Todd Lohenry‘s insight:
I never heard of this movie until this week; I posted a similar clip earlier and put it in my Netflix queue. Highly recommended! Watch it this weekend if you have streaming Netflix or rent it from Amazon digital for $2.99…
Avocados are one of my favorite foods. Although I don’t have an avocado tree at home, my house is always filled with avocados. I compiled 11 interesting things to know about my favorite food to
Suddenly I saw what a jerk I was being and that was pretty humbling. Yeah, I disagreed with this guy on every possible level; I couldn’t even stand being in what I thought of as his black hole of an energy field, but I could see his spark.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.
Oven roasted eggplant recipe Eggplant is just one of those things that I can always seem to screw up, especially when I try to get too creative with the process.
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