Eric is the host of one of my favorite podcasts called The One You Feed. Here he talks about how to change your behavior.
Why Aloneness and Solitude are Good and Loneliness is Bad
While loneliness is becoming an epidemic, the value of solitude is unappreciated. Source: Why Aloneness and Solitude are Good and Loneliness is Bad | Psychology Today
2017 Halloween Celebration & Spending Statistics
The National Retail Federation has been conducting an annual Halloween survey since 2003. The last time we reported on it was in 2015 with our Halloween Fun Facts blog. Source: 2017 Halloween Celebration & Spending Statistics [Infographic]
How to Be Disciplined About Your Creative Projects
When I was in a creative writing MFA program, every time a visiting author came to campus to speak to us, one student inevitably asked during the Q&A, “So, what’s your process?” Source: How to Be Disciplined About Your Creative Projects
What The Last Two Months Of 2017 Will Look Like For You, Based On Your Zodiac
For cancers: You can hardly believe that you have made it this far. 2017 has been far from kind to you. You had never imagined the situations you were dragged through in the past months, and it baffles you that you’re still alive and healthy. Hold on, mate. Trust destiny to have bigger plans for you in store. What started in a mess, won’t necessarily end in one. What does yours say? Go to the Source: What The Last Two Months Of 2017 Will Look Like For You, Based On Your Zodiac
Deep Red Down
A bright, red maple leaf found its final resting place on the white stripe of a wet, city parking lot. The contrast in colors and textures caught my eye. This is a rare posting from my cell phone’s camera. I don’t usually post cellphone photos because I prefer the higher quality of my DLSR, but … Go to the Source: Deep Red Down – Autumn Foliage Photography – Pops Digital
20 Things to Remember When You Feel Anxious
More than 1,000 people responded to the question: What’s one thing you try to remember when you feel anxious? Here are the top responses. Source: 20 Things to Remember When You Feel Anxious – Tiny Buddha
The forgotten Irish verses of Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Today, we sing the chorus of Take Me Out to the Ball Game during every 7th inning. The full story of the song, about a young baseball fan named Katie Casey, has long been forgotten. Source: The forgotten Irish verses of Take Me Out to the Ball Game | IrishCentral.com
How to Maximize Your Productivity
Doing everything you can to put yourself into the best state, whether it’s mediation, a motorcycle ride, yoga, music, motivation from a Ted Talk, avoiding toxic and negative people, whatever works for you, that keeps you positive, optimistic, and in flow.
This is a daily practice that’s threaded into your life. Not a one time thing. It’s about the long game so make sure your quality of life is always a priority. Or you’ll burn out and never enjoy the process. Source: How to Maximize Your Productivity | Psychology Today
26 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Our Love For Pets
Controversial new book explains how pets make us human. Source: 26 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Our Love For Pets | Psychology Today
Start a Messaging Channel With Your Partner Where You Can’t Talk About Chores or Your Kids
In long-term, cohabitative relationships, there sometimes comes a point when your first reaction to receiving a text or email from your partner transitions from sweet giddiness to WHAT NOW. Your online messaging channels turn into a running list of schedule confirmations and daily task reminders—necessary, but highly unromantic. Source: Start a Messaging Channel With Your Partner Where You Can’t Talk About Chores or Your Kids
Facebook: the new tabloid!
Try not to look at it! Source: The Joy of Tech comic… The new tabloid!
4 Powerful Love Mantras to Bring More Happiness in Your Relationships
These are the 4 love mantras you can practice not only with your romantic partner but also with the many people that are present in your life. Source: 4 Powerful Love Mantras to Bring More Happiness in Your Relationships
She remains a Smooth Operator, no?
Great story for music lovers here…
Before record stores neared extinction, Sade was often stocked in the easy listening section. The band’s breakout success in the 1980s owed much to the advent of adult contemporary radio, where huge hits like “Smooth Operator” and “The Sweetest Taboo” eventually got sandwiched between selections from Michael Bolton and Kenny G. But then and now, Sade had an appeal that lifted it far above the slush pile of schlock.
The band’s trench-coat-favoring Nigerian-born frontwoman, Helen Adu, known to the world just as Sade, is more responsible for the popularizing of gold hoop earrings than an entire industry of jewelry executives. ..As a generation turned, house D.J.s turned remixes of Sade ballads into club classics, and a raft of hip-hop artists repeatedly sampled her…Sade is one of the most relentlessly quiet famous people on the planet. But in her extended silences, her place in the pantheon of cultural…
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