In the end, the other people were the best part of the World Domination Summit.
The power of adventure
Category: Managing your Life
How to make the most of the rapture (and I don’t mean petsitting schemes)
People are always predicting the end of the world. But I think in the midst of the hype, lunacy, and Schadenfreude, there’s a glimmer of an important message, and it’s not about sin or judgement.
Life experiments: An unexpectedly effective treatment for allergies
Curing allergies by giving up sugar–could that really work? Although it sounded kind of wacky, I figured, hey, it’s free. I’ll try it.
Tornadoes in Alabama: another reminder that life is short
In the aftermath of last week’s terrible storms, my heart goes out to the folks who lost everything.
6 Common mistakes that can ruin your relationship
Tolstoy famously said “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” I disagree. Most people are unhappy in the same ways, and it’s mostly due to making the same few mistakes.
Productivity for procrastinators: how to focus
Know what you need to do but can’t make yourself get to work? Here’s how to beat procrastination, get things done, and start enjoying your work.
Overwhelmed? Try this.
Are you stressed out? Have you been saying yes to too many things, biting off more than you can chew, juggling faster and faster, freaking out? This may not cure it, but you’ll feel better.
Sucking the marrow out of minimalism, doing nothing, and becoming the New Weird
Think about having a peaceful, calm, quiet existence. You don’t worry about money, you don’t have to struggle to find the thing your need, and you don’t have to waste energy looking at messes or excess stuff. Above all, you have time to breathe, time to think, time to relax, time to space out, time to be.
Are you overdue to pull a Ferris?
If you could do anything in the world today, what do you want most of all to do?
Wait, don’t jump out of the plane after all! (an alternate view on fear)
Everybody’s talking about confronting your fear head-on and jumping out of planes. What to make of someone advising the opposite?
10 Tips for Getting Out of Your Own Way
You want to do something, but… you put it off, you think about all the things that could go wrong, maybe you talk yourself out of trying at all. If you would just get out of your own way, imagine what you could accomplish! Here are 10 tips to help.
How to know when to quit
Do you ever wish you could see into the future and know how things will turn out, so you can stop throwing energy at things that aren’t going to amount to anything?