Week 1 | (a blog about) J. P. Müller's "My System"… Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done. Bruce Lee Quote. Health and Wellness - Well Blog. How to Recognize and Tap Into the Power of Flow | Mark's Daily Apple. Welcome! If you want to lose weight, gain muscle, increase energy levels or just generally look and feel healthier you've come to the right place. Here's where to start: Visit the Start Here and Primal Blueprint 101 pages to learn more about the Primal Lifestyle.
Subscribe to my free weekly newsletter to receive 10 eBooks, a 7-Day Course of Primal Fundamentals, and more - all for free. Cut to the chase by visiting PrimalBlueprint.com. There you'll find books, support options, and the best supplements on the planet to help you take control of your health for life. Thanks for visiting! They’re moments when the rest of the world – even consciousness itself – recedes into an unperceived periphery. Like Schrödinger’s cat or a faint star in the night sky, however, these moments resist direct observation.
These are flow moments of course – spells of time in which we become wholly absorbed in our endeavors. We all, I believe, have that craving for transcendence in our lives. The Art of Manliness. How to Think. When I applied for my faculty job at the MIT Media Lab, I had to write a teaching statement. One of the things I proposed was to teach a class called “How to Think,” which would focus on how to be creative, thoughtful, and powerful in a world where problems are extremely complex, targets are continuously moving, and our brains often seem like nodes of enormous networks that constantly reconfigure. In the process of thinking about this, I composed 10 rules, which I sometimes share with students. I’ve listed them here, followed by some practical advice on implementation. 1. Synthesize new ideas constantly. Never read passively. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Two practical notes. The second practical note: I find it really useful to write and draw while talking with someone, composing conversation summaries on pieces of paper or pages of notepads. The Joy of Solving Problems. Life’s problems do not exist to beat you down. They exist to help you grow. Do you ever go to the gym, stare at all the dumbbells lining the wall, and exclaim, “Dammit! Why are there so many weights here? I can’t possibly lift all of them! Look at how heavy they are! Why can’t they just have a few easy weights and let that be enough?”
Of course that sounds silly, but this is precisely how many people react to the various problems that surface in their lives. “Dammit! “Dammit! “Dammit! “Dammit! Any of this sound familiar? Problems as Obstacles The attitudes reflected above depict problems as obstacles. Given this mindset, you should do your best to prevent problems from arising whenever possible. If you currently have problems on your plate, then you should try to eliminate them if you can. This is a terrible mindset to hold. The first branch leads to overwhelm. The second branch leads to withdrawal. Problems as Opportunities Problems do not exist to beat you down. Overcoming Overwhelm. Starch (to starch clothes) I have a thing for cute embroidered table cloths, tea towels, tray covers, etc... Besides cooking I also love cross stitch (I'll probably post some of my craftwork here one day). And nothing better to conserve my beautifully stitched table cloths than starching them.
Not only they look better on the table, starching also prevents wine and sauce stains, making it easier to clean. Here's a recipe, just like grandma used to make it. For general starch: 1 tbspoon of corn flour 1 tspoon of salt (to prevent bugs getting to fond of chewing your beautiful things) 1 littre of water Mix it all in a pan, stirring constantly let it boil (it will become more transparent). Brazil England What I do is, wash it all normally, prepare the starch, put a bit of water in the bath tub (enough to soak everything I need to starch in) and mix a bit of fabric softener and starch on it. For strong starching (when you really want them stiff): instead of 1 tbspoon of corn flour, use 2. Gotes.jpg from viruscomix.com.