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Ten Simple Things You Can Do to Be Happier, Backed by Science. Top five regrets of the dying. There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps.

Top five regrets of the dying

A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their last days has revealed the most common regrets we have at the end of our lives. And among the top, from men in particular, is 'I wish I hadn't worked so hard'. Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. Ten Simple Things You Can Do to Be Happier, Backed by Science. Tips to Create Amazing Instagram Photos Every Time. This post has been moved to: The whole point of Instagram is photos.

Tips to Create Amazing Instagram Photos Every Time

You can write descriptions and use hashtags to support your photos, but your photo is the real purpose. 7 Awesome Feel-Good Movies. Whether it's rainy outside and you're snuggled up watching a DVD, or it's hours on a long flight that you're trying to pass, nothing beats a feel-good movie.

7 Awesome Feel-Good Movies

We're talking films that make us cry every time we watch them, even if it's for the 37th time, scenes we used to act out as kids and stories we fantasized would happen to us. 1. Latin Quotes- Greek and Latin Quotes With Translations. 40 Enlightening Latin Phrases By The World's Greatest Minds. Whilst Latin is considered dead language in modern times, there was a period in history where it dominated the writings, art, scriptures and minds of some of the most powerful and intellectual individuals on the planet.

From Rome & beyond, Latin was used to educate and control the masses. These days, the closet you'll get to hearing Latin in person is via the current incarnations of the clergy and Vatican, both of whom love to quote & reference the annals of history. With that in mind, here's 40 wise and enlightening Latin phrases, designed to inspire and give you food for thought. The Art of Worldly Wisdom: Maxims of Baltasar Gracián. Rippetoe Goes Off. By Mark Rippetoe – 7/8/2013 Here's what you need to know... • One barbell and a few basic exercises have packed on strength and size for decades.

Rippetoe Goes Off

So why are you isolating tiny muscle groups? • Your muscles are firing, no matter what the physical therapist tells you. DIY: No Sew Fabric Applique Monogram. This project has been sitting around my living room waiting to get done for the last couple of weeks.

DIY: No Sew Fabric Applique Monogram

I was constantly walking past it thinking today is the day it would get done, but work always got in the way. DIY: No Sew Fabric Applique Monogram. 20 Creative DIY Project Ideas. We all have many old and unused items lying around in our homes or garages waiting to be thrown away.

20 Creative DIY Project Ideas

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there’s a great feeling of liberation that comes after shedding old stuff. However, before you start cleaning your home, we want to show you 20 incredibly creative Do It Yourself projects that may change your mind. You’ll learn that a lot of useless items can be transformed into wonderful creations. You can turn an old glove into a cute chipmunk toy, toilet paper rolls into a beautiful floral wall art, plastic bottle into a broom and many more. No-Sew Slipper Socks. Monogram Mugs. Friends!

Monogram Mugs

I’m so pleased to share our first gift DIY of the season. Maude made these fantastic monogrammed mugs over the weekend. 31 Insanely Easy And Clever DIY Projects. Making stepping stones out of Rhubarb leaves Part 1. Highest Rated TV Series With At Least 5,000 Votes. Why I Never Play Hard To Get. Feminspire | On 09, Nov 2012 “When he calls, tell him you’re busy even if you’re not.

Why I Never Play Hard To Get

Make him work for it.” By far, the most popular relationship advice I never take. Flex Those Flexors: 3 Steps To Powerful Hips. By Matt Biss Jul 01, 2013 I like to think of myself as a powerful, modern Highland warrior, or maybe a Viking.

Flex Those Flexors: 3 Steps To Powerful Hips

Had I been born 1,100 years ago I would have leapt first off the longboat to battle hundreds of enemies with a giant axe, or so the fantasy goes. Learn a Foreign Language Quickly. Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Benny the Irish polyglot who writes at Fluent in 3 Months.

Learn a Foreign Language Quickly

Imagine being able to blend in undetected in another country. Imagine exchanging inside jokes at a foreign restaurant in another language. Imagine being invited to a festival in the countryside on the other side of the planet, eating with a local family and having no need for an interpreter. Choose the Right Career Path Based on Your Motivational Focus. SKURINN KALEO VOR Í VAGLASKÓGI. 38 Vintage Conversation Rules. Editor’s note: The excerpt below comes from a book published in 1875: A Gentleman’s Guide to Etiquette by Cecil B. Hartley. Hartley’s rules may be over 100 years old, but they’re just as true today as they ever were.

There are some real gems here — some of which truly gave me a chuckle. 1. Even if convinced that your opponent is utterly wrong, yield gracefully, decline further discussion, or dexterously turn the conversation, but do not obstinately defend your own opinion until you become angry…Many there are who, giving their opinion, not as an opinion but as a law, will defend their position by such phrases, as: “Well, if I were president, or governor, I would,” — and while by the warmth of their argument they prove that they are utterly unable to govern their own temper, they will endeavor to persuade you that they are perfectly competent to take charge of the government of the nation. What is Honor? Vísir - Forsíða. Lifting Techniques: Weight Lifters vs Chiropractors' Back Safety Lifting Techniques - Bodi Empowerment. Watch A Teacher Make Her 3rd-Grade Kids Hate Each Other For The Best Reason Imaginable.

What Is Character? Its 3 True Qualities and How to Develop It. Are You a Sheep or Sheepdog? Part I. Are You a Sheep or Sheepdog? Part II: 8 Reasons You’re Hardwired for Sheepness. The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man (9781600614620): Brett McKay, Kate McKay. The Sherlock Holmes School of Self-Defence: The manly art of Bartitsu as used against Professor Moriarty: E.W. Barton-Wright: 9781907332739: Amazon.com. How to Wrestle with a Difficult Decision: Advice from Sergeant Alvin C. York. Corporal Alvin C. York silently led his squad of men through the thick underbrush and dense fog of the Argonne Forest early the morning of October 8, 1918.

Cato: Lessons From a Self-Made Man. Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni, co-authors of Rome’s Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato. How to Stop Saying Um. 38 Vintage Conversation Rules. Samsung Series 9 NP900X3C-A01US 13.3-Inch Ultrabook (Ash Black): Computers & Accessories. George Foreman vs Muhammad Ali - Oct. 30, 1974 - Entire fight - Rounds 1 - 8 & Interview. Muhammad Ali - Who Am I Series: Short Boxing Documentary 2013. Muhammad Ali Nakavtları. Við fæðumst öll jöfn en endum á misjöfnum stöðum – Æðisleg myndasería ‹ Hún.is.

Why You're Not a Morning Person (and How to Become One) Beyoncé & André 3000 - Back To Black (Extended Version) My Secret to Reading a Lot of Books. How to Create a Lifelong Brotherhood. Enjoying A 20 Year Old CRYSTAL PEPSI (WARNING:VOMIT ALERT) Demetrius I of Macedon. Biography[edit] Why Am I So Tired All the Time Even When I Get Enough Sleep? Don't Be an Expert: DIY Is All About the End Product. The Key To Happiness At Work.

How to Wake up Immediately in the Morning. "To Be Social is to Be Forgiving" How To: Be An Optimist. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Nikola Tesla's Best Productivity Tricks. The 16 Best Western Movies. Few figures in history have had as powerful an impact on American masculinity as the cowboy. Singing: The Key To A Long Life. Four Healthy Habits You'll Kick Yourself for Ignoring Now. Boða milljarða lækkun á veiði­gjaldi og skoða tannlækningar barna - DV.is. Blogg » Upplýsingar eru forsenda upplýsingarDV.is. Hobbitinn snýr aftur. Ótrúlegar ljósmyndir af Íslandi eftir hollenska meistarann Willem van de Poll, 1934. Það fór ekki mikið fyrir heim­sókn Willems van de Poll til Íslands. Martin Seligman: The new era of positive psychology.

Frank Warren: Half a million secrets. Kasparov's Calculations - Mindboggling!!! (very instructive) The 20 most-watched TED Talks as of August 2012. TEDTalks The 20 most-watched TEDTalks (so far) Today, on the fifth birthday of TEDTalks video, we’re releasing a new list of the 20 most-watched TEDTalks over the past five years — as watched on all the platforms we track: TED.com, YouTube, iTunes, embed and download, Hulu and more … What a great, mixed-up group this is! Talks about education and creativity, sex […] Playlist The 20 most popular TED Talks, as of December 2013.