Help. Cool stuff. 23 Practical Things You Can Do to Make Your Life More Fulfilling. How can we live a more fulfilling life? While there are things we can do which are more long-term in nature (such as the ones in 37 Lessons to Help You Live a Life that Matters), here I’d like to focus on practical things which we can do today. As I wrote in my post about being indispensable, human needs can be classified into eight levels in the Maslow hierarchy.
The eight levels from the lowest to the highest are physical, security, belonging, esteem, learning, aesthetic, self-actualization, and transcendence. The lower levels comprise of basic needs which are essential to live. But to live a fulfilling life, I believe that the key is on the higher levels. The more your needs at the higher levels are met, the more fulfilling your life will be. Money for example, mainly meets your need at the physical or at most esteem level. So here are 23 practical things you can do to make your life more fulfilling: If you liked this post, please give it a thumb up in StumbleUpon. Best Classic Books to Read. Reading classic books can boost your learning experience. There are some reasons why classic books can do that: they have stood the test of time, they give you different “lenses” to look through, and they will most likely be relevant even to the far future.
Reading the classics is an excellent intellectual exercise which will arm you with a lot of powerful intellectual tools. To find good classic books, there are trusted recommendations that can help us. The recommendations are found in the books How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. While I believe a book which is recommended by any of them is good, I think it’s safe to say that a book which is recommended by both of them is great. So without further ado, here are the recommended classic books along with the Amazon and free download links (if any): Novel Autobiography and Memoir History Drama Poet. How to Read Classic Books Effectively. A few weeks ago I wrote a post entitled 48 Classic Books to Boost Your Learning Experience. It lists 48 classic books which are mentioned by both How to Read a Book (by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren) and The Well-Educated Mind (by Susan Wise Bauer).
I believe the 48 books are great books which will boost our learning experience. The next question, after knowing what to read, is how we should read them. Since I’m just a beginner in the world of classic books, that is something I would like to know myself. One book which has very good tips on reading classic books is The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer (which I mentioned above). All right, let’s start. Grammar stage(“Grammar” here means the building blocks, the foundational knowledge of each academic subject) In this stage, we just absorb information without evaluating it. When we read classic books, we should follow these three stages. Here are some specific tips on how to do these three stages of reading: 1. 2. 3. Best Online Travel Magazine | Best Online Travel Community -- Ma.
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“I used to shop in Roseland, but I never go over there now,” Howard says of the string of sneaker shops and discount clothing stores on Michigan Avenue. Related Content What qualifies as a food desert? “I wonder sometimes, What is the problem? Share. Chicago « Blogging a Healthier Chicago. Gallup shows us how Chicago and America feel today Well-being across Chicago's congressional districts We’ve been sending these three links around the office today, and we thought that you all might want to check out these awesome graphs and maps too. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index will collect and measure the “daily pulse of the nation’s well-being” over the next 25 years. You can look through the data they’ve collected so far and see how our nation’s health has changed over time and how it changes across our nation. For instance, we weren’t feeling too well earlier this year. Or, for us Chicagoans, here’s a map of our cities congressional districts, part of a national map made by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP).
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If you’re tired all the time, a change in what you eat (diet) or what you do all day (activity pattern) may be all you need to turn things around 180°. You won’t be able to do everything on this list all the time — you’d tire yourself out trying to get more energy — but do try them all to see which ones work for you and your schedule. Add a few of these tips to your regular routine. Or mix them up to keep things interesting. 1. It’s an amazing trick. 2. Whether you work alone or in a room with coworkers, a quick one-song rock out loud session is an effective way to beat back exhaustion. In a cube farm? 3. If allergies have your sinuses blocked, you may be feeling more tired and cranky. 4.
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Doing something every day is such a powerful way to form a habit that I thought I would make a list of 24 habits that are worth doing on a daily basis. Note: I have divided these into morning, day and night although some could obviously be under different headings. The Morning 1. 2. 3. “With better awareness you can make better choices and when you make better choices, you will see better results.” 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
The Day 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. The Evening 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Photo by lululemon athletica. 12 More Daily Habits. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” -Aristotle My article 24 Daily Habits has been an amazing success, so I thought I would follow it up with another 12 Daily Habits that I try (I’m not perfect!) To do and that you may consider incorporating into your life. 1. Stretch: I was inspired to write 24 Daily Habits by my discovery of the benefits of exercising everyday. Every so often I can’t find time to exercise, but at the very least I stretch. 2. 4.
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Motivating oneself Recognizing emotions in others. Gradual Organization: How to Go from Slob to Productive. Photo by Yvestown. By [post_author_posts_link] I’ll admit it: I used to be a slob. Several years ago, I would have been lucky just getting my clothes in the right drawers. To-do lists, calendars and detailed systems for managing my energy and time would have seemed like a fantasy.
Looking at the way I run my life now, it would be hard to recognize my prior messiness. Carrying around a notepad to “capture” any tasks or ideas at any time.Using a simple combination of a to-do list and calendar to record events.Waking up at 5:30 each morning.Maintaining a goals binder to track big projects.Completely overhauling my diet and exercise habits to have more energy.Creating daily goals lists to chunk out work for the next day.Using weekly to-do’s to stay ahead on important work.Batching my e-mail and web time from a few hours to 30 minutes a day.Splitting up my work and free time–letting me boost my productivity while ensuring I get a day off every week.
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Not with the actual neighborhood, but with its potential: It's affordable, there are nice row houses all around just waiting to be filled up by my friends, there's lot of open space to be exploited, and plenty of parking. Plus, this area has got a great authentic feel and, with a little work, it could be even more authentic. Perfect, right? So why am I the only one doing anything about it? I am always telling my other struggling artist, freelance graphic designer, and independent T-shirt-maker friends that this is the neighborhood to take it to.
It's frustrating, though. The problem is that the property owners here are clueless. Do any of these people appreciate what the neighborhood they're living in could be? I'm trying to convince the owners of that taqueria on the corner to change their décor to incorporate some more of that funky Day Of The Dead motif I really like.
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