Where Do You Live? No, I Mean Truly LIVE | Approach Anxiety
You can do a lot of things at home. You can eat. You can sleep. You can work. You can fuck. You can watch movies. But you do not live at home. You begin to live when you interact with the world. How much time do you spend at home alone? When I started learning how to meet people I didn’t know, I would sometimes feel depressed after a while being out. I would have an overwhelming desire to go home and just stay there. Even when I’m with a girl, I sometimes find myself getting caught in the trap of staying home and fucking rather than going out and doing things. There is nothing wrong with staying home and fucking. But to truly know someone, you spend time with them in the world living with them, not just in your house. But I would guess, if you’re anything like me, you spend a lot of time at home ALONE. We introverted types can accomplish a lot alone. I spent ten years of my life working on music, mostly alone. I’m writing a book now, mostly alone. You can do things that challenge you alone.
The Awakening
A time comes in your life when you finally get it...when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out...ENOUGH! Enough fighting and crying and blaming and struggling to hold on. Then, like a child quieting down after a tantrum, you blink back your tears and begin to look at the world through new eyes. This is your awakening. You realize it's time to stop hoping and waiting for something to change, or for happiness, safety and security to magically appear over the next horizon. You realize that in the real world there aren't always fairy tale endings, and that any guarantee of "happily ever after" must begin with you... and in the process a sense of serenity is born of acceptance. You awaken to the fact that you are not perfect and that not everyone will always love, appreciate or approve of who or what you are... and that's OK. You learn to open up to new worlds and different points of view.
This I Want
Dear Mom and Dad, You always talk about the future you want from me. I’m 17. You want me to grow up, go to college, get married, have nice little babies and have a perfect life. How did that work out for you? How am I suppose to want to get married if I see what it results in? How about asking what I want for a change? I want to be free of the limitations of this life. to know where i stand. to be single forever and never have heartbreak. to love once. to take a leap that is farther than I have jumped before and lose my footing for a moment when I land. to stay on the ground. to wake up in a new world where people smile and wave hello when you pass by. to wake up again. to fall just to see what it feels like to let go for a second. to stay grounded. to dance in the rain with no shoes on–to hell with sickness! to follow rules. to be loved because of who and what I am, not in spite of it. to be hated for a reason, and not just looks. to see the world through a child’s eyes–everything wonderful and new.
*bellaMUMMA {life is beauty-full}: 100 ways to UNCOMPLICATE YOUR LIFE
I 'STUMBLED UPON' THIS POST AT 'LIVE THE CHARMED LIFE' AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH, I JUST HAD TO SHARE IT! It begins... You see, when we’re born we see the world in an uncomplicated way. As we grow older, we eat and drink to console ourselves, rather than addressing what’s bothering us. Here are 100 ways to uncomplicate it... 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 34. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 56. 58. 59. 60. 61. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 96. 97. 98. 100.
10 Awesome Websites to Make You Think
Intelligence is something that must compensate the lack of reflexes and a poor adaptation to the live world. We’re talking here about the humankind. If you look back in history, we’ve had many geniuses. We still have geniuses today. They are big thinkers and they can move the world with a single finger. Check out these awesome websites that make you think: HowStuffWorks How Stuff Works is a magnificent place where everything, from electronics to chemistry, is explained. NewScientist New Scientist is an information heaven. TED started as a conference website which posts some nice high quality videos with smart people from all around the world. BreathingEarth This is a website that really makes you think about this planet, about the CO2 levels and many other parameters, like world population growth in real time. BigThink BigThink is another beautiful website to make you think. DocumentaryHeaven If you like documentaries, DH is the right place for you. Gapminder Overthinkingit AllThingsHuman
#40 – Why smart people defend bad ideas
[First published April 2005] We all know someone who’s intelligent, but who occasionally defends obviously bad ideas. Why does this happen? How can smart people take up positions that defy any reasonable logic? Having spent many years working with smart people I’ve cataloged many of the ways this happens, and I have advice on what to do about it. Success at defending bad ideas I’m not entirely proud to admit that I have a degree in Logic and Computation from Carnegie Mellon University. The problem with smart people is that they like to be right and sometimes will defend ideas to the death rather than admit they’re wrong. Until they come face to face with someone who is tenacious enough to dissect their logic, and resilient enough to endure the thinly veiled intellectual abuse they dish out during debate (e.g. For example, just because you can’t prove that I’m not the king of France reincarnated doesn’t make it so. Death by homogeny Thinking at the wrong level First, nothing is obvious.
The Sagittarius Woman
The 50 Best Mind Hacks on the Web
Image: JanneM/Flickr Mind hacks. Ever since Tom Stafford and Matt Webb introduced us to the hidden logic of our upstairs system in their 2004 neuroscience tome, these simple tricks have taken the blogosphere by storm. Nowadays, there’s a hack for everything, from your sex life to your kitchen stove. Work and Career Five rules for keeping your inbox empty. How to control your workday before it controls you. Make your to-do list fun by turning it into one big game. Here’s a nifty system for keeping your desk clean and tidy. Boring, but valuable: How to automatically back up your hard drive. This is the ultimate procrastination hack. 10 things to do right now to cultivate a superior leadership year. Your Finances 9 methods for mastering your money. How to find out exactly what your job is worth…then ask for that raise. Want to know how to save money? How to go from $25/hour to $75/hour in 2 weeks. Portfolio management made easy. Life Skills These three words will solve 99% of your problems. Home Hacks
