So you want to become a Happiness Ninja? Part of the reason I’m so happy is that I discovered what I’m passionate about and decided to focus on the things that inspire me. To do this I had to take a few risks and make major changes in my life. Examples of these changes include: 1. 2. 3. Since the NYT’s article “But Will it Make You Happy?” I hope the tips below will help you become a happiness ninja! 1. If you constantly run from meeting to meeting and have your evenings and weekends packed with events, it’s time to start saying no. Living a simpler lifestyle will give you the time and freedom to cultivate your interests. 2. Don’t become a zombie. One way to do this is to determine the biggest and most important problem you can solve with your skills. Finding meaning, purpose and happiness isn’t easy. 3. Get off the work-watch-spend treadmill by saying no to conspicuous consumption. You don’t have to trade your time or money for a “cool” identity, a car or a big house. Think about your daily life. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Outsourcing Your App Development As part of your marketing and promotions, you stumble upon a great idea to market your services: create an app that would help you strengthen your brand and keep you at the top of your customers minds. As with any other buy or rent decisions, you may want to consider letting third-party app developers create your apps for you. Why It Makes Sense to Let Other People Create Your App for You 1. The costs increase if you want a multi-platform app, or one that would work on iOS, Android, and other proprietary operating systems. Further, you must also have test devices handy. 2. This also becomes a problem if you want your app to be truly useful and packed with features. Outsource your apps development and free up your time to focus on things that really matter. 3. Also, established app developers also know what’s allowed and what’s not on different platforms.
Why you should learn to lucid dream | Yes, I Can! by Robin Nixon If you’ve never experienced it then you may find it hard to understand what lucid dreaming is all about. In fact you may be thoroughly sceptical and dismiss the whole thing as silly nonsense. But I can tell you from personal experience that lucid dreams are very real and something that many millions of people regularly enjoy. Note: Due to the huge amount of interest that this post has generated I am now seriously considering writing a book on the subject, and I would welcome input from anyone with an interest. If you have any anecdotes, suggestions, dreams or anything else you’d like to share with me for possible inclusion in the book, please email me. Your contribution can be anonymous and you may change any and all names/characters as you wish. Lucid dreaming is when you experience full consciousness while dreaming. You may also have another question on your mind, along the lines of “What’s the big deal with being conscious while dreaming, anyway?” Experiencing a lucid dream
Meditation found to increase brain size Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office Sara Lazar (center) talks to research assistant Michael Treadway and technologist Shruthi Chakrapami about the results of experiments showing that meditation can increase brain size. People who meditate grow bigger brains than those who don’t. Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the first evidence that meditation can alter the physical structure of our brains. In one area of gray matter, the thickening turns out to be more pronounced in older than in younger people. “Our data suggest that meditation practice can promote cortical plasticity in adults in areas important for cognitive and emotional processing and well-being,” says Sara Lazar, leader of the study and a psychologist at Harvard Medical School. The researchers compared brain scans of 20 experienced meditators with those of 15 nonmeditators. Study participants meditated an average of about 40 minutes a day. Controlling random thoughts Slowing aging?
Funny And Interesting Google Google is best known as search engine. But it is more than a search engine, it plays prank with us, celebrate birthdays, affected by gravity and much more. It is totally like a emotional and funny robot which can search solution for any possible problems with you in seconds. So, Here we have collected some funny and interesting searches by which Google makes itself more than a search engine. Do a barrel roll The Keyword ‘Do a barrel roll’ rotate the result page around it’s own axis. Google Gravity Google Gravity proves that Google is also affected by Gravitational force. Pirate Google The Pirate Google was made to serve as a memorial day to pirate. Google MentalPlex The Google MentalPlex is the tool which enables search by just thinking. Tilt As the the keywords suggests google page will lean by searching these keywords ‘Tilt’ or ‘Askew’ without quotes (‘). Ascii Art Ascii Art is the name given to drawings using only characters. Pacman Les Paul Google Sphere
"The egg" - Page 11 You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. And that’s when you met me. “What… what happened?” “You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. “There was a… a truck and it was skidding…” “Yup,” I said. “I… I died?” “Yup. You looked around. “More or less,” I said. “Are you god?” “Yup,” I replied. “My kids… my wife,” you said. “What about them?” “Will they be all right?” “That’s what I like to see,” I said. You looked at me with fascination. “Don’t worry,” I said. “Oh,” you said. “Neither,” I said. “Ah,” you said. “All religions are right in their own way,” I said. You followed along as we strode through the void. “Nowhere in particular,” I said. “So what’s the point, then?” “Not so!” I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. “You’ve been in a human for the last 48 years, so you haven’t stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness. “Sure.
Offliberty - evidence of offline life 137 Ways to Pamper Yourself, Lift Your Spirits, or Recharge Your Life Photo: tibchris / Creative Commons Is your tension helmet screwed on too tightly? Are your cranky pants giving you a wedgie? Perhaps you need a distraction or you want to beat a craving. Maybe you need a big life change. Whether you're looking for a boost to soldier through a tough day, pampering on your downtime or a thrilling life experience, this list has you covered. See also: 99 Ways to Use This Winter to Have a Blast, Comfort Yourself, or Take Control of Your Life Connect 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Aromatherapy 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Seek Water to See, Soak, Splash or Swim austinevan / Creative Commons 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Touch 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Spa or at-Home Treatments Unique Hotels Group / Creative Commons 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. Taste 37. 38. 39. 40. Outdoor Rest and Relaxation Will Merydith / Creative Commons 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. Indoor Rest and Relaxation 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. Savor a Warm Beverage Marco Arment / Creative Commons 57. 58. 59.