Psychology
Apologies (and how we make them meaningless)
Early to Rise had a good article the other day called “I’m Sorry, but…” (scroll down to the main article).
I can certainly recognize in myself the tendency to do what Search for Significance (and everyone else) calls “The Blame Game.” Often I forget that the point of an apology is to be sincere and [...]
Mission statement, round one
Thanks to a little friendly prodding, I finally sat down and wrote a first draft of my personal mission statement.
Because I am a nerd and like frameworks, I decided to go role-by-role and state (in the present tense) something I have, something I am, and something I do for each of them (this is particularly [...]
Are you ready to shake things up?
I regularly read Jessica Duquette’s blog, “It’s not about your stuff!” Jessica is a professional organizer and frequently shares tips about getting rid of clutter, general organizing, etc. (all of which I need!). But sometimes she writes something that is even more broadly applicable.
I present to you, “How do you know when it’s time [...]
Change your words to change your life
I’m reading a book on decluttering and came across this particular piece of advice that seems applicable to just about all areas of life:
This book is not telling you that you “should” do this or “should” do that but it explains how keeping clutter can affect you so that you can make your own informed [...]
Buried in my inbox
Jumping to the productivity side for a bit, I’d like to highlight Email Overloaded, a blog on the topic of dealing with email. It’s a little disturbing that this is a big enough problem to need a long term blog devoted to it, but I know it’s a huge time-sucker for me. Itzy, the author, [...]
Understanding the Danish cartoons
Udland Jyllands-Posten’s culture editor, Flemming Rose, has penned an article called “Why I Published Those Cartoons“. This is a very good read and I highly recommend it. It is, of course, referring to the cartoons that have sparked such insanity in the Middle East. I learned a lot from the article that [...]
New site for dieters
Because one can never have enough websites (ha ha), I’ve just launched a new one: Am I Hungry? The simplest diet tool ever
It really is super-simple. The whole point is that if we seriously evaluate our hunger level before we eat, we’ll make healthier choices. I’m hoping this site takes off, but [...]
Churches and marketing
I found Andy’s post interesting: Scientology’s Marketing Lessons. It kind of ties in with my posts on why some churches are stronger than others and Scientology’s dark side.
Polyphasic sleep
I have been reading Steve Pavlina’s account of his polyphasic sleep experiment with great interest. Polyphasic sleep has interested a number of people as a result of an article on the subject; you can find the wikipedia explanation here.
The gist of polyphasic sleeping is this: you “compress” your sleep to maximize REM phase sleep [...]
Get serious and pull together
A very interesting article talking about the appeal of strictness:The Power of the Mustard Seed - Why strict churches are strong. By Judith Shulevitz
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