From the Web What is Happiness? Dozens of notable bloggers weigh in. Blogging friend Alex Shalman is posting interviews with dozens of bloggers about the topic. Great questions and great answers. Check out Leo Babauta’s great entry. My response to Alex’s questions is scheduled be up sometime later in the week. Best. Speaking Advice. Ever. […]
Why I Don’t Download Music
I’m against downloading music. While this may not seem like an unusual position, as a college-aged kid, this puts me in the minority. Most of my friends have fairly large unpaid-for music libraries. Unfortunately, I see the trend expanding as many of my middle-aged friends are getting iPods and jumping on the free-music bandwagon. I’m […]
20 Tips for Batching to Save Time and Cut Stress
I’m batching right now. Although my articles appear almost daily on this website, I only write twice a week. This is my third article today. I was batching this morning too, when I did all my daily e-mail, RSS, website maintenance, comment-handling and inbox dumping over one 30 minute period. I’m a huge fan of […]
Upgrade Your Entertainment
I take my entertainment time very seriously. Life is too short for reruns. Maximizing entertainment time might at first seem like a no-brainer. It can’t be that hard to do something you enjoy, is it? Unfortunately, the evidence seems to show that leisure time is usually wasted. In his book Flow, Mihály CsÃkszentmihályi got people […]
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