Thought Parking Lot I’ve got a few things stored in here using the NOTES functionality tucked over in the upper right hand corner. For one, I just imported the Gmail commands. Because I couldn’t remember them, dammit. I kept trying and failing to remember the niggly little ones. And oh, I can delete the ones that I’ll never use. Now? It’s just a note inside of my browser, and I can reference it fairly quickly....
A few words about life with diabetes Let me just start with this: It’s not that bad. I was diagnosed with Type-1 Diabetes at a very young age — 6 years old, to be exact. And I have this haunting memory: as optimistic as I may sound, I was devastated when I found out that I had it. For almost a year, I stayed indoors, didn’t go to school, and thought it can’t get worse than this....
Robert Thurman, scholar and friend of The Dalai Lama, describes such times as “teachable moments”: Moments when you recognize consciously that your previous ways of thinking and coping aren’t adequate for what’s in front of you; when life serves up something you can’t handle properly with the tools you’ve used before. Most of the time, your habits, ingrained social conditioning and long-term values have your mind tightly barricaded against any possibility of significant change....
“I’m feeling guilty because I procrastinate too much” A quick search on Twitter confirmed my hunch. There are a lot of people talking about procrastination, and the tweets I surveyed are filled with feelings of guilt, regret and remorse. The word “procrastinate” is a heavy one, and I believe that people are trying to solve the problem the wrong way, leaving them with baggage that just won’t seem to go away no matter what they do....
Who are you? Patrick Rhone. I am the resident “Mac Guru” at a private 4 year liberal arts college. I also own and operate my own Macintosh Consulting business. I am also recently married and raise two teenage sons. My personal blog is focussed mainly on the things I am interested in and/or obsess over. This includes productivity, web apps, organization, Moleskines, paper pr0n, Macs and Ubuntu with some posts about my personal life thrown in occasionally to let folks know I have one....
Alex Fayle, “The Number One Spot Is for Losers” Art Carden, Review of Making It All Work Laura Stack, “I Spend Waaaay Too Much Time On…” James Mallinson, “The 5 Big Reasons Why You Fall Off the Productivity Wagon” Alex Shalman, “11 Practical Ways to Jump Out of a Lazy Rut” Mike Vardy, “The Vacationary” Thomas Groel, “10 Signs You Are in the GTD Trap” As always, Productive Magazine is available for download absolutely free, though you can also order printed paper versions at the website....
Some great posts from this week: Loyalty And Fear When Does Great Service Happen? Call in Sick or Go to Work? How to Bubble Map – drawing your ToDo stress-free way Extensive Study on Visual Presentation Support Snoring Prevention Lifehack Have a great weekend everyone!
Why teachers shouldn’t assign homework to elementary school students According to research, there are a number of reasons why teachers shouldn’t assign homework to elementary school students: Alternatives to homework for young students As an alternative to overloading young students with homework, there are so many things that teachers and parents can do to make sure that students are motivated and open to learning more: Overall, administrators, parents, and teachers may leverage after-school experiences where creativity, sociability, and learning converge to enhance elementary schools students’ educations....
aNobii has just released an iphone app, and we’ve had a chance to try it out. The bottom line: this is the best iPhone app for booklovers we’ve seen so far. Let’s take a closer look at some of the features that set aNobii apart: Barcode Scanning The barcode scanning feature is a major selling point. Rather than starting from scratch with their own system, aNobii has partnered with Barcode Monster, a startup that focuses on software that enables ordinary webcams to scan barcodes....
What is a Rico Cluster? Rico clustering is a brainstorming tool that emphasizes the connection between left-brain openness and connection-making and right-brain verbalization and ordering. Although it is intended primarily as a writing tool, it can also be applied to teaching — and Rico herself has written about its use as a therapeutic tool, as well. Here’s the basic idea: By the time you’ve started reviewing your clusters, your brain has done much of the work of fleshing out your ideas; all that remains is to put these relationships into words, which is what your left-brain excels at....
Plane crashes are unpredictable. But now there’s enough information to lower your chances of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s really simple, and all it takes is choosing when to fly, where to land, and which airline to trust your life with. In reality, the best way to avoid plane crashes is by taking a boat. But then you would have to consider sea-related accidents. If you force yourself to always travel by land, there’s the possibility of car crashes as well....
How Camping Helps Improve Your Sleep Pattern Have you ever noticed that when you camp, you feel more inclined to rise early in the mornings? Camping allows us to get back in touch with the world around us, reset our body clocks and help us face each new day with renewed energy and purpose. Many of us have an unnatural sleep pattern because we expose our bodies to lots of artificial light....
According to a new study conducted by Josiane Broussard, PhD, and colleagues from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, one night of bad sleep lowers our body’s sensitivity to insulin in a similar degree as six months on a high-fat diet. When the body becomes less sensitive to insulin or “insulin resistant,” it’s unable to produce enough insulin to keep blood sugar stable. This may eventually lead to Type 2 diabetes, a disease where there is too much sugar in the blood and the body’s insulin response doesn’t work properly....
If this sounds more like you, relax. You may have heightened sensitivity to certain noises, a diagnosable condition called misophonia. While joining the unlucky 20 percent of people who have misophonia may be unfortunate, it’s not entirely bad. There is some good news associate with this condition. Scientists from Northwestern University have found that people who are hypersensitive to particular sounds tend to be more creative than those who are not....
But now I have a pretty good excuse to give when I’m questioned about leaving my bed in a mess — and vindication for all the years I’ve been stubbornly avoiding the responsibility. According to a 2006 study published in the exciting-sounding journal Experimental & Applied Acarology, making your bed (while, admittedly, good for your mental health) makes your bed an extra-comfy home for dust mites. On average, each bed contains more than a million Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus — the scientific name for dust mites....
Nowadays, you don’t need to rent an office in the city to start a business. You can rent a virtual office and employ staff from different parts of the world. This business model is perfect for individuals who are pooling in customers from other countries. Unlike a traditional business model, starting an online business requires technical knowledge in website development and e-commerce. You could always hire experts in each respective field to take care of things you don’t know how to handle, but if you’re just starting off, you’d want to learn about the various aspects of an online store instead of paying someone, which can be costly....
But you know the truth. You lost motivation. What looked like a 400 meter sprint turned out to be a 10 mile marathon. It’s just not fun anymore. You justify quitting and announce a new goal.This time, it’s going to work. But probably not. Announcing goals is exciting. It feels like you’ve just achieved something big. You talk about what you’re going to do and everyone pats you on the back....
23 Inspirational Quotes From Disney Films That Will Teach You The Most Valuable Life Lessons
The Bedroom(s) The Kitchen The Living Room & Dining Room Outdoors All Over The are undoubtedly a million other things that you could thing of to do to get your house clean and in tip-top shape, but this list is a good start. And like I said, when you work room by room, it feels like you’ve accomplished a lot more than just don’t little projects scattered around the house, and it won’t be so overwhelming....
