I’m sharing this blog post from the blog zenhabits: simple productivity. BALANCE has been my focus/theme for 2 years now. My life was really out of balance when I began. Lately, since retiring, it feels like I and my life are getting closer to the state of balance every day. So finding and reading this [...]
Entries from May 18th, 2010
5 Essential Zen Habits for Balanced Living
May 18th, 2010 · No Comments · I'm recommending, reference
the rear view mirror
May 16th, 2010 · No Comments · my world, whatever
Yup, retirement is certainly proving to be a great b’day present to self. I’m enjoying it enormously. Have pretty much gotten over the “I’m bored, what should I do?” stage already. Ian, my partner, calls that the decompression stage of retiring. (SCUBA diver talk.) But anyway, it’s so great to officially not have anything to [...]
Temple Grandin, the movie and the person
May 4th, 2010 · No Comments · I'm recommending
If you get a chance to see this movie, I highly recommend it! I just happened upon it on HBO and I’m so glad. Clare Danes is amazing in her portrayal of this amazing real-life person. Here’s the trailer: Before I watched the movie, I watched the documentary about Temple Grandin. If you’re interested, here [...]
see your website in 1996 design style
May 4th, 2010 · No Comments · for fun
This is absolutely hilarious — the Geocities-izer. Hilarious because I was there designing pages like this back then. Go to this website and enter the URL for your own website (or any). When you click submit, you’ll see (and hear!) your site “like something created by a 13 year old in 1996” (as the WinXP [...]
swarm intelligence favors NOVELTY
May 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · I'm recommending, whatever
Bees fascinate me. I’d like to have my own bee farm, but alas condo living doesn’t allow for it. Here’s a fascinating video about the bee waggle dance, in which forager bees tell their buddies back at the hive about EXACTLY where to find some great nectar. I got the above from a very interesting [...]
