February 2012
5 posts
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“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world. But then I thought,...”
– Frida Kahlo
January 2012
6 posts
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is...”
– Thomas Edison (via happyhealthyheidi)
From "Science's 'most beautiful theories'" (by...
Psychologist Alison Gopnik of the University of California, Berkeley, is partial to one that accounts for why teenagers are so restless, reckless and emotional. Two brain systems, an emotional motivational system and a cognitive control system, have fallen out of sync, she explains.
The control system that inhibits impulses and allows you to delay gratification kicks in later than it did in past...
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Writers' Routines: David Lynch →
discoverynews:
writersroutines:
For seven years in the 1980s he ate lunch at Bob’s Big Boy every day, which consisted of cup after cup of coffee and a single chocolate milkshake while scribbling notes on Bob’s napkins. He arrived at Bob’s at precisely 2:30 p.m. each day. The reason: “If you go earlier, at lunchtime, they’re making a lot of chocolate milkshakes. The mixture has to cool in a...
December 2011
2 posts
“Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when...”
– Henry Miller (via nitors)
“… it’s possible to get unstuck by realizing that capabilities are...”
– Harvard Business Review
Read more: http://www.utne.com/The-Sweet-Pursuit/When-Smart-Kids-Grow-Up.aspx#ixzz1fSV2iA37
October 2011
1 post
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One ending is another beginning.
One year ago, on November 12th, I moved from my home in New Jersey to a little apartment in Texas. I had so many reasons, but mainly, I was not happy. I am still searching for, but getting closer to happiness. There is no rule that says you need or are entitled to happiness, I have just decided to pursue it. I have also decided to log my progress here as I tumbl along toward my happy...
July 2011
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