Various links
Article on loneliness at The Happiness Project. “When people feel lonely they are actually far less accepting of potential new friends than when they are socially contented.”
Primary Colour Assessment, which has a short quiz that rates you on curiosity, leadership and execution and then compares your results to the kind of work you're doing. I score overwhelmingly high on execution at the expense of the other two, which doesn't surprise me given how much I enjoy my rather repetitive jobs! (I got 2% for curiosity, which is probably kind of embarrassing.)
Both the above links came from Trent at The Simple Dollar, which is a good blog for basic financial and simple living advice. I don't have much in common with him (he's a small-town Christian married father of young children), but I like his writing style and have picked up many useful ideas from him, from recipes to different ways to think about all sorts of issues. He turned his life around in a short period of time and then started writing about how he did it and what he learned. There is a LOT of content in his archives. emma_in_oz, you might enjoy his book reviews of Born to Buy, about children and consumerism.
Every so often I spend an evening just looking at pictures of Appaloosas on the internet, and last time I did that I found this video. What amazing athleticism (from the horse - the rider is mostly just sitting there, which can't be easy either). I love to watch animals that know their job and do it with a minimum of fuss.
Primary Colour Assessment, which has a short quiz that rates you on curiosity, leadership and execution and then compares your results to the kind of work you're doing. I score overwhelmingly high on execution at the expense of the other two, which doesn't surprise me given how much I enjoy my rather repetitive jobs! (I got 2% for curiosity, which is probably kind of embarrassing.)
Both the above links came from Trent at The Simple Dollar, which is a good blog for basic financial and simple living advice. I don't have much in common with him (he's a small-town Christian married father of young children), but I like his writing style and have picked up many useful ideas from him, from recipes to different ways to think about all sorts of issues. He turned his life around in a short period of time and then started writing about how he did it and what he learned. There is a LOT of content in his archives. emma_in_oz, you might enjoy his book reviews of Born to Buy, about children and consumerism.
Every so often I spend an evening just looking at pictures of Appaloosas on the internet, and last time I did that I found this video. What amazing athleticism (from the horse - the rider is mostly just sitting there, which can't be easy either). I love to watch animals that know their job and do it with a minimum of fuss.