-
Archives
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
-
Meta
Author Archives: admin
A Cool Pool Party
Yesterday, I went to a pool party with several friends I know from swing dancing. A few of them rented the clubhouse in their apartment complex for a few hours of swimming, dancing, games, and other types of fun. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Swing Dancing
Tagged A Cool Pool Party, Charleston, dancing, food, friends, fun, games, juggling, pool party, potluck, Saturday, Shim Sham, World Juggling Day
Comments Off on A Cool Pool Party
The Daily Stoic: “Try the Other Handle”
I recently started reading The Daily Stoic. This book contains a brief but profound philosophical message for every day of the year. It’s a great way to start my day and a great reminder that life is manageable. Lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Epictetus, Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman, The Daily Stoic, The Daily Stoic: "Try the Other Handle", William Seabrook
Comments Off on The Daily Stoic: “Try the Other Handle”
What Do You Mean?
A lot of hostile exchanges originate from misunderstandings. When a misunderstanding occurs, there is an opportunity to ask for clarification, which can be done simply by asking “What do you mean?” in a calm, sincere fashion. If this opportunity is … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged clarification, communication, conversations, discussions, OODA loop, What Do You Mean?
Comments Off on What Do You Mean?
Review of The Signal and the Noise
The Signal and the Noise is a cool book by Nate Silver. Silver, who is a statistician, talks a lot about predictions and the many things that relate to them. The book is centered around finding the useful information that … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Life Hacks
Tagged accuracy, future, Nate Silver, Pierre-Simon Laplace, predictions, probability, Review of The Signal and the Noise, statistics, The Signal and the Noise
Comments Off on Review of The Signal and the Noise
Achievement Without Effort
One of my favorite episodes of The Twilight Zone is called “A Nice Place to Visit”. It involves a thief who is fatally shot and finds himself in a place where he gets anything and everything he wants. He doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged "A Nice Place to Visit", accomplishment, achievement, Achievement Without Effort, challenge, effort, struggle, success, The Twilight Zone, victory
Comments Off on Achievement Without Effort
Creative Destruction
There is an economic concept called creative destruction. This refers to the continuous changes that occur within an economy as old systems are eliminated and new systems arise. I’ve also heard this applied to specifically to industries or even individual … Continue reading
Posted in Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged adaptation, business, change, Creative Destruction, economics, elimination, improvement, progress
Comments Off on Creative Destruction
The Method of Loci
Over the course of my life, I’ve used a lot of mnemonic devices, which are techniques for remembering things. One of the best I’ve found is called the method of loci. Also known as the “memory palace”, this mnemonic involves … Continue reading
Posted in Life Hacks, Self-Improvement
Tagged memory palace, mnemonic, mnemonic device, The Method of Loci, visualization, World Memory Championships
Comments Off on The Method of Loci
Crescendo Amelia Big Band and the Roaring Twenties Dance
Last night, I danced to some awesome music by Crescendo Amelia Big Band. This was the first event of theirs that I’ve been to in a while and I had a blast. Here’s an overview of that great night. The … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Personal Freedom, Swing Dancing
Tagged Crescendo Amelia Big Band, Crescendo Amelia Big Band and the Roaring Twenties Dance, dancing, fun, music, Roaring Twenties, swing dancing, swing music
Comments Off on Crescendo Amelia Big Band and the Roaring Twenties Dance
300 Posts
This is my 300th blog post. I’m amazed at this for several reasons. First, I remember when I started my blog and hadn’t yet put up a single post. Sometimes that feels like ages ago and other times it feels … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things
Tagged 300 blog posts, 300 Posts, blog posts, blogging, ideas, positivity, sharing
Comments Off on 300 Posts
What’s the Rush?
How many people do you know who are always rushing around, never stopping to catch their breath or smell the flowers? For them, the present is an obstacle preventing them from getting to some point in the future where they’d … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Alan Watts, breath, future, guided meditation, meditation, present, present moment, rushing, stress, thoughts
Comments Off on What’s the Rush?