Month: January 2013
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Dizzy dishes…
I don’t usually make new year’s resolutions… it’s a bit burdensome to start the year with that sort of thing but then this year I suddenly thought I really should have more picnics… I love them… spoil myself with quality family time, fresh air and better work life balance… more raw foods, less cooking… keep […]
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Tall ships…
Off to Poland in a few days for work and memories of a moonlit night, foxtrotting with a Polish naval officer, came flooding back… a fleeting romance… where is he now I wonder… I still have the letters… It was the 80’s but seemed more like something out of a film from the 30’s or […]
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Secrets to happiness…
So, TED has curated a little playlist of talks on happiness… Fascinating stuff. All along the continuum between psychography and behaviour… Freedom. Choice. Power of smiling. Less stuff, more happiness. Habit of smiling. Going with the flow. Create aspirations… Check out the talks here: http://www.ted.com/playlists/4/what_makes_us_happy.html Find it rather curious that all 9 talks are by […]
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Growing life with giraffe…
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. An African proverb I came across today… I like it. Really resonates for me. I think I’ll share it with my boss, the ginger wizard, who is constantly banging her fist on the table, hassling me to deliver faster… […]