Writer and environmental activist Ben Jervey grew up in a small Massachussets town of 2,000 people, attended college at Middlebury - whose town was barely larger in size - and yet in 2002, he found himself wanting to live in either of two very populous cities: Portland, OR, or New York City.
By Catherine ShafferSix months ago, I had plans. Lots of them. Career plans. Vacation plans. Financial plans. Then everything fell apart. My mother became ill. She had already been ill, having been diagnosed with cancer in 2005. However, her general health deteriorated drastically in March, and there followed five weeks of hospitalization, followed by a major life change.
I conduct a great deal of online research for my job. I’ll find sites that spark ideas for posts, and locate information that I know will help our readers.
A little plugin for the Firefox browser called ScrapBook has significantly improved the way I conduct this research online.
If you travel a lot, it can be helpful to create a checklist of items you need to take with you. This lets you perform the decision making process once, instead of repeating it again each time you go on a trip. Obviously you may need to tailor your plans to match a particular trip, but your list can help make sure you don’t forget anything important and can help reduce the feeling of, &#
Almost a year ago, in an article entitled Building a Foundation: Ten Things To Do First If You’re Looking At Starting Your Own Business, I described the value of finding a business mentor and offered a few minor tips for finding one.
The truth, though, is that a mentor is incredibly valuable no matter what you’re doing.
What Is A Mentor?
From time to time, I post short interviews with interesting people about their insights on happiness. During my research, I’ve noticed that I often learn more from one person’s highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do from sources that detail universal principles or cite up-to-date studies.
This is a guest post from Katrina Ramser, a freelance writer who contributes to various websites, newspapers and magazines. She also writes about swimming at SquidKid.
Last fall, I posted about the new Eye-Fi memory card, which wirelessly uploads your photo files to your computer. Eye-Fi has now released a more powerful version called the Eye-Fi Explore and a lower priced Eye-Fi Home. Also included in the new lineup is the Eye-Fi Share, which can upload photos to the photo sharing website of your choice (like Flickr).
Written on 9/30/2008 by Mike Solara. Mike uses a common sense approach to post life tips for normal people at his website mikesolara.comPhoto Credit: infomatiqueThere are all kinds of reasons people do not try their hardest when they do something.
Common wisdom has it you should plan out your career in detail otherwise you set yourself up for failure. So why should you do something as crazy as setting fire to your detailed career plan? Here’s why:
1 . The Most Successful People in the World Often Don’t Have a Detailed Plan
Written on 9/30/2008 by Ali Hale. Ali runs Alpha Student, a blog packed with academic, financial and practical tips to help students get the most out of their time at university.Photo Credit: wrhowellWe all have days when we feel down in the dumps.
Shopping is America's second favorite pastime. According to Annie Leonard's Story of Stuff, we spend three to four times more time shopping than the average European. Only TV viewing racks up a larger portion of our leisure.
Why do we spend so much time shopping? Is it partly that the culture doesn't provide that much else to do? Certainly when I grew up, the mall was the big draw.
Three years ago, I noticed my design business starting to slip. And, wouldn’t you know it, that slip soon became a slide.
So, I tried various things that I’d heard were good for businesses like mine. Here’s how they worked out:
Advertising. It proved to be a fabulous way to attract price-shoppers and tire-kickers. No more ads for me.
