Archive for April, 2008

ChaCha Ching!

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Ever since I discovered Jott, I’ve been waiting for the next fun, useful, how-the-heck-do-they-make-money-on-this web 2.0 application. Yesterday I found it.
The service is called ChaCha and it so much fun! It’s great for cocktail parties, proving yourself right in a bet and generally satisfying the burning desire to know something without doing any work to figure it out.
Here’s how it works: you […]

Things to Be Happy About

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

I came across a site today that instantly spread a huge smile across my face - it’s called ThingsToBeHappyAbout.com. The homepage is set-up like a virtual theme-park with various areas to explore, such as:

100,000+ Things to Be Happy About
Instant Karma
Self-meditation
Words of Wisdom
“Mt. Nostalgia”
Wish List
Online journal
More…

What I love about the site is it’s sense of youthfulness […]

The Last Lecture…In Case You Haven’t Seen it Yet

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

For a truly inspirational video from a truly inspirational man, check out YouTube video of The Last Lecture (How to Really Achieve Your Childhood Dreams), by Randy Pausch. A little forewarning - it’s 75 minutes long, so set some time aside and relax!
If you’re more of a reader than a watcher, here’s the transcript. Pausch […]

Stress Happens…Whaddaya Gonna Do About it?

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

I had a realization today. For all the time, relationship, career and life-management books I’ve read, I continue to feel stressed out at times, and gasp! have a bad day every now and then. I’ve studied methods for organizing, communicating, strategizing and you know what? Stress still happens. I realized I’ve been directing my focus […]

Reprint: 34 Tips for Your Younger Self (Lifehack.org)

Monday, April 7th, 2008

I normally don’t reprint articles directly from other blogs - it seems unoriginal and lazy. But this is a special case: these tips were so relevant and insightful that I felt I would be remiss not to share them with you in their full glory!
34 Tips for Your Younger Self (Originally posted on Lifehack.org on […]

Q&A With Life After College (aka Me!)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Looking for a way to make my day? Tip: Comment on a post or fill out my Contact Form (assuming you’re not a spammer). I love it when people get in touch with me to talk about this blog. For starters, it reminds me that someone out there (other than my mom, who I forced […]

Uncover Your Passions

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Someone asked me recently how I stay motivated to pursue what I am passionate about. Answering that question required me to already know what I am passionate about. So I thought it might be helpful for me to share with you some ways that I’ve uncovered and identified passions of mine (other than gut instinct, […]