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2012 Happiness Challenge: For those of you following the 2012 Happiness Project Challenge, to make 2012 a happier year — and even if you haven’t officially signed up for the challenge — welcome! Each week, I post a video about some Pigeon of Discontent raised by a reader. Because, as much as we try to find the Bluebird of Happiness, …
“To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, that is to have been educated in knowledge of simplicity — toward ultimate freedom of expression.” – Frank Lloyd Wright * Great material on Jonathan Fields’s blog — “conversations at the crossroads of work, play, entrepreneurship and life.” * Follow me on Twitter, …
“Life is barren enough surely with all her trappings; let us therefore be cautious how we strip her.” – Samuel Johnson I’ve been thinking a lot about simplicity lately, and I’ve realized that for me, the danger is to simplify too much. So, as always, Johnson’s words resonated. * Twitter is great. I mentioned that I loved the theme song …
Happiness interview: Tsh Oxenreider. I don’t remember how I ended up on Simple Mom — “life hacks for home managers.” Probably the phrase “life hacks” lured me there; I can never resist a good life hack. I’ve also been thinking a lot about the virtue of “simplicity” lately, so I’m reading everything I can on the subject. (It turns out …
Happiness interview: Mark Frauenfelder. I’m a longtime fan BoingBoing, that hugely popular, wonderful website that’s “mischievous fun for higher primates,” so a few years ago, when I got a link and a nice email from founder Mark Frauenfelder, it was a huge thrill. Mark has a fascinating book that just came out, Made by Hand: Searching for Meaning in a …
