Here are the next three items from yesterday’s People I Adore post—I didn’t intend for them to be separated into neat little categories, but that’s what seems to have happened! The next three are all people that I’ve never met in person, but have nevertheless managed to have a profound effect on me. Seth Godin, [...]
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Seth Godin,
steve pavlina,
tribes
The neighbors downstairs are thinking, wow, how about that huge poundy rock they keep dropping on the floor up there over and over again? But no, it’s just Marty, cracking open another coconut. For me. With his machete. Am I wrong to suspect this is too much fun for him? Filing this under “things that [...]
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healthiness,
marty,
noise ordinance
The last few days I haven’t been feeling all that well—just the usual monthly whathaveyou. So I determined that I would snuggle up in a warm blanket in my comfy armchair with my computer, and good food, and lots of water, and do whatever seemed to make sense at the time. I wouldn’t force myself [...]
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Projects,
stress
I just read the most incredible article by Michael Pollan over at the New York Times. It’s thick with information and politic tie-ins, but once you get towards the end you start to realize what’s going on—to see that he’s constructing a world of real food and healthy citizens and nourished children. The Food Issue [...]
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health,
healthiness,
michael pollan
5:15 am is the solution to so many problems. 5:15 am means that I wake up insanely early, in the quiet dark, and have an hour or so to wake up and see straight even before the sun comes up. It means that by the time it’s light, I am itching to get out and [...]
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meganculture,
sleep,
stress,
work
I’ve made hot chocolate twice now this week, but this time I really got it. Previously my attempts resulted in crazy mess and/or something that looked like soy milk with lumps of chocolate powder in it. But this time I ended up with thick smooth foamy chocolatey lookin’ chocolate! It tastes very dark but also [...]
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In the past month or so I have almost completely dropped the positive dietary changes I made while I was sleeping on a polyphasic schedule. I’ve been eating processed foods, meat, eggs, cheese, sugar, even corn syrup… and wheat. I feel like crap. I feel sluggish and loathe to focus. I am significantly more lazy. [...]
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healthiness,
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