Reading Time: 3 minutes The status quo, the traditional, the institutionalized, the norm. All those things are often there not because they are good, efficient, or effective but because they are familiar, tried, and tested.
Life
Finding my Theme, again. Part 3 – find your tribe
Reading Time: 4 minutes Never in history has there been a better time for finding or creating your tribe.
Finding my Theme, again. Part 2
Finding my Theme, again. – Technology and Society
Your theme will take the form of a rant that begins with any of these four sentences. For as long as I can remember I've felt there is something exciting at the intersection of _______ and _______ I deeply believe that the world needs _______ Never in history has...
How to find your purpose (attempt 3)
15 Questions This list was borrowed from Tina Su's blogpost https://thinksimplenow.com/happiness/life-on-purpose-15-questions-to-discover-your-personal-mission/ which focuses on a purpose rather than passion seeking. I am merely using her method, if you want more...
How to find your purpose (attempt 2)
So if you read my older post on passion being overrated then you'll know I have embarked on a journey of self discovery to find my why, my raison d'être and not necessarily a particular activity that I enjoy but the reason behind my motivations. I followed that up...
How to find your purpose (attempt 1)
So if you read my last post on passion being overrated then you'll know I have embarked on a journey of self discovery to find my why, my raison d'être and not necessarily a particular activity that I enjoy but the reason behind my motivations. The Daniel Priestley...
How to find your passion? Or Not…
There seems to be an obsessive refrain on the Internet these days that you have to find your passion, DWYL (Do What You Love), find your purpose, be in your element. With everyone apparently having the capacity to be rich, happy and fulfilled if you can just do find...
Long absence
I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who reads this blog, but that aside I should explain that I am in the process of creating a language centre in France, not that it's a real excuse at to why I haven't continued my writing, I have had plenty of time to watch TV shows...
Mindfulness and Education
So I saw this article on neural studies of Monks doing meditation and it's effects on the brain: https://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Stanford-studies-monks-meditation-compassion-3689748.php I'm presently reading a book on some of this, it's really quite amazing....
Does Black Friday mean I get to dress in a full goth/punk outfit and not get judged by normies??
@elonmusk some @tesla Mega Packs would help save lives in Ukraine right now. https://twitter.com/bruckenruski/status/1596236379822100480
@Flash_news_ua These are helpful, but @USAID needs to work with @SecGranholm & @ENERGY & @SecDef to secure Ukraine's high voltage substation transformers from 100% russian attacks & import max capacity power from Poland.
The 750kV is equal to 400,000 5kw generators
https://twitter.com/BruckenRuski/status/1596097684196073472?s=20&t=zlZT1-kuBdQK3zjbgSG05Q
@ShelfNerds Wow… just, wow!
Hey try the quiz, I think being 3% of median isn't too bad.
My news diet skews left. 3% of the news I read comes from right-leaning sources. 47% of the news I read comes from left-leaning sources. Analyzed by @ground_app https://ground.news/bias-quiz
🧡 Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm forever grateful for my readers and my loved ones. #Grateful
