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do what you’re not doing
There’s a long story behind how I came across this poem, written by a second grader*. Social media…it’s a curious thing. The poem, however, is just so perfect and a Thing to Reflect On. So much depends...
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An eccentric and some e-loveliness
I have days when I resent blogging. I’ve been blogging now for almost four years, 3-4 posts every week, largely unpaid for my toils, sometimes uprooted by trolls. I wonder why I do it. Some days. I...
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Why do we write? Tweet? Blog?
Anyone who blogs, or finds themselves really quite glued to their social media feed, asks this of themselves intermittently. I do. I have my answer now. I blog because I need to. It’s my dharma. Image...
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The Joy of Missing Out
Apparently 2014 is the year of joyfully missing out, or JOMO. You haven’t heard? I came across this new buzz term when a UK magazine editor wrote about it recently in a newspaper editorial. Via Carla...
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Can you sit and do nothing (no phone included) for 15 minutes?
Last week my phone died and I paid a visit to – deep breath – the Apple store to have an over-pierced kid sort out my life. After diagnosing my issue, The Kid (Him: “In my former life I was a piercing...
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Dear Friends and Family, I’m sorry I’m e-hurting you…
I read the other day, in the New York Times, about the phenomenon of “hiding in plain e-sight”. Oh, yes, it’s such a “thing”. Image via LinkedIn HIPES – as I’ll call it for expediency – is the act of...
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Wondering what I should do with this blog…thoughts?
Hello there, Can I ask a favour? This blog has been around a bit. It needs some freshening up. I mean, that header photo! The dinky staples! Image via Pinterest. What do you think… * I was thinking...
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do you care how you blog?
I’m in Melbourne. So I’m on the fly. So today I just post something I found interesting. A new survey (conducted by a vitamin company which I don’t particularly feel compelled to mention) about stress...
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my Sunday Life column comes to an end…to make way for…
…Well, a few things. Straight up, I’ll be filing my final Sunday Life column this week. Almost 130 experiments in how to make life better…you’d hope I’d have found an answer, hey?? I kinda have, but...
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are you feeling social media-obliged?
A few weeks ago a bunch of “followers” on Twitter arked up about the fact I don’t follow all the people who follow me. One tweet (twit?) said I was arrogant for not doing so. For keeping my “follows”...
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do what you’re not doing
There’s a long story behind how I came across this poem, written by a second grader*. Social media…it’s a curious thing. The poem, however, is just so perfect and a Thing to Reflect On. So much depends...
View ArticleClik here to view.
do you care how you blog?
I’m in Melbourne. So I’m on the fly. So today I just post something I found interesting. A new survey (conducted by a vitamin company which I don’t particularly feel compelled to mention) about stress...
View ArticleClik here to view.
my Sunday Life column comes to an end…to make way for…
…Well, a few things. Straight up, I’ll be filing my final Sunday Life column this week. Almost 130 experiments in how to make life better…you’d hope I’d have found an answer, hey?? I kinda have, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
are you feeling social media-obliged?
A few weeks ago a bunch of “followers” on Twitter arked up about the fact I don’t follow all the people who follow me. One tweet (twit?) said I was arrogant for not doing so. For keeping my “follows”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
do what you’re not doing
There’s a long story behind how I came across this poem, written by a second grader*. Social media…it’s a curious thing. The poem, however, is just so perfect and a Thing to Reflect On. So much depends...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An eccentric and some e-loveliness
I have days when I resent blogging. I’ve been blogging now for almost four years, 3-4 posts every week, largely unpaid for my toils, sometimes uprooted by trolls. I wonder why I do it. Some days. I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why do we write? Tweet? Blog?
Anyone who blogs, or finds themselves really quite glued to their social media feed, asks this of themselves intermittently. I do. I have my answer now. I blog because I need to. It’s my dharma. Image...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Joy of Missing Out
Apparently 2014 is the year of joyfully missing out, or JOMO. You haven’t heard? I came across this new buzz term when a UK magazine editor wrote about it recently in a newspaper editorial. Via Carla...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can you sit and do nothing (no phone included) for 15 minutes?
Last week my phone died and I paid a visit to – deep breath – the Apple store to have an over-pierced kid sort out my life. After diagnosing my issue, The Kid (Him: “In my former life I was a piercing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dear Friends and Family, I’m sorry I’m e-hurting you…
I read the other day, in the New York Times, about the phenomenon of “hiding in plain e-sight”. Oh, yes, it’s such a “thing”. Image via LinkedIn HIPES – as I’ll call it for expediency – is the act of...
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