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Jan
7th

Sat

Supplies.

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Cranked up the antioxidants, potassium and omega 3′s with lots of mixed organic berries (about 1 cup), 1 banana, spinach (1 big handful) and added some Salba* about 1 tablespoon and topped off with filtered water. It was truly yum! (via Green Smoothie Blog | VitalSelf – A Health & Wellness Company)

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Dec
30th

Fri

Build a 2012 Gratitude Habit

Tumblr friends! I’d like to be self-promotional for just a moment, but in the spirit of gratitude. A few years ago my partner and I built a site called Thankfulfor.com. It’s a gratitude journal product and community. You can share your posts with the community and beyond (Twitter and Facebook too) or make your journal private (I have 2 public journals and a private one!).

If you have never kept a gratitude journal, I’d like to suggest it as something you start in 2012. Writing down 2-3 things a day that you are thankfulfor is proven to help people improve their lives in a variety of ways - from improving overall attitude and well-being, to helping people achieve their goals.

I invite you all to set up a free journal on the site. We also have a free nifty iPhone app to make it convenient to post. We don’t make any money from it (we ask for donations if you find you use it a lot so we can maintain it, but thats of course totally optional) but we have found it immensely rewarding and have lots of ideas for improving it in the future.

Also, you can follow the Thankfulfor Tumblr here.

Promotion done. Carry on. :D

Jen

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Counting the Blessings of 2011

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Guest post by Julia Osovskaya

End of year is a fantastic time to count your blessings, and this is exactly the thing I’ve been doing lately. Reflecting back on 2011 these last couples of days made me realize I had no idea how great my year really was. I thought I knew, but I so…

Read the rest of the post here.

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Marriage is a gift you give to your spouse. It’s a gift that says, “I have fully enjoyed our past together, I fully enjoy our present together, and now I want to devote the rest of my future to helping you achieve your goals, to being with you, to you being with me, and to taking care of you (or vice versa) when we are old and sick, as we will almost assuredly will be.” You can’t give a gift like that lightly. The pieces have to be set up in the right spots. Everything has to be aligned. The slightest piece off could mean that your position has gone from “strikingly interesting” to “dubious”. The seeds of disaster are always right there in front of you if they exist.

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Altucher Confidential

Fascinating take on marriage. In our evolving society of social norms and constructs, I’m always curious how people think of marriage.

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Dec
28th

Wed

I was excited to give SnagFilms a whirl on my Android tablet. SnagFilms, founded by internet pioneer Ted Leonsis, is a service that helps you watch tons of documentaries and independent films for free. SnagFilms has been around for a couple of years. But recently, they’ve released their most popular titles in their acclaimed independent film library via free-streaming apps on Amazon’s Kindle Fire, Android-based smartphones, and a broad range of tablets using the Android and Blackberry Playbook Tablet platforms. (via The SnagFilms Experience Expanded)

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Easy, beautiful entrees for a vegetarian Christmas include elegant vegan soups, creative quinoa salads and homespun casseroles. For starters— here’s a couple of tasty gluten-free appetizers and vegan snacks to get the peace party rollin’. (via 10 Vegetarian Christmas Recipes)

These look good for anytime of year… I’m looking for post-Christmas recovery food ;)

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Five millions steps. Two thousand, one hundred and eighty one miles. Six months. This is what’s required of someone crazy enough to attempt thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. It’s no surprise that roughly four in five people who attempt this feat ultimately fall short. Experienced backpackers, retired military, and endurance enthusiasts alike often fall into this unfortunate majority. (via 3 Lessons for Entrepreneurs Gained from Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail)

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Dec
21st

Wed

Did you know that purpose is rapidly becoming the 5th “P” of marketing? According to the Edelman 2010 goodpurpose Study, 86% of global consumers believe that business needs to place at least equal weight on society’s interests as on business interests. (via At GoodPays.me, Social Good With a Twist is Catching On)

Very interesting article on Chicago-based startup GoodPays.me…encouraging people to do good deeds and provide businesses a way to do social good.

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Stress happens. Take a look at these stats:

Three out of every four American workers describe their work as stressful.
Workplace stress costs U.S. employers an estimated $300 billion annually in absenteeism, lower productivity, medical insurance, and other health-related expenses.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that companies in the US lose $3 billion per year due to effects of negativity. (via ‘Tis The Season… To Be Stressed! 9 Tips For Combating Stress)

OY! Time to breath deeply! Some nice tips in here for taking it down a notch.

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