Blog Posts
Frugal, Simple, Nomadic – Sensational – Living
By Hillary Rettig |
Because I've been traveling a lot and haven't been able to post as much, I've been saving up some links you might enjoy. Now, in the lull between NYC and California, here is a good one: Chasing Utopia, Family Imagines No Possessions It's about families who are living super-simple, super-frugal ...
Cheeky Cat Takes Over Internet
By Hillary Rettig |
This cat is all over the Internet, and I'm addicted to her. My favorite comment about this video is, "Someone needs assertiveness training and it's not the cat!"
Coping with Rejection and Other Setbacks
By Hillary Rettig |
1. A Serious Rejection I’ve been a professional writer for decades, and while editors sometimes send my work back for revision, it’s been a long time since a piece was rejected outright. Well, recently it happened, and big time. The rejection itself was cruel – the editor not only critiqued ...
The Future is About Participation
By Hillary Rettig |
Everyone please watch this 16 minute speech by Clay Shirky , author of Here comes everybody : the power of organizing without organizations. It summarizes what's revolutionary about the Internet and digital technologies, and how they're going to change the world. Shirkey's a great speaker, and this is a very ...
Integrated Decision Making – Your Inner “Board of Directors”
By Hillary Rettig |
This article is by my colleague and friend Linda Marks, founder of the Institute for Emotional-Kinesthetic Psychotherapy. Linda is giving a workshop on Healing the Traumatized Heart in Newton, MA, on Saturday, May 18, from 1 - 5 pm. I've taken it, and it's terrific. Click here for more information ...
More on the Inspirational Randy Pausch
By Hillary Rettig |
I've written previously about Randy Pausch , the now-famous Carnegie Mellon computer science professor whose videotaped "Last Lecture" is a hit on the Internet and WHICH YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD SEE. Pausch gave his Last Lecture at an unusually young age, 48, because he was dying of pancreatic cancer and had ...
Willpower can be Exercised Like a Muscle
By Hillary Rettig |
I really recommend you check out this New York Times article on willpower . Excerpt: "The brain has a limited capacity for self-regulation, so exerting willpower in one area often leads to backsliding in others. The good news, however, is that practice increases willpower capacity, so that in the long ...
Interesting Graffiti
By Hillary Rettig |
http://flickr.com/photos/pshab/422895344 The comments are interesting, too.