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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Tuesday Reads 4/30/13 at Grist - A Lost Koala and Gretchen finds Happiness, Can We!

A couple of good reads from Grist.org......


The heartbreaking, heartwarming saga of a homeless koala

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Koala Rescue – Western NSW
We’re about to cry just looking at this little guy, who’s confused because his home forest was clear-cut. Maybe the most heartbreaking part is that koalas are protected in Australia, which means he would have been moved out of harm’s way before the logging activities began. After which he would have wandered confidently back to his home, only to discover that it wasn’t there anymore. No wonder he looks so shocked.
But wait! There’s a happy ending! Continue Reading

I read Gretchen's book last year thought her ideas were great, but I really suck at following through and putting her ideas into practice! Maybe I should go back and try to do better. I need to increase my happiness level right now, especially at work, happiness at home and with family is really good, as we have the graduations of both our son Peter and daughter Elziabeth from Rutgers South Jersey and the College of William and Mary respectively!



Happy now? If not, author Gretchen Rubin has tips for you 

Gretchen Rubin has found the secret to happiness. OK, that may be overselling it a bit, but she’s made it her literal business to get closer to it through The Happiness Project. Initially a namesake best-selling book, it’s since morphed into a series of books (the latest: Happier At Home), a blog, a rapt online community, and an ongoing movement to unify science, psychology, and culture in the pursuit of deeper contentment. Of course, with such an amorphous destination, she’s learned the truism behind the cliché that it’s “more about the journey” — but maybe don’t use the J-word word around Rubin.
“Some people want to talk about a journey,” Rubin says. “Well, that’s not an idea that resonates with me – I love the idea of a project. That’s something that whets my appetite.” Continue Reading




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