Friday Carousel — 01.15.10


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Hello, friends! Welcome to this week’s edition of Evolution’s Friday Carousel. I hope that your New Year is off to a beautiful beginning. We are halfway through the first month of a brand new decade. How exciting? Have you defined your goals yet — both long and short term? If not, get to it! This is your chance to start fresh, new; to begin living the life of your dreams.

That said, let’s have a look at this week’s links. Shall we?

1. 25 Questions That Provoke Thought: I loved these questions from marcand angel.com. A lot of them are truly thought-provoking. Perfect way to get your mental juices flowing as we head into the vast wilderness that is 2010. My favorite question is—

“Is it crazier to choose to be poor or to spend 40 years of your life hating 40 hours a week?”

2. What’s in Your Garbage & Start the Year Squeaky Clean With These Top Detox Foods: I loved both of these posts from epicself.com. The garbage post really made me think twice about my contributions to our ever-growing pollution problems. And the detox foods post contains some really good ideas for detox foods, which I think we can all use after this past holiday season. I know I can!

3. 14 Tips for Getting More Sleep & Why It Matters: You may have noticed that it was a bit quiet around here last week, why, you ask. I suffered through an awful bout of insomnia! I went 5 days straight on less than 3 hours of sleep per night. It was awful. Luckily, I’ve gotten back on track this week, but sleep deprivation is no joke. I’ve written about it before, and this post from thehappinessproject.com has a bunch of really good advice, too.

4. One Foolproof Trick to Blast Writer’s Block: I don’t know how many of you have blogs of your own, but I’ll best a lot of you do. It seems to be a given for most people today! Even if you don’t have a blog, you probably write at some point in your daily life, whether at the office or just letters to family & friends. I really liked this post from Copyblogger. It’s got some really solid advice to beating your writer’s block.

5. The World On Your Shoulders: Taking a trip anytime soon? This post is a must-read guide to minimalist packing!

6. 101 Most Inspiring Quotes Part 2: I love quotes and I love inspirations, this post is a Win-Win!

7. The Amish & Their Ability to Get Rid of Distractions & Amish Hackers: It’s no secret that I have been undergoing a major lifestyle revision over the past year. I have slowly been moving toward minimalism and financial independence. Well, who better to run to for inspiration that the Masters of Minimalism— The Amish! I loved these articles about Amish, technology, and their ability to do without, really inspirational.

8. Incomplete Manifesto for Growth: 43 solid pieces of advice, my personal favorite—

14. Don’t be cool. Cool is conservative fear dressed in black. Free yourself from limits of this sort.”

9. The End of Procrastination: Whether you’ve been putting off implementing your new site’s Word Press design *cough, cough* or just haven’t gotten ’round to cleaning the kitchen floors in awhile, this post is for you. Stop thinking, start doing!

10. Today’s Top 9 Easy Ways to Personal Reinvention: And last but certainly not least, every single day we have the ability to reinvent ourselves. That is the beauty of life! Check out this post for some easy ways to do it.

“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” —John Wayne

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Have a beautiful weekend! Spread love & light where ever you may go.

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  • Carousel — 02.26.10

    Snow, snow, and more snow! Are you beginning to notice a theme here? I sure am. We’ve gotten ten inches over the past few days & the forecast calls for at least another 10-15 inches by tomorrow night. I am actually writing this on Thursday (pre-scheduling the post for Friday) because I probably won’t have an internet connection tomorrow. I will be up in the mountains & most likely snowbound.

    Well, I plan on keeping busy & keeping warm this weekend. I hope you do the same where ever you are. I recommend hot cocoa, snowman building, and warm blankets. If you are someplace warm, soak up the sun & be glad!

    Here are this week’s Carousel links. Enjoy!

    1. polaroids from marrakech, morocco: Beautiful photographs from the Our Labor of Love blog. Just looking at these make me warm inside, perfect for a cold Winter’s day.

    2. Be Indispensable: “It’s so sad because people don’t recognize that they have to go that low and wait that long.” I love Gary Vaynerchuk, this guy is probably the single-most passionate individual I’ve ever come across. Enjoy this quick video where he talks about what you need to do to become indispensable. Then go search him on YouTube when you’ve got more time—guaranteed inspiration.

    3. On the importance of “No”: “There are moments when we say ‘yes’ to others and in fact are saying ‘no’ to ourselves.”

    4. 5 ways to escape the escapist weekend: Perfect advice to make the best out of this coming weekend & then all the rest!

    5. How Do You Treat Your Food?: I love this post from the Epic Self blog. It is so important that we apply conscious living to every aspect of our lives—especially when it comes to what we put in our bodies! Being mindful about what we put in our bodies is just as important as being mindful of our thoughts, words, and actions.

    6. Stillness is a Powerful Action: “Let stillness become your most powerful action. It could change your life.” Another great post by Leo! I’ve actually been practicing stillness in my life much more frequently than ever before. The results are amazing—I feel calmer, more energized, and ready to take on the world. Stillness in the middle of a hectic day is priceless.

    7. In Defense Of The Death Penalty: Fascinating post by Tim Brownson about the power of our beliefs & values. Don’t be too put off by the title—there’s a twist.

    8. Creating a Happiness Plan: Attention, everyone! Do you have a happiness plan. If not, what are you waiting for? This post will set you on your way.

    9. the perils of justifying yourself: Leave it to Danielle to press your buttons & make you think. Do you justify yourself? You need to read this.

    Alright friends. That’s it for this week’s Carousel. I hope that you love each of these posts as much as I did. I’ll be braving the blizzard for the next few days. Wish me luck. Have a great weekend and, as always, spread love & light.

  • Carousel — 04.02.10

    Every Friday, I post my favourite links, posts, & resources from around the Web. Expect to learn, grow, & be inspired.

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    “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” —Lao Tzu

    1. The Rebel’s Manifesto: “1. Do the opposite of what you were taught in school.” This is just chock-full of superb advice.

    2. My Running Mantra: What lovely inspiration!

    3. 18 Tips on how to pack for a trip, how to travel light, how to have fun in airports (where “trip” also equals “life”): This post delivers precisely what the title promises & then some…

    4. Post Secret: If you are one of the ten people left on Earth that isn’t following Post Secret, then I suggest you start now. 😉 PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. It is completely ad-free & gets updated every Sunday. It’s incredible.

    5. A critical message about food. Yes, it is a bit lengthy, but worth every moment of your time.

    Additionally, last week I watched Food, Inc. and to say that my perception about food is drastically altered would be a catastrophic understatement. Every single person living in the USA (perhaps others, too) must watch this film.

    6. A happy mayor: “Not only is Mayor Hazel McCallionhappy of the City of Mississauga in Canada happy at work, she is also 88 years old, has been elected 11 times, has a 91% approval rating AND has kept her city debt-free.” Dear Heaven: Give me a fraction of this woman’s health, enthusiasm, and spirit! I’ll be set forever.

    7. The Crushing Problem of Student Debt: Excellent post about the growing problem of student loan debt faced by so many Americans. This is an excellent follow-up to my two part series about my own financial journey.

    8. Overcoming Fear: I write about overcoming fear quite a bit here; but every now & then it is nice to hear someone else’s perspective on the subject. I really enjoyed this post about overcoming fear, particularly Jared’s personal story about where he allowed fear to take him in his own life.

    9. 25 Beautifully Illustrated Thought-Provoking Questions: “Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?” Get prepared to think.

    10. Renegade Health Care Reform: Don’t worry, I haven’t gone all political on you! Just click it. I’m sure you’ll agree, no matter which side of the fence you’re standing on.

    11. The Ultimate Minimalist: 5 Powerful Lessons You Can Learn From Gandhi: Really simple, really powerful. This is the most inspired I’ve been by a “minimalism” post in awhile (and I read a lot of them, friends!).

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    To all of my friends that celebrate Easter, may your Easter be filled with love & light. To all of my friends who do not, may your weekend be full of passion & grace. xo

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