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Rebecca Black vs The Internet

In case you weren't paying attention (or were distracted by, I don't know, important things) Rebecca Black has become something of an internet sensation. The short story: Rebecca Black's mother paid a company $4000 to produce a music video for 13 year old Rebecca, which was then released on Feb 10 2011. It received a …

07/Apr/2011 | | fun | Comments (0)

How To End Procrastination Forever

I had a realisation about procrastination that I just had to share. In essence, procrastination is the end result of us having an aversion (or several) to the task at hand. If you let go of all of those aversions, well, there'll be nothing to stop you doing it, right? Ok, so there are several ways to …

30/Mar/2011 | | life, self-improvement | Comments (6)

My Beautiful Dojo

I thought I'd share where I train Aikido four days a week. It's one of the most beautiful spots I know of in Melbourne. This was taken in the middle of the day, so normally when we train there's a lot more shade than this. Given that it hits 45degC (113F) here, training in the …

15/Mar/2011 | | life | Comments (5)

TV Is Heroin Crossed With Hypnosis

I haven't owned a TV in almost 20 years. I don't miss it at all. Note that I didn't say I don't watch TV. I and everyone I know does. TV is everywhere these days: your phone; the internet; public spaces; download & watch it on your computer. The only real changes are the increased ease of …

13/Mar/2011 | | life, self-improvement | Comments (9)

Are You Using The Internet, Or Is The Internet Using You?

I've been giving my internet use a bit of thought recently. I realised (wild generalisation alert!), there are two primary ways I use the internet: To waste time To find information and, of course, a few secondary ways: To build, create, produce, expand (eg, write a blog post, build a business, send love to people) To …

11/Mar/2011 | | communication, life, self-improvement | Comments (3)

My Life's Purpose: Loving Through Service

In Oct 2009, I started Twit Cleaner. This business has been through some ups & downs, but over the last year or so I noticed myself disconnecting almost completely. I'd lost all motivation for it, and for life in general. I've kept working, of course, but my heart just hasn't been in it. I knew (some …

25/Feb/2011 | | life, self-improvement | Comments (8)

Living Off The Grid

The other night I went to hang out with a friend's dad who has lived off the grid for 20 years. I first started hearing about this sort of thing in detail shortly before the Y2K debacle. Lots of tech guys who knew way too much got super convinced that the end of the world was …

07/Sep/2010 | | home, life | Comments (9)

An Unexpected Gain

Here's something I have no logical explanation for. As you may have experienced yourself, when I hit 30, I started to notice I couldn't drink as much as I could when I was a teenager. Or rather, I could, but boy, it hurt like crazy the next day. So, I did some research, & figured out …

01/Sep/2010 | | healing, self-improvement | Comments (1)

How Tense Is Your Face?

I'm the worst poker player in the world, but more on that later. The relationship between the physical & emotional is nothing new: If Charles Schulz figured it out in 1960, it's reasonable to expect science to have filled in some gaps since then. In fact, there is now an entire specialization dedicated to the physiological …

29/Aug/2010 | | healing, self-improvement | Comments (7)

Release Your Crap; Let The Awesome You Shine!

Releasing is a pretty straight forward concept: simply "let go" of any thoughts/feelings/problems you might have — just like dropping a handful of dirt to the floor. There are many releasing techniques available. They're relatively similar though, so I'll discuss the two key ones I've found so far. If you're interested, both of these stem from discoveries …

05/Jul/2010 | | healing, self-improvement | Comments (23)