This is Where You Belong - Melody Warnick
Going off to college? Getting started in a new place? Just want to feel more connected? Learn the best ways to love where you live, with tools, tips, and tested tactics this week. It's Melody Warnick’s “This is Where You Belong”, one of Taylor’s personal favorites.
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EXTRA CONTENT NOTES:
Another book on the topic: The Geography of Bliss:
Print your own signs for “Walk Your City”:
Discover your ‘hood’s Walkscore on this website:
Killer Mike show trailer Evan mentioned (YouTube):
https://tinyurl.com/killermikeshow
The Vanishing Neighbor book:
The doc trailer “We are Columbine” Evan mentioned (YouTube):
Tips for random acts of kindness in your community:
https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/kindness-ideas
The 10 ways to love where you live: 1. Lace up your sneakers 2. Buy local 3. Say hi 4. Do something fun 5. Commune with nature 6. Volunteer 7. Eat local 8. Get political 9. Create something 10. Stay loyal through hard times
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Digital Minimalism - Cal Newport
A hot, new bestselling 2019 release! Learn about the ways you can declutter your digital life and go Marie Kondo on your phone. This week, we tackle Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport.
SHOW NOTES:
Further reading about the pigeon experiment: http://bit.ly/pigeonstudy1
Further reading about instagram in Canada: http://bit.ly/instacanada1
Further reading about the Amish: http://bit.ly/amishhackers
Further reading on the NPR article about loneliness: http://bit.ly/lonelyfb
Facebook’s internal study on how to use social media: http://bit.ly/facebookintstudy
These are the notes and practical tips we mentioned for each section:
the digital declutter process: 1. 30 day optional tech removal 2. rediscover behaviors 3. reintroduce with what value it accomplishes
the four concepts and practices:
1. spend time alone with your thoughts a. leave your phone at home b. take long walks
2. don’t click like a. be silent on social media b. consolidate texting c. hold conversation office hours
3.reclaim leisure a. prioritize demanding activity b. produce things in the real world c. have real world, structured, social interactions
4. attention resistance a. delete social media from your phone b. turn your devices into single-use items c. dumb down your smart phone
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Better Than Before - Gretchen Rubin
This week, we tackle habits, tactics, and self awareness with “Better Than Before” by Gretchen Rubin.
SHOW LINKS:
the quiz for your Four Tendencies Type https://quiz.gretchenrubin.com
a free app Gretchen made to connect people with similar Types https://www.betterapp.us
the "Happier in Hollywood" podcast of Liz Craft http://happierinhollywood.com
a Q&A video with Gretchen from Google Talks (1 hr) https://tinyurl.com/grtchntalk
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Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
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It’s the first diary, by a Roman emperor who writes DEEP about his feelings.
The 5 discussions -
1. being a roman emperor
2. Thinking on the “bad” stuff
3. Diary as a useful reflection
4. Mental health, modern and historical
5. BEING A ROMAN EMPEROR
The 5 cool party topics -
1. the guy who wrote this is actually the dad in Gladiator
2. daily stoic practices for the party - recitation, journaling, assent of thoughts, negative premeditation, asceticism
3. this book is the original vlog
4. CBT as a therapy practice, John Stockton in Vietnam
5. the emperor of Rome had trouble getting out of bed
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