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I’m a type 7, what are you?

March 22, 2010

In high school, girl friends and I would obsessively take those “How great of a lover are you?” tests in trashy magazines like Cosmopolitan, Allure or Vogue.  Actually, we became hyper obsessed with Cosmo specifically, because it was racy, gratuitous and sexy – everything that we were not.  I was a real dork in high [...]

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Bricklaying – the (insane) psychology of women

February 23, 2010

A friend forwarded this article on USA Today that talks about what makes people happy.  In summary there are three things:  1) the amount of time we spend with family and friends, 2) giving to others, and 3) time spent in a state of “flow” or mindfulness, where you get so lost in a task [...]

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