Thursday, November 28, 2013

Summer Playlist - A better you

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Since the academic year is winding up, my regular blog posts will too!  So I thought for my last official blog for the year I would share this TEDTalks playlist that offers a selection of recent talks under the title "A better you"

As we head towards to end of another year, most of us like to review our year's performance and set goals to improve ourselves for the following year.  This set of TEDTalks could provide some inspiration you need. Use this link and play one a night for the next couple of weeks.  

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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Simple personal sustainability solutions

I am sure that this topic has come up several times before but I thought this might be timely as the year of study comes to a close and we have more time to consider how to look after ourselves better and perhaps put something in place to allow you to be more personally sustainable moving forward into new careers or the next year of study.

I discovered this little link from an advertisement in Good Magazine which is promoted by Blackmores called "Little Less Little More"  - it is simply asking: What are the things you could do a little less of? What are the things you could do a little more of to make you more personally sustainable?    If you need more motivation than just the idea, you can sign up on the website to help you commit to change.

I think its a great message and something that is easy to aspire to and set little goals.  Recently I have deleted a number of silly time wasting games off my iPad which lead to me having less sleep because I keep saying "just once more" for example.  I stopped using a scooter to travel with the kids to school but instead walk (very fast) or run which uses more energy than scootering.

Please share your ideas here to help inspire others.  Together we can have a more personally sustainable life.


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