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40 Extraordinary Things Happening Right Now

40 Extraordinary Things Happening Right Now

38 Life Lessons I've Learned in 38 Years | zen habits How To&8230; - StumbleUpon Embed This Infographic <a href= ‎"><img src=" title="10 How Tos" alt="How To Infographic" border="0" class="nopin" /></a><br />Source: <a href=' title='Interesting Facts'><a href=' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I Found Out</a></a> 1) How to drastically increase the life of your shaving razor Before or after you shave (I prefer before so that the blades are dry), place your jeans on a hard flat surface; then run the razor up the pant legs about 10-15 times quickly; then repeat running it down the pant legs 10-15 times quickly. The threads on the jeans then will very effectively both fix any tiny bends in the blades that inevitably happen and will also sharpen the blades on your shaver cartidge. 2) How to make your teeth whiter Baking soda makes a good teeth whitener. 1.

8 Simple Affirmations You Should Whisper to Yourself Daily. | Sex, Love & Liberation - StumbleUpon 1.) “I am worthy.” Worthy of love. Worthy of peace. 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) Write down these eight affirmations (& a few of your own) & tape them to your bathroom mirror. One Day On Earth A Better Life In 100 Ways You don’t like your life? Change it! Change your life for the better! [ Update: There is now an ebook based on this! Without further ado, let’s go. 1. You’re human. 2. Maybe you got hurt by somebody. 3. We’re doing a lot of stuff on autopilot. 4. Don’t wait for other people to impose discipline on you. 5. Reach out. 6. Shaking your comfort zone will often create a lot of value in your life. 7. You are, in a vast proportion, what you eat. 8. Write down you feelings, your ideas, your goals, your activity. 9. Whatever you say to yourself in the morning, it will most likely come true during the day. 10. Traveling long distance is incredibly rewarding. 11. Your life may be so boring and fade because… err, you made it like this? 12. Be your own boss. 13. Clean up your desk. 14. Challenge your mind. 15. Rather than disagree. 16. You can’t give something if you don’t have it. 17. This is not a habit, this is a lifestyle. 18. Your focus is in fact your reality. 19. On whatever topic you want.

The Frenemy., Advice At 18 - StumbleUpon Somebody asked me what advice I would give to my 18-year-old self. It is as follows: First of all, slow your load. I get that your hormones are raging at the fiery furnace of vagina hellfire terror. Cool. These hormones might make you want to just dry hump all over every celebrity vampire or badass in a GQ leather jacket, but you can’t go around hoping to make out with celebrities all the time! Well, except for that one guy. No. Seriously. That being said, I don’t want you to be so cynical. Remember being vulnerable isn’t something you only do when you are young. Fill your I-Pod up with terrible music so you can one day loudly sing that music when you are 22 and drunk on a rooftop. Stop wearing so many denim skirts they look stupid. Give your best friends more hugs. Realize that many of these friends will go away, and you will soon make new ones who ask ‘so how were you at 18?’ Go to class. Learn shit. Get a job. Do your laundry. Don’t smoke because you can. Be a kid. 18 isn’t that old.

“The Hills” Quote Guide (Updated 3/18/08) « Taking It 2 The Hills As they come in, I’ll be posting more and more of your favorite quotes (funny, inspiring, stupid, etc!) from “The Hills.” **If you would like to submit any of your favorites, please send them to takingit2thehills@gmail.com. Season One (In progress — Keep checking back!) “This is my chance to make it all happen, in the one city, where they say dreams come true.” “We can get a fire pole!” “You definitely have to hang out with us! Heidi: School gets in the way of everything. Susan Aronson (Director of Admissions, FIDM): How would you characterize yourself as a high school student? Lauren: Did you ever see that Seinfeld episode where that bald guy’s fiance licked all of the envelopes and she like died from glue poisoning? “I have a very stressful job! Jordan: We (Heidi and him) made up.Brian: How many times did you make up? Heidi: That’s bad I’m already planning on ditching all of my classes.Lauren: You can’t ditch your first class, Heidi.Heidi: Why? Heidi: And their office is gorgeous.

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