the happiness advantage

I bought this diary today from The Hach :) It's by the Korean company MMMG (Millimeter Milligram). It's going to be my new "happiness diary"!

I recently saw this TED talk on happiness and how happiness leads to success, not vice versa. I always think that studying harder or doing better at something will make me happier, but, just as the guy describes in his talk, it doesn't really work that way. Reaching a goal just means I set a new one. Yes, I'm the one who gets 98% and asks, "where'd that other 2% go?"

His proposed solution to "reverse the formula" and become "positive in the present" seems pretty simple. Every day, record three gratitudes, write a short journal about a positive experience, do 30 minutes of exercise, meditate for five minutes, and do a random act of kindness.

Do any of you do these tasks regularly? Thoughts?

I've been thinking about gratitudes since I watched this talk, and I've noticed that committing to recording them really does make me consciously scan for them throughout the day, helping me focus more on the positive and less on the negative.

Here's the talk! (It also happens to be really funny!)

natura people part two

 

 

(photos by chika higashi)

(photos by shogo)

(photos by yuko shono)

(photo by romi igarashi)

(photo by miho hashimoto)

more amazing fuji natura classica photos. guuuuh. the colours! especially with the low light ones, it feels as if I'm looking at the real thing with my own eyes  (´∀｀)♡  I'm never able to capture low light like that!

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back to studying... I'm in the super intense Robarts library at U of T. it's open 24 hours!! I must admit though, I secretly thrive off of and enjoy the tense mood... I need the pressure to force me to get things done...

natura people part one

(photos by chama)

Oh man oh man, this website is my new favourite! Their "NATURA People" section has tons and tons of Fuji Natura Classica photos taken by different artists, models, designers, photographers, etc (where "etc" = I-can't-read-kanji-so-those-are-the-only-careers-I-could-read, haha).

(photos by mitsuru nakamura)

(photos by TA-1/Riddim Saunter)

I never know if it's ok to reblog things... I had to screencap these photos because they couldn't be downloaded :/ But all of the photos click through to the original photographer's NATURA People page so I hope it's ok! ヽ(￣д￣;)ノ

Several parts more to come as I make my way through all of the awesome people on this site!!
Guuuh I want this camera... (ﾉ￣д￣)ﾉ

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hello!

Hello, all! I'm resurrecting this blog because I'm fickle and new blog names are hard and this one was already here and REASONS!