5 Things To Investigate Today
Tags:1. Paulo Coelho's The Magic Instant post which includes these words:
2. Stefan Sagmeister's Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far : I have the book but am enjoying the inspiration found on this collaborative extension. He also did a talk at TED on this same topic.
3. The Happiness Project Toolbox
4. Christine Kane's Why Taking Imperfect Action Is The Perfect Action To Take
5. Zen Habit's 10 Essential Rules for Slowing Down & Enjoying Life More

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Love and I mean LOVE the magic instant message. Read the whole essay. Thank you.
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Great post Ali. Have another awful work day and this post really spoke to me. Peace and blessings....
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Bookmarking this, so I can revisit every week. Thanks for the great links!
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I went to the Things I have Learned site, and added my own sentance. Really tough to come up with!
http://www.thingsihavelearnedinmylife.com/sentence/typography/when-i-was-sure-my-heart-would-break-two-and-i-would-most-certainly-die-i-didnt
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Ashley, that is an amazing story and fabulous photos. My grandfather passed away recently, and my aunt was mad that I was taking photos before he had passed, but while he was in the hospital. I am so glad I did because now we have that to look back on and remember with.
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Thanks for the inspiration! Really enjoyed "Zen Habits". Will be putting these suggestions/ideas in use at my home. My new found inspiration for this week is "swissgirl90" @ YouTube. Check it out!!! Love the music and the vive of her work! She is so talented! Totally COOL!!!
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(dreamy sigh) ... I love your blog Ali ...
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Signing up at the Happiness Toolbox...perfect timing....feeling like surviving has been replacing happiness...time to rediscover. The imperfect action..I was at a Women of Faith conference last weekend. One of the speakers recommended we stop focusing on how we are going to get our troubled teen to college, our retirement fund built back up, our bills caught up....she said (and I really like this)...."just do the next thing." Not tomorrow's thing, not next year's thing....just the next thing.
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Thanks so much for these links. I was moved to post about some on my blog tonight. Thank you for being such an inspiration, not just in this post, but always!
http://onceuponastamp.blogspot.com
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Oh my...Paulo Coelho...love his work and his view of love and the world...thanks so much for sharing!
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Thanks so much for this post. I checked everything out & even downloaded two of Christine's cd's to my ipod!!
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I loved this. So moving. We are living with my 95 year old MIL who also has memory loss. Thank you for sharing.
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THANK YOU for the links, ali.
the quote by paulo coelho is excellent for me right now, and the hapiness project such a great toolbox for inspiration...
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These links were very timely for me. Thank you for sharing.
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Paulo Coelho's excerpt.....PERFECT
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Thank you for calling our attention to the Zen Habits post. It is always a favorite. I forwarded this to all of my former colleagues (I am now retired). I thought it spoke so well as to how to take better care of ourselves.
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Thank you, Ali, for the reminder. We just moved into a new house and I keep getting frustrated with the journey of finding new homes for all my things. i need to savor this as an adventure of discovery over which I am master.
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Great links, quote and photo! I love hydragneas so much, too. And Paolo Coelho has been one of my favorite authors in like forever. I've been a fan of his blog and flickr page in a while, too. So happy to see you posting it here! This post just made me smile! Happy Thursday!
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