Take a look at the image. No further words are necessary.

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“The challenge of modern relationships: how to prove more interesting than the other’s smartphone”. Alan De Botton.

Do your love-life a favour…leave the phone at home occassionally. Remember that eccentric thing you used to do….talking to each other?

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If you are looking for reasons why the world is out to get you, you’ll most certainly find them.

If you are looking for reasons to be happy, you can find them. You more likely to find happiness if you look for it.

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Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs words…..

“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something”.

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In issue 41 of The Idler – The quite interesting issue you can find The QI Manifesto – 10 steps to making your life more interesting. Here’s a short version….

1. Everything is interesting: Provided that you look at it in the right way.

2. Ask more questions: Everyone asks lots of questions at a young age, then you are told it is best to let people teach you things which are often wrong.

3. We all know less than we think we know: This is what General Ignorance is. We still do not know how or why the universe began, what consciousness is, what light is, or even the best way to bring up children.

4. Look for new connections: Write down the things you do not know already. Interestingness cannot be defined or taught. It is a spark which arcs between two previously unconnected things.

5. If it’s worth writing down, it’s worth writing down clearly: Jargon, technical terms other confusing pieces of language are the enemies of truth.

6. What you leave out is as important as what you leave in: It is better to be interesting than to be comprehensive.

7. Digressions are the point: QI is about making connections, not lists of trivial facts. One piece of interesting information leads to others just as interesting.

8. Take your time: It may take a long time of reading boring information before you finally find a gem that will change your life.

9: Walk towards the sound of gunfire: Do what is right and say what is right, without fear of what other people will think of you.

10: You already have everything you need: Instincts, curiosity and your own ignorance. The paradox is that you have to stop talking about how much you know.

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Whoever it was that said that bigger is better, ought to think again. There’s growing interest around the world in the idea of the ‘small house’. There are lots of benefits to living in less than 100 square feet of space – you don’t think twice about de-clutterng, it’s essential if you are to be able to turn around; you get closer to nature because there is very little to separate you from it; and without gadgets and garages, life is just simpler and slower.

If you want to have a look at some tiny houses go to The Tiny House Blog, The Tiny LIfe, or This Tiny House. It makes you feel good.

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