Category Archives: Understanding life and the world

Big ideas and analysis related to life and the world. This is where I become philosophical and tend towards guru-ness.

Trucs en vrac

Posted on 08.04.2012 by Stephanie Booth

[en]A bunch of tips: kitty litter in the bathtub and how to clean the litter box properly and easily, deactivate 3G for better phone call quality, kill all your iPhone app “history” to improve battery life, think about your motivating … Continue reading →

Posted in Life Improvement | Tagged 3g, battery, battery life, calendar, cats, cellphone, litterbox, motivation, phone quality, tasks, tips | 3 Comments

Habituation, Variety, and Intermittent Rewards

Posted on 06.12.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Habituation, variété, récompenses aléatoires… il me manque un petit quelque chose pour lier tout ça ensemble.[en]Here’s another post in the “variety is the spice of life” series. My first intuition that it might make sense to vary the type of … Continue reading →

Posted in Understanding life and the world | Tagged brain, habituation, intermittent rewards, training, variety | Leave a comment

A Balanced Life Has Change and Instability Built In

Posted on 14.11.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Quelques réflexions sur l’équilibre de vie — et le fait que celui-ci est en fait un perpétuel déséquilibre, qui doit pouvoir absorber le changement.[en]I want a balanced life. When I stop and think about what I want in life, that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, Understanding life and the world | Tagged adjustment, balance, life, resilience, unstable | Leave a comment

The Trap of Happiness: Big Things and Small Things, Outside and In

Posted on 13.11.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]La clé, pour être heureux, n’est pas dans les événements ou circonstances extérieurs, mais dans nos activités. En nous, et non au dehors de nous. Ce n’est pas très intuitif, d’où le piège. (“Quand ceci ou cela arrivera, alors je … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Personal, Psychology | Tagged activities, breakthrough, control, happiness, happiness activities, helplessness, intentional activities, law, life, passivity, rule, the how of happiness, trap | 1 Comment

Drifting People

Posted on 03.11.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]On ne peut pas être ami avec tout le monde, ne serait-ce que pour des questions d’agenda. Je crois que j’ai accepté cette limite, et aussi que l’amitié va et vient la plupart du temps, et que les gens invités … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, Understanding life and the world | Tagged dunbar, friendship, people, relationships | 3 Comments

Variety is the Spice of Life

Posted on 25.10.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]De l’importance de varier les choses que l’on fait pour être heureux, les façons dont on s’organise, et le type d’article qu’on publie sur son blog. La routine ne tue pas seulement le couple. Vous avez d’autres exemples?[en]I’m in India. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Books, Life Improvement | Tagged blog, book, content, happiness, india 2011, insight, organisation, routine, the how of happiness, variety | 9 Comments

Linkball

Posted on 27.09.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Une pile de liens, encore![en]So, here’s another bunch of interesting links I’ve found and read. Again, blame Twitter/Tumblr/Facebook (and falling down the blog-hole), I’ve lost my sources for most of them. So, a big warm thanks to all the people … Continue reading →

Posted in Understanding life and the world | Tagged facebook, failure, gore, ice men, linkball, school, stockholm, timeline, zombies | Leave a comment

Interesting Articles You Should Read

Posted on 13.09.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]De la lecture. (Il y a un article en français. Sisi.)[en]A little link-dump, I’m sure you don’t all follow me on Twitter or read Digital Crumble. I stumbled upon a few really interesting articles lately (or less lately). Here they … Continue reading →

Posted in Understanding life and the world | Tagged articles, linkball, linkdump, reading | Leave a comment

Different Kinds of Downtime

Posted on 01.09.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Déconnecter ou se décontracter peut prendre plusieurs formes, et je viens de réaliser que malgré tout le temps de libre que j’ai pris pour récupérer de mon printemps un peu intense côté travail, je ne me suis pas laissé beaucoup … Continue reading →

Posted in Life Improvement, Personal | Tagged Books, downtime, exercise, fiction, games, reading, recuperation, rest, Thinking, tv, work-life balance | 1 Comment

In Praise of the Morning Routine

Posted on 02.08.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Avoir une routine matinale à laquelle on se tient, ça aide (même quand on a eu une panne d’oreiller, comme moi ce matin!)[en]I have a morning routine. From wake-up to office, it takes roughly 90 minutes. I don’t hurry. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Life Improvement, Personal | Tagged exercise, flylady, morning ritual, morning routine, neti pot | 2 Comments