Category: Personal Growth


Foodie cookbook

A recent trip to the library combined two areas of interest in a fascinating way.

I am a self-confessed bookaholic. I also hate spending money. So I will spend hours in a bookstore and walk away with nothing, or maybe 1 book if it’s super cheap on sale. But it’s another story when I go to the library! Here’s a picture of the result of my last visit browsing at the library.

 
Steganography and Stonehenge

Another post about new things I’ve been learning lately… Always random topics!

 
Random learning topics

Since I have a bad memory, I forgot that one of my goals was to blog different things I’m learning. Of course I instantly forgot I was going to do that.

But since I’ve finally remember, here’s just a short list of random topics I learned about this week.

 
Adult and teenage brains

I recently a lot about how brains work from two different sources — a video about teenage brains, and a book called Your Brain at Work, by David Rock.

 
Leave of absence week 1

I have now been off of work officially for one week. I wasn’t sure if taking time off would really help but apparently it has!

 
Reading books without adding clutter

I love books. They are my weakness. But there’s a problem. They take up a lot of room. And another problem. The book-reading habit can be expensive.

That is… until now!

 
A day of learning

My brain hurts. I have spent all day learning stuff. If brains grew, mine would probably be the size of Australia right now.

 
Capturing ideas: Discovery notebook

A few months ago I listened to a podcast from a speaker who said he writes down all his ideas because he gets a bunch of bad ideas before he stumbles upon good ideas.