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A while back, I was speaking with a friend who asked me how I keep track of so many things, blog on a constant basis, and generally live such a productive life, especially when others my age are playing video games and watching TV. He unknowingly unleashed one of my non-comprehensible rants on patience and not watching TV, but pretty soon the conversation turned to the applications I use on my computer and phone to stay productive (he’s a tech junkie, so it was expected).

I can’t explain to you just how happy he is after trying a few of these applications out. He’s constantly telling me how much free time he has now, how less frantic he is, how more organized he is, yada, yada, yada. Seeing how happy and productive these applications made him, and wanting to spread joy around the world (Santa complex?), I’ve decided to list my top ten productivity increasing apps.

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Today’s post is extra special. Today’s post is the last Ubervegan post. Yup, the last one. I’m not quitting, or changing my diet, it’s just that I have nothing more to really add every month other than “I ate the odd food here or there”. And, I’m not going to turn this ‘series’ into a “How to cook and eat vegan” type of series, there are enough of those online.

For the last ubervegan post, I thought it fitting if I answered some of the main questions I get from people. So I conducted a self-interview: Continue Reading →

Did you know that where you work can affect how you think?

It’s true. Your location can affect you mentally, physically, and emotionally.

For instance, if you write in a room with a low ceiling, that’s generally confined, you will find yourself more focused and more introverted.

You will find yourself mainly focused on one aspect of one topic. If you write in a room with a high ceiling you will find yourself more open and imaginative, but still confined to one general topic. You will have more thoughts about a larger number of aspects of that one particular idea, but generally find it hard to escape that one topic.

Now, if you find yourself writing in a large open area, like a park, you’ll find your thoughts to be quiet fleeting.

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Brief intro

It’s been a while hasn’t it. I haven’t updated Dymaxion sleep posts in two-three weeks now. All on purpose though.

As you may have noticed, this is not my main focus on dancePROOF. I’d much rather write something to do with personal development, or love, or society, or something else thought provoking. Something that has to do with me helping people out (and not talking about myself). Thus I decided that I will write an update on my Dymaxion sleeping habits every first Monday of every month.

I also have a confession to make. I haven’t been so anal-retentive about the whole “keeping perfect track of everything I do”. You can’t blame me though, I’ve been busy. Performances to perform, schools to teach, family to take care of, business to handle, and the oh so familiar “money issues” to take care of. As you can probably see I haven’t updated my Flickr photos or my Twitter updates in about two-three weeks as well. To all those that continued to check in on them, disappointed daily due to my lack of posting, I apologize. January was a hectic month.

So here’s to February. Here’s to me finally making a “flexible” schedule so that I don’t fuck up again, and let people down. And here’s to me actually talking about what you came here for, Dymaxion sleep.

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Throughout my “lifestyle design” journey I discovered a few eBooks that showed me that a better life was in fact possible. I don’t think you should just take my word for it, though. Never believe anything without being skeptic about it first is my motto. For example, there are a ton of free books out there (not just ten).

But, being the generous soul that I am (self-praise is good for you :)), I’ve decided to offer you ten of the best eBooks I’ve read on personal development, doing what you love, questioning life, lifestyle design, and general thought provokingI guarantee. But no matter what, the message is still the same (as it is with all free knowledge):
topics out there (by some of the best people). If you take the time to actually read them you’ll learn something new,

Download them, read them, learn from them… And hopefully share them.

You can either read them here or Right Click & Click Save As to download to your computer. Continue Reading →

Our senses are a blessing and a curse. Believe me, I’m thankful that I have eyes to see with, ears to hear with, and a mouth to speak with, but I’m well aware of just how limited they are.

Think about it, do we experience the ‘real’ world with out current senses? Do we see the atoms? Do we see the electrons and neutrons? Do we hear the radio waves/signals all around us? Do we hear sonar when we go swimming at the beach? Our senses can be compared to a crack in a door. We see through the crack, but we don’t realize just how small that crack is. And, most people even take the crack for the picture in it’s entirety. Continue Reading →

Every-time I hear some talk about their passion and about quitting their job, I get overly happy… Until they say “I can’t wait ‘till retirement”. Then I cringe. DUDE, YOU CAN QUIT NOW, DO WHAT YOU WANT, AND BE SO MUCH HAPPIER IN LIFE!… And here are a few, slightly thought provoking, reasons why: Continue Reading →

Imagine you’re a cave-man (cave-being for those who care about me being politically correct). All you and the people around you have ever known is the cave and it’s inhabitants: the darkness, stalagmites/stalactites, hard bumpy rocks, bats, etc., etc. (use your imagination).

One day, while going about your everyday cave-man life, you bump into someone. This “someone” tells you that they’re from “outside” the cave. Confused you ask them to clarify, and they do.

They tell you that the world you know, in its’ entirety is but a cave, a small thing compared to the rest of the world. They tell you that the world outside is not only bigger, but better. They describe for you how things out there are brighter and warmer due to a thing called the sun (and that even when the sun’s gone there’s still light due to another thing called a moon). They explain to you just how wonderful it is to feel sand beneath your feet while walking on a beach (which they also explain). They describe for you just how pleasant it is to feel a warm breeze upon your face. They, fugitively speaking, give you the world.

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My one goal in everything that I do this year is going to be total immersion. Total immersion is the obvious-yet-overlooked key to success and extreme productivity in life. I got the idea from language learning. In the world of language learning there are those few people who learn languages in two to six months. And you know what they apply to their lives? Total immersion.

To make it clear, total immersion is not about a balanced life. It’s not about doing a little of everything every single day. And it’s not about giving equal time to everything. Total immersion is about focusing on only one thing for an insane amount of time. It’s about letting everything else wither away in the meantime. And it’s about leading an unbalanced, yet highly passionate, and driven life.

Total immersion requires that you lose any and all sense of balance you hold dear to you. Repeat, any and all sense of balance. It means watching your social life dwindle to nothing while you focus entirely on your career. And on the contrary, it means watching your career dwindle down to nothing while you focus on your social life (a social life is necessary but it shouldn’t be all consuming, all the time).

Way too many people live the “I multi-task” lifestyle. Continue Reading →

One of the most profound, and thought provoking things, I have ever learned [this week] came from a movie. The movie was somewhat well put together (it tended to jump all over the place and be stereotypical). But it was thought provoking, and drastically different. That movie was “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men” (I have to read the book). I won’t ruin the movie for you, because if anything you will learn a lot more than I can tell you by watching it firsthand. But there are two stories (retold/revised) about rape (this is where they thought provoking part comes in) that came out of me watching it, and that must be shared with the you, the world.

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