The title of the post - what goes around, comes around is from the J. Timberlake's song, that has the same title - "What goes around comes around". I'm not a big fan of his music, maybe a couple of songs featuring some other artists, but I do like the meaning of this phrase. What I like to do, on every Sunday before the week starts, is to write a phrase, on my printed schedule for the week, which will remind about something, some principle or universal law, that I might forget about because of everyday's rush. Two weeks ago it was "Do at least one thing that gets you out of your comfort zone each day", and last week it said "What goes around, comes around". I don't subscribe to labels, therefore I can't say I'm a christian, or a buddhist, or a muslim, or a philosopher. But phrases that somehow remind me of universal laws, principles that help us live better lives and make this journey more enjoyable, are really helpful.
So now it's time to make a list of the things that I personally believe to be really helpful in life or just make it better, as simple as it sounds. In this post I'll probably be more specific, so instead of just saying in general "magazines" I'd name particular name of the one that I like ;)
1. CARMEX lip balm (or chapstick). Now if anyone has ever experienced dry lips or cold sores, he or she knows how uncomfortable that might be. And, believe it or not, most of the chapstick are just not good enough to heal your lips and act as good moisturizer at the same time. Created by Alfred Woelbing in the early 1930s and first pots of this amazing lip balm were made in his kitchen. Ingredients are still the same, simple and well-know, such as beeswax and cocoa seed butter, but with the price of around 3 to 4 euros, it's the best thing I've ever found for the dry lips. Thanks to my friend from US, I'm still using this amazing lip balm as a bedtime treatment.
2. Twitter. Yeah...I have to admit it, I didn't like the idea of "following" people or "twitting" about some non-meaningful events and things that happen to you, but recently (it took me ages to figure it out) I've discovered that I can literaly stay in touch with latest news and events from all over the world by "following" magazines and websites such as bloomberg, nasdaq, wall street journal , not the people ..of course it doesn't mean that I don't care about my friends, not at all, I'm just thinking more in terms of long term and sustainable relationships with others, and this means meeting people and talking to them in real life, not on twitter. So the point I want to make is this - my life has changed tremendously as soon as I started using twitter to follow the latest news. Thank you guys for such a great opportunity to be well informed.
3. Dialy Art Android App - this one is of a great value for me. As I mentioned earlier, I found tv series "White Collar" very interesting and apart from the storyline I found myself really interested in art itself, especially paintings and famous painters of all times. Then I started to do some research on this topic and I found an app that is perfect for a person that wants to learn a small piece of information about a particular painting each day. It's updated daily, the descriptions are written in a nice and coherent way. No need for additional comments, all I can say is that I can't imagine my life without this app and a dose of art each day anymore.
4. Free MIT, Harvard and Georgetown courses - at Edx.org Thanks to the twitter, I found this amazing website. Free courses from best universities around the world that take you about 2 hours a week...that is something I could only dream about. And the topics of the courses can vary from "science in cooking" to "global sociology".. EDX.org, a non for profit organisation launched by Harvard and MIT (that eventually will charge students who want to pass the exam after the taken course and get a certificate that proves that the course was taken) is becoming my favourite social initiative, along with TEDx. A huge credit to all of those who were involved in the process of creating those organisations, and special thanks to Anant Agarwal (Edx President) for letting us participate in it absolutely for free!
That would be it for today, a list was a bit longer than usual - 4 instead o 3 traditional points in it, but other than that it's still the same - simple thoughts and things that make my life better. Hope someone finds this useful for him or her.
As usual, a quote to start a productive and effective monday :
“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
― Warren Buffett
Plant your trees, sow your seeds, and find a nice shade after that, to enjoy the process of reaping.
Take care and don't forget to have some fun :)
Bryvus
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