Some ideas from the book ”Big Ideas for Curious Mind” Nagging is like very bad teaching. You are a teacher whenever you help someone else understand something. Remember that if you are being nagged, someone is just trying to teach you something – and remember too, that if you want to explain something to someone...
Author: Janaina Aguiar (Janaina Aguiar)
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Bird Watching
A lovely friend invited me to go on a trip for bird watching! Even though I am not a ‘’bird person’’ and had no idea of what to expect I said yes because this friend is someone I admire so much, and I always love her ideas and interests! We went to Tiritiri Matangi Island,...
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Atomic Habits
Last year I also read a book called ”Atomic Habits” by James Clear. It had so much impact on my life! I will make more posts about the book but just to start, here are some quotes from the few first chapters ”We all deal with setbacks but in the long run, the quality of...
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Sometimes people are just unhappy, not mean…
This is from another book I have read last year: ‘’Big Ideas for Curious Minds – An Introduction to Philosophy’’, from the School of Life – www.theschooloflife.com -. The book is designed for children so it just made me love the book even more! One of the ideas discussed in the book is that people...
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The Hygge Manifesto
A friend of mine told me about this book: “The little book of Hygge – The Danish was to live well’’. Here is what I loved about this new concept I came across: Hygge has been called everything from ‘the art of creating intimacy’’, ‘’coziness of the soul’’ and ‘’absence of annoyance’’ to ‘’taking pleasure...
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Blog and Newsletter
I do enjoy knowing what is happening in the world through people`s experiences and perceptions and I have found that blogs and newsletters fulfil a huge part of my desire to be connected and informed. I don’t have TV, and I avoid checking the news on the internet – even in a pandemic world where...