Archive for November, 2009
VIDEO-Introducing TMFproject’s OPERATION: GET EXCITED
I lauch Operation: Get Excited with the goal of showing people that they can lead excitement-filled, passionate lives starting TODAY. Regular video series depicting me trying new activities designed to push my comfort level. This episode? Salsa dancing. Ole!
Become a Corporate Drone in 30 Days or Less: Step-By-Step Instructions on How to Stop Thinking for Yourself, Kiss Ass Like a Pro & Wear Black Like a Champ
A hardcore tongue-in-cheek look at what your life will look like upon entering the corporate world. Reader beware: This one’s harsh.
Tales of a Terrified Lifestyle Designer
On restlessness, and its source–an intense fear of mediocrity.
Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death – Fate Versus Choices
A major diss to the concepts of “fate” and “destiny,” and a discussion on the power of individual choice. “You are not a marionette. You are a human being with opinions and emotions and likes and dislikes, and you’re also a human being who is entitled to what it is they want out of life. All you’ve got to do is choose it.”
33 Tell-Tale Signs You’re a Closet Lifestyle Designer
A fun, sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek list of indications you might be an unconventional thinker. My favorite is still number one!
Why Lifestyle Design Is Like Working at McDonald’s – And Why It’s a Good Thing
The distinction between “be” and “do,” and how too often, we make the mistake of confusing the two. You are not your job. (And how lifestyle design can help out in this department.)
Meaningless Sex & Lifestyle Design: Sorry, Cutie, Last Night Didn’t Really Matter
Everything in life is arbitrary–for example, the “fact” that you “should” be working between the hours of 9-5. Discussion on how even our language and emotions are arbitrary until we attach meaning to them, and how we can leverage this concept to gain greater control over our lives, eliminate fear, and release our inner bad ass.
Lifestyle Design: The New Arch Enemy of Dry Cleaners Everywhere (And Possibly Your Mom, Too)
A look at how social conditioning makes us do things we don’t even want to do, and we don’t even realize it–and how being creative and doing things a bit unconventionally can pay off exponentially.
