Category — Microblog Mondays

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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The Wolvog introduced me to the BEST game. I love it so much that I save it for after work as a way to relax at night. I love it so much that I signed up for the creator’s newsletter after playing one round. That’s how good it is.

You get a word and a bunch of clues, and you have to decide which clue fits and what the answer would be. You get a little hint on the side of the answer box with the number of letters, so there are a few you can quickly eliminate. For instance, if it’s a five-letter word, and it says to anagram it, but the answer is a four-letter word, you can confidently skip that clue. If you get stuck, they’ll give you a hint and then the answer, but it’s pretty rare that you’ll need it due to all of the other context clues you get.

I’m probably not explaining it well, so go over and play Raddle and let me know what you think.

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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Like I said on Friday, today marks the 19th anniversary of the first Friday Blog Roundup back in 2006.

What is amazing is that there are still posts I think about, so many years later. One that continues to bring me enormous comfort — and I’ve linked to it many times before — is Toddler Planet’s “ It’s Not Fair.” She wrote it about six months before she died from metastatic breast cancer.  These lines may not make sense without reading the longer parable contained in the post, but I think about them all the time: “We each get one life, one daily wage, and that’s it. The guy next door gets one life to live. The mom down the street gets one too. No one ever promised us the same life, the same opportunities, the same blessings, or the same time to live. No one ever promised that. We are promised one opportunity, one life, and how we live it is between us and our Creator (I believe). There is no comparing.”

She did a lot of amazing things while she was on this planet, and I’m eternally grateful for her writing, which put the imbalance of the world into perspective and gave a frame for considering all moments. I hope that if you are also finding this time tumultuous and upsetting, her words help ground you.

And please share what moved you. The posts you remember, so many years later.

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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Reading an Atlantic article about sludge (gift link) raised my blood pressure. I had the sensation of being on hold, waiting to speak to a representative so I could cross something off my to-do list. Reading about how creating frustration is part of the plan; it’s not a glitch or a problem with the system but it’s the system itself to make it as difficult as possible for you to take care of a problem made me want to quit society and move to an island inhabited only by sheep.

Someone should make a database of sludge-free companies with excellent customer service when there is a problem. So far, the only one I can think of is Chewy.

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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I am a sucker for any hack that takes any task that feels too big to begin and breaks it down into small pieces. Enter the Delete Week.

Someone posted this on LinkedIn. You set a timer and focus on deleting things from one space, such as email, social media, your phone, or camera roll. When the hour is over, you walk away. It won’t be perfect, but think about how much you can delete and space you can wrestle back.

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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There are so many lists of “good” advice out there, but not enough lists of bad advice. This list aims to correct that.

This one especially made me laugh: “Assume a new dopamine hit is a good indication of long-term joy.”

What was your favourite one (or piece of bad advice)?

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.