Try imeem.com (Free Streaming Music)

imeem.com is a free streaming music website. They now have an iPhone application which allows you to access your account and playlist for free too. If I wasn't so attached to my blackberry keypad, this feature alone would have me converted.

I love imeem because listening to music makes me really happy. And so does making mixes for my family and friends. imeem gives anyone the luxury of finding old favorites and discovering new ones. Account holders can easily create multiple playlists, save, and share them. It's easy to create a user account, so, if you want to listen, click on the link below. When you hit "play", you will see the following screen. This playlist is called "You Can't Find Me in the Club."

http://www.imeem.com/people/fJ0y-bn/playlist/s_03yWiM/you-cant-find-me-in-the-club-music-playlist/

Try Not Having Everything

Almost everyone who has access to the internet, and therefore this blog, has every thing (think Maslow) humans require to live. And a lot more. (I'm included in this group.)

Recently, I've been inspired by letting necessity facilitate action...instead of access. You will be overwhelmingly satisfied (maybe even enlightened) when you wait until you need something, become temporarily uncomfortable because you don't have it, seek it out*, and ultimately make the aquisition.

Try this with diet, medicine, wardrobe, household accessories, even your social calendar. Shock your system with raw fulfillment.

* This could even require waiting. Not as frightening as it sounds :)

Small v. Big

Everything in Europe feels small. I could have told anyone this since my first trip overseas when I was 10, but living life "small" again differs drastically from the memory.

Being present in the small life awakens your senses and sends a shock to your quantitative comfort zones. Streets, and therefore cars, are small. Objectively, I think I'm a small female and I barely fit in the showers. A glass of wine is 25cl (or 4oz) poured to the line. A cafe americain is a double espresso you can choose to add water too if you desire more volume at the expense of concentration.

I love this.

It forces me to slow down and enjoy. I passionately do not want to waste. I'm exponentially more satisfied. And, in most cases, the quality is higher than the larger, less expensive version that's easily accessible in the US. I appreciate the luxury of this access and infrastructure, but I'm going to try to exercise more discipline in the quantity to quality ratio in my life. But it is nice to have this choice (and the reawakened awareness to choose to do so).