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Our Culture of Waste: Why We Should Stop Wasting (and How To Prevent Waste)
(Riding on last week’s post on reasons why people are fat, inspired by my recent travels in the U.S., today’s post is about waste and how to prevent it. I can’t imagine this would be a popular topic given other conventional topics of personal growth such as ‘How to cultivate a habit‘ or ‘How to improve our relationships‘, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be written about. This is equally as important as other areas of personal growth, if not more. Read on.)
In the 7 weeks I lived in New York City, one of the occupants in the apartment I stayed in, a local, was extremely wasteful. He had a habit of buying a lot of food while he was out, storing it in the fridge, and doing the same thing the next day – to the point where half the fridge would be filled with his food.
Since a lot of his purchases were takeout or prepacked meals, they would go bad after a week or so, and would eventually get thrown out, much to my horror. Bear in mind some of the food would be literally untouched. As much as I tried to salvage the situation (by taking the vegan friendly bits), much of the food…
Published Jan 30 2012
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Cultivate Habits, Healthy Living, Love & Compassion, Money & Wealth, Productivity & GTD
Tags: consumerism, culture of waste, how to prevent waste, materialism, wastage, waste
11 Blatant Reasons Why You Are Fat (And Will Continue To Be)
Being in United States, I noticed how people here can get quite large in size. While there are plenty of people here who are in good shape and health, there seems to be more overweight people (per segment of population) compared to outside US, and the ones who are overweight seem significantly larger than the average overweight person outside US.
(For what it’s worth, I’ve been in cities such as New York City, Washington DC, Philadephia, Boston, Los Angeles and soon San Francisco, where people are probably more health conscious than other US states. I can imagine the situation is probably worse in southern states like Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Oklahoma.)
A quick search on Google reveals that obesity is indeed a growing issue in US, despite efforts to control the problem. About one-third (33.8%) of US adults today are obese, with 17% of children and adolescents aged 2-19 who are obese. (Source: Centers for Disease Control and Preventation).
What is it that makes people fat? Is it the lack of healthy food options? Is it the lack of exercising facilities? Is it the lack of knowledge on healthy living?
Possibly, but I don’t think that’s the main reason. If anything, I think US (at…
Published Jan 20 2012
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Cultivate Habits, Emotional Mastery, Healthy Living
Tags: diet, eating, emotional eating, fat, fat loss, lifestyle, reasons you are fat, weight loss
[Pic] The Happiness Manifesto
Following the latest article on How To Be Happy, here’s the manifesto version as an easy reminder for everyday life. 
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Source article: How To Be Happy: 10 Timeless Principles for Lasting Happiness
Make sure to put this up on your work desk as a daily reminder! 
Feel free to like/share this on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc if you find it useful. Convenient share buttons can be found below this post.
Published Jan 13 2012
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Cultivate Habits, Goals & Success, Love & Compassion, Manifestos, Motivation & Inspiration, Purpose & Meaning, Relationships
Tags: contentment, happiness, how to be happy, joy, Love, peace
How To Be Happy: 10 Timeless Principles for Lasting Happiness
Quick announcement: Our LA meet-up for PE readers is ON, and it’ll be this Saturday, Jan 14, 1:30pm at Sage Organic Vegan Bistro! We’re expecting a big turnout for the meet-up this time (16 people so far)!
For those of you in west coast / Los Angeles, I want to meet you! Please RSVP right away if you can make it. If you RSVPed but can’t come for some reason, please let me know right away so I can plan accordingly. Look forward to seeing you guys very soon!
Are you happy? How happy would you say you are, on a scale of 1-10?
Our society today is entrenched in low levels of consciousness of fear, desire and pride. Despite the increasing affluence of people in our world, it seems people are more and more unhappy today. From unhappiness with work, unhappiness with their life, unhappiness with the world, unhappiness with themselves. If you think that the people around you seem quite unhappy, let me tell you that this is a common issue everywhere in the world – be it countries/cities I’ve been to in Asia, in Europe, or in America.
In light of this epidemic, I’ve created a guide on how…
Published Jan 12 2012
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Cultivate Habits, Emotional Mastery, Goals & Success, Inspiring, Love & Compassion, Motivation & Inspiration, Purpose & Meaning, Relationships
Tags: contentment, happiness, happy, how to be happy, joy, Love, peace
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