Episode 27 "Feeding and Extinguishing the Fire of ... Dot, Dot, Dot"

The Hopeful Humanist Cafe

Welcome to another "one-take, unedited episode" of Blithering Thoughts at The Hopeful Humanist Cafe. With a drum roll, and the hug of a tree, you can construct a rationale for your vision board for the new decade as we step into the "Twenty-Twenties." The unmentioned T-shirt idea for this episode to usher in the next decade is "Explore, Expand, Become."

Showcase Resources:

1) Do you feel your time is time well spent? Go to the following link and scroll down to an enlightening video called "A New Agenda for Tech," by Tristan Harris, the founder of the Centre for Humane Technology for his take on the question - https://humanetech.com/problem/

2) "Happiness" a book by Thich Nhat Hahn - Amazon link: https://www.amazon.ca/Happiness-Mindfulness-Thich-Nhat-Hanh/dp/1888375914/ref=sr_1_fkmr3_1?keywords=happiness+by+thich+nhat+hahn&qid=1578509632&sr=8-1-fkmr3

-- Go hug a tree

3) "The Happiness Curve" by Jonathon Rauch - Amazon link" https://www.amazon.ca/Happiness-Curve-Life-Better-After/dp/1250078806/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RGPB0TGTO14C&keywords=happiness+curve&qid=1578509814&sprefix=Happiness+cu%2Caps%2C176&sr=8-1

--- Learn about the formula for happiness: H = S + C + V + Time/Age

Current interesting headlines as we enter the 20-20s:

1) "Precarity, debt and social media:BuzzFeed writer Anne Helen Peterson on the modern brand of burnout "- link: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/why-so-many-of-us-are-hustling-past-exhaustion-1.5028802/precarity-debt-and-social-media-buzzfeed-writer-anne-helen-petersen-on-the-modern-brand-of-burnout-1.5028805

2) "Gen X women are facing a mid-life crisis. This author says we're not taking it seriously" - link: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-jan-6-2020-1.5415939/gen-x-women-are-facing-a-mid-life-crisis-this-author-says-we-re-not-taking-it-seriously-1.5416004

Resolution References

1) Dry January - Check-out the Baroness Von Sketch Show at this CBC link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/dry-january-alcohol-booze-quit-cleanse-1.5402076

2) "The evolution of swearing from 'bloody hell' to the f-bomb" - Want to cut down on swearing check-out this radio talk for size:https://www.cbc.ca/news/the-evolution-of-swearing-1.5300157

Peace and Take Care