1.Quote I’m pondering this week “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” –Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
2. Ever wondered how to store your spinach, kale and salad leaves so they last longer? At home we’ve been using sealed bags with tiny holes for a while and it really does make a huge difference. Here’s a good write up / video. In its most basic form you can use a Ziplock bag with skewer pricks (around 12-20 dies the trick). Bags you can wash and reuse are even better. The rigmarole of preparing and storing can seem like a chore at first, though once you’ve experienced the results you’re unlikely to go back to storing greens any other way!
3. I was pleased to listen to a recent Freakonomics podcast about happiness (How to be happy ep. 345). A friend messaged me asking if I’d heard it, I hadn’t so immediately downloaded it to my phone. Its focus is Denmark and includes Helen Russell, author of A Year of Living Danishly. It’s a fascinating listen (38 mins) as being in Denmark for 3 months now I totally get it. I’m even warming up to the cost of living being 20% more as the lifestyle you get is worth it. Have a listen, most shocking for me was learning of the happiness suicide paradox..
4. In my quest for music to inspire and help productivity I’ve recently been listening to the soundtrack to Bastion the video game. It’s worth giving it a listen. Although not to everyone’s tastes, I find it gets me in the flow and has been excellent when popping off to a quiet space to crack through tasks that require deep thinking, enjoy.
5. Back in December I wrote a post about crypto currency, it’s the post on my site that google finds the most. I’ve even had exchanges reach out to me asking if I’d link to them (I don’t do affiliate links). Back then crypto was rocketing to heady heights and my own portfolio was 5x what it is now. Luckily for me I only purchased alt coins with profit from other alt coins. This means any losses I’ve had are bad decisions without monetary effect on my day to day. Not so for everyone caught up in the ‘crypto rush’ and this article is a nice reminder that nothing is free.
Wishing you a terrific weekend!
4 replies on “5 Share Friday 24 August 2018”
Spinach leaves freeze well to be used in curries – kale is horrible though, wouldn’t want to keep it any longer!
Bastion soundtrack is great!
Black kale is amazing!
Trying Bastion now.
Let me know what you think, it grew on me rather than blow me away the first time.