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Moments after writing my “shut-in” post I was forced out of my house. Well, I wasn’t really forced. A neighbor in my building locked himself out of his house with no phone and I was the only person in the building. I helped him call a bunch of people until he settled on a lock smith and is back inside his apartment safely.
If you have to leave your house on your shut-in day, walking down stairs to help a stranger is the thing to do. Or get ice cream. But I’ll settle with the former.
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The other day I was walking to the train and smiling at strangers. This isn’t very uncommon because I naturally enjoy the company of people I have never met and am almost always delightful in the morning.
This sunshine and rainbows, chipper attitude comes at a price though.
I do not leave the house for an entire day at least one day out of the week. Sometimes two. If it has been an especially tiresome week, month, whatever I’ll extend my shut-in activities until as long as necessary.
I just don’t leave the house. At all. For nothing. It took me awhile to realize that I needed this down time. Before I would just push myself to go and go and go until I’d be falling asleep standing up at a Christmas party. True story. It happened this Christmas actually. So you can see, the idea of resting is still new.
But I enjoy it. Everyone needs time to let their soul rest and unwind from the noise of life. How do you unwind?
My proposed solution to Vampire Weekend’s legal problems. Photo credit: Rhoen Pruesse-Adams.
… or was every one’s tumblr not working for about 5 hours today?
‘Cosmo Girl’: How to Attract a Dude Using Crap Ladymag Advice
Ladyfriend Cristen Conger, of HowStuffWorks’ “Things Mom Never Told You” blog, has a LOL video up today about how to attract a dude—using the genius advice of esteemed ladymag Cosmopolitan. The short version:
1. Dangle footwear
2. Put shoulders forward
3. Lower chin & look up
4. Rub shoulders
Sounds totally super sexy, right? But here’s the rub: it turns out—get ready—this is a big pink load of BS. (And Cristen has the science to prove it!) Enjoy!
-jessica
GENERAL INTEREST: Back by Request…Grow your own organic herbs and veggies!
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They took data from the subjects used in the Framingham Heart Study, which was a long-term research project that tested subjects every two years using emotional and physical exams. Specifically, each subject was asked to describe themselves as either content, discontent or neutral.
The important part of the study, though, is how the researchers found that the subjects’ altered emotional states depended on the emotions of the people that they came into contact with.”
-My column, which you can read here.
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WhatIWore: Like What I Wore? Like my many Mad Men inspired posts? Then please,
to appear as a walk-on on Mad Men! Wouldn’t that be cool?
I call this outfit - “Accounting for Secretaries”… I actually found this book on a stoop, thought it would look cool on my bookshelf and brought it home. The outfit is a mix between Joan and Betty - my Corvus Noir pencil necklace + full skirt… and I’m ready to jump on set.
Vote for Jessica!!
Don’t forget to put together your Mad Men inspired fits for Sunday night. I got my dress last night and it was only $20!
WATCH: Young, Educated And UNPAID
I’ve been really lucky. All of my internships - paid and unpaid - have never involved getting anyone coffee. If it did, for the record, I’d do it with a smile on my face.
Melissa Kondak: Early Burnout in Journalism? eep
My friend directed me to this NYTimes article posted by @BostonKate on Twitter earlier today and I’ve already sent it around to 5 of my colleagues. I know EXACTLY how the girl who cried at the April Fools joke feels. The stress and competition to be unique on the web (or at work, or in LIFE)…
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