Feb 9
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This chasm between what I think I am and what I really am has never been more difficult to cross than now. Unemployed me couldn’t possibly be a treasured piece? What am I without to-do lists and deadlines and an organizational email address?
I am enough.
– Jamie Golden
The Post About Being A Work Of Art
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Today I have a guest post by Cherie Burbach!
Cherie is a friendship expert at About.com, and my guest on the podcast this week, which you can listen to here! We had a great chat about friendship, and I really enjoyed it!
Today Cherie offers some observations and advice about how we use Facebook with our friends.
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When Michelle interviewed me about friendship, we naturally got to talking about social media. Specifically, Facebook. Seems like everyone we know is on the site, even people we never thought would join, like our parents, grandparents, and technically-challenged friends. Recently I came across a figure that made the reality real: 71% of online adults use Facebook.
No wonder it’s become such a force in communicating with friends.
After my interview with Michelle, I did an informal survey of some of my own Facebook friends to see how they used the site and if it’s helped or hurt their friendships. The responses I got were:
Another response: it hasn’t changed things one way or the other. I think the response was largely based on how people used the site. Recently I talked about how studies had shown that Facebook made you happier or sadder depending on how you used it. For my own use, I think Facebook has been very helpful in certain situations, but since I use it for work it can also become a little too much at times as well.
One thing is clear: Facebook shouldn’t be the only method you use to communicate with friends. Call them up, text, and make time to see them in person. That’s the only way to truly keep your friendships going and make the people in your life feel important. Facebook can supplement the things you do, but it shouldn’t be the only thing you do to connect with friends.
Get out and meet up in person! (photo by Whiskeygonebad)
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Cherie Burbach is a freelance writer specializing in lifestyle and relationships. She’s written for About.com, NBC/Universal, Happen Magazine, Philips Lifeline, and more. Visit her website, cherieburbach.com.
Feb 5
A Quick Look Back
Population: 227,224,681
Life expectancy: 73.7 years
New Home: $64,600
New Car: $7,200
Median Income: $ 12,513
Stamp: $ .15
Regular Gas: $ 1.25
Bread: $ .48
Gal of Milk: $ 1.60
And here are the Number One’s for 1980!
Oscars
Best Picture: Ordinary People
Best Director: Robert Redford for Ordinary People
Best Actor: Robert De Niro for Raging Bull
Best Actress: Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner’s Daughter
Highest Grossing Films
1. The Empire Strikes Back ($209,398,025)
2. 9 to 5 ($103,290,500)
3. Stir Crazy ($101,300,000)
4. Airplane! ($83,453,539)
5. Any Which Way You Can ($70,687,344)
Remember These Movies?
Little Darlings
My Bodyguard
Private Benjamin
The Blues Brothers
The Jazz Singer
American Gigolo
The Fog
Altered States
Stardust Memories
Grammy Awards:
Album of the Year: Billy Joel for 52nd Street
Record of the Year: The Doobie Brothers for What a Fool Believes
Best New Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Pop Female Vocal: Dionne Warwick for I’ll Never Love This Way Again
Pop Male Vocal: Billy Joel for 52nd Street
Pop Duo/Group: The Doobie Brothers for Minute by Minute
Rock Female Vocal: Donna Summer for Hot Stuff
Rock Male Vocal: Bob Dylan for Gotta Serve Somebody
Rock Duo/Group: The Eagles for Heartache Tonight
Country Female Vocal: Emmylou Harris for Blue Kentucky Girl
Country Male Vocal: Kenny Rogers for The Gambler
Country Duo/Group: The Charlie Daniels Band for The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Billboard Top Singles
1. Call Me – Blondie
2. Another Brick in the Wall, Part II – Pink Floyd
3. Magic – Olivia Newton-John
4. Rock with You – Michael Jackson
5. Do That to Me One More Time – Captain & Tennille
Remember These Songs?
Funkytown by Lipps Inc.
Steal Away by Robbie Dupree
Biggest Part of Me by Ambrosia
Ladies’ Night by Kool & the Gang
Brass in Pocket by The Pretenders
On the Radio by Donna Summer
Fame by Irene Cara
Take the Long Way Home by Supertramp
Sara by Fleetwood Mac
Rapper’s Delight by Sugarhill Gang
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Drama: Lou Grant (CBS)
Best Actor, Drama: Edward Asner as Lou Grant, Lou Grant (CBS)
Best Actress, Drama: Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing, Dallas (CBS)
Outstanding Comedy: Taxi (ABC)
Best Actor, Comedy: Richard Mulligan as Burt Campbell, Soap (ABC)
Best Actress, Comedy: Cathryn Damon as Mary Campbell, Soap, (ABC)
Top Shows
1980 – 1981 (Households with TV: 79,900,000)
1. Dallas (CBS) 27,565,500
2. The Dukes of Hazzard (CBS) 21,812,700
3. 60 Minutes (CBS) 21,573,000
4. M*A*S*H (CBS) 20,534,300
5. The Love Boat (ABC) 19,415,700
6. The Jeffersons (CBS) 18,776,500
7. Alice (CBS) 18,297,100
8. House Calls (CBS) 17,897,600
9. Three’s Company (ABC) 17,897,600
10. Little House on the Prairie (NBC) 17,657,900
Remember These Shows?
That’s Incredible (80 – 84)
Too Close For Comfort (80 – 86)
Magnum P.I. (80 – 88)
Bosom Buddies (80- 82)
Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters (80 – 82)
Facts of Life (79 – 88)
Trapper John, M.D. (79 – 86)
Real People (79 – 84)
Benson (79 – 86)
References:
Music Outfitters
The Cost of Living
1980’s Flashback
In the 80’s
Classic TV Hits
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Feb 3
I’ve added Thankfulness to my goals list (again) this year.
I was seeing the world in a more positive light after I started being Thankful in 2011. It was awesome, I loved it.
But by 2012 I thought I had it down pat. So I switched from recording my thankfuls every day to writing a weekly thankful. I thought I was ready to do less. I even wrote a huge recap post about my thankfulness journey, ending with how it was time to move on to the next step. Basically meaning it was just too much of a hassle to keep track of a daily thankful list any more. You know, because I’ve got so many other things to do that I really needed that five or ten minutes of my life back each day.
Did you know that if you don’t keep practicing something you’ve just learned to do, then you’ll slowly forget everything you thought you’d already mastered? Well, you will.
Cue another post about how I needed to get back in a thankful frame of mind. I decided I would go back to writing daily thankfuls in September of 2012. Then I promptly stopped doing any thankfuls at all. *sigh*
I really miss them though. I miss feeling thankful and being reminded every day of all the good I have in my life. I miss immediately seeing the positive in every situation, and that’s how far I had gotten before I let it all slide away.
So I’m trying again! If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again! Right? So I’ve started my Thankful in 2014 page and I’m going to do my best to keep it updated. I’ve pretty much got to start all over from scratch and get myself in the habit again of finding great things in my day. And as Puddleglum said, you’ve got to start by looking!
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Do you have anything in your life that you have to keep learning over and over and over again?
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I'm a writer and photographer, sometime poet and philosopher, who is figuring out who she was meant to be.
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