How was you week, guys? We spent most of the week in Wisconsin poking around supper clubs and weird roadside attractions and it was perrrfect. (You can see all the photos on Instagram!)
We don’t have many Network of Nice offers/requests for this month, so I’ll just mashing them in here 🙂
I’d love to hear from people who have moved overseas to live and work
Specifically, I plan to move from Australia to the USA in the next few years. My areas of expertise are communication, policy, government, and the non-government sector. By the time I move, I’ll have a Masters in Communication. Share your secrets about job and apartment hunting, and appropriate visas, etc with me? I am interested in all the practicalities involved in making a big international move happen.
chloejmoss@gmail (dot) com
I want to learn about US domestic adoption
aestrusz@gmail (dot) com
I’m looking for an email pal who’d be willing to communicate weekly about their practice of Intuitive Eating
quarterlifelady@gmail (dot) com
I can help you write your personal statement for grad school
juliannebenford@gmail (dot) com
Links for you!
The only difference between people who do things and people who don’t is the people who do things, do things. That’s it. No one has a special motivation gland they were born with.
How would chefs doctor up a frozen pizza?
Ooooh! Such a good before/after! And changes that most of us normal, vaguely-handy people could do!
Let’s make smoky mushroom and black rice sushi and no-bake salted caramel cups for dessert!
The real reason you’re tired all the time.
An important read: I’m not pretty and I’m fine with that.
Apparently nothing else mattered. My intelligence, my passion, my work ethic, how I treat those around me, who I am as a person – they weren’t interested in finding that out, because I don’t match up to the standard of prettiness they require from a woman.
Somewhat related: Why am I so fat?
I want to be clear, Man On The Web Who Was Moved To Write To Me to Inquire About My Weight, that I know I’m deeply flawed. Sometimes I’m rude and nasty and unethical and selfish and all those ugly things. None of what I’m about to tell you makes me a victim. Some of what I’m about to tell you makes me a survivor. All of it is human and real and imperfect. Just like me. And like you!
Also somewhat related: A beauty quiz you won’t find in magazines.
Literally just a bunch of GIFs of Paul Rudd dancing.
A sweet story about a single man who, at age 54, decided to become a dad for the first time.
Fascinating! Famous last meal requests. I’d want cheese ravioli, peas, cheap garlic bread and a chocolate dessert.
Anne Frank today is a Syrian girl.
Wedding readings from literature! (That one from The Velveteen Rabbit is a doozy.)
And a few Yes & Yes posts you might have missed: Are you a ‘taker’? How to tell + what to do, A 4-step, airtight plan to feel better, True Story: I have panic attacks.
Motivation isn’t real – yes! I read this yesterday as I was lazing around the house trying to figure out how to get motivated enough to knock a few things off of my to do list. And it made me get right up and do something!
Fun list – I just love link lists.
We did a reading at our wedding party instead of reciting vows. We read parts of Sandol Stoddard Warburg’s I Like You poem. I still love it – just reread it and want to go home and make my sweet husband a special treat!
Here’s a link in case anyone wants to read: http://ategato.tumblr.com/post/1178367035