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Archives for March 2010

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A New (Really Old) Way to Create Calm In Your World

Meetings. Recitals. Soccer practice. Grocery shopping. Day care drop-offs and pickups. Birthday parties. With all the busyness that is running rampant in our lives, wouldn’t it be awesome to have one day a week just for you and your family to lay low, sleep in, hang out, and pretty much do nothing? Does it sound like the perfect antidote to all of the stresses that keep you perpetually running on fumes? Does it also sound as likely as waking up tomorrow morning with your head stapled to the carpet? …

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“The Office” Guide to Adultitis

No doubt about it, Adultitis runs rampant in the workplace. Dilbert does an excellent job of displaying that fact on the comic pages, and perhaps the best television show to do it is the NBC hit, The Office. This eBook examines the Adultitis levels of ten characters from the show. I wrote it a few seasons back (before Jim and Pam's marriage and baby), but the lessons still apply. It can serves as a handy guide, giving you the opportunity to learn from each character while providing tips on how you can avoid contracting Adultitis at work. Conveniently formatted for both easy screen viewing and printing. …

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Awesome Ideas for April Fools’ Day – EA Show #53

April Fools' Day is the classic childlike holiday. A whole holiday exclusively dedicated to jokes and fun! While some people are hard-wired with the talent to come up with awesome pranks to play on their unsuspecting friends and family, many people are not so gifted. This show, filmed live from Madison, Wisconsin, is dedicated to bringing you tons of ideas for fooling your favorite (or not so favorite) folks. From old school classics to unique antics submitted from Kim & Jason Nation, you're sure to discover your next perfect prank! | Subscribe with iTunes | Download (113 MB) Share Your Thoughts... What do you think about this month's show? What's your favorite April Fools' prank? We'd love to hear from you! Leave a comment below or in the video itself by clicking the little plus sign in the player. Got photos or videos? Send 'em to eashow@kimandjason.com Linkety Links Check out the Top 100 April Fols' Day Hoaxes of all time. Learn all about the history and highlights of …

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Ideas for April Fools’ Day Pranks – Live this Thursday!

Clear your calendar this Thursday night! You don't want to miss out on our next live Escape Adulthood Show, where we'll be sharing some great ideas you can use to fool your friends and family. Here's the scoop: Got a great April Fools' Day prank to share? Email us at eashow@kimandjason.com and we may just share it live with Kim & Jason Nation! …

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Why It Might Be Time for a Fancy Dinner

Raise your hand if you’ve ever been married. Keep it up if you received some beautiful dinnerware as a wedding gift that has never seen an actual dinner table. Wow, that’s a lot of hands. We are proud of our fancy china. We display it up on a shelf or in a cabinet specially made for such things. Most of us intend to use it someday, we’re just waiting for the right occasion. Judging by how infrequently we use the stuff, apparently we’re waiting for the Pope or the President or Peyton Manning to call us up and say, “Hey, I was gonna be in the neighborhood. Mind if I stop over for dinner?” It's clear that our bar for “special occasions” is set pretty high. But what if... …

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Lessons from a Screaming Teether

Last night, Lucy screamed and cried for 90 minutes straight. Jason and I are convinced that every baby has a "thing." We escaped colic, gassiness, and sleeping problems, but teething has proven to be Lucy's archnemesis. Those 90 minutes last night definitely ranked up there as some of the worst minutes of my life. Screaming "mama" over and over again, Lucy was in pain and she wanted me to take the pain away. I tried everything... Walking her around the house. (Check.) Singing. (Check.) Talking softly. (Check.) Tylenol. (Check.) Playing her favorite song on the iPod. (Check.) Rocking her in the glider. (Check.) The results were the same every time: frustration and anger. The only thing that would keep her as calm as she was going to be in this pain-filled state was to just let her sit on my lap and "be." No talking. No pursuading. No distracting. No touching, even. She was in pain and she needed to scream it out. …

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Why You Might NOT Want To Be Like Gary Vee

[This article was originally published over at Dumb Little Man. There is a great discussion to be found in the comments, including one from Gary himself!] I am a huge fan of Gary Vaynerchuk. If you've never heard of him, he became famous for his online TV show, Wine Library TV, in which he brings wine tasting to the masses. Rather than being uppity and condescending, Gary's everyman style is down-to-earth, passionate, and fun. (He's been known to compare wine to various breakfast cereals.) 2009 was a breakout year of sorts, with the publishing and promotion of his best-selling book Crush It. Here's what I love about Gary Vee: …

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20 Signs That You’re Living Life to the Fullest

Are you living life to the fullest? If you had to name one person in your life who lives their life to the fullest, who would it be? Did anyone immediately pop into your mind? Now, be honest... did you name yourself? I hope so. But if not, why not? It's never too late to be make some changes so that your answer to that question is a confident, "ME!" Need some ideas of what changes to make? Here are 20 signs that you are living life to the fullest: …

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Don’t Blame the Blackberry

I was moderating a panel on work/life balance a few weeks ago. A woman on the panel, at the height of a very distinguished and accomplished career, talked about the demands of her job and the stress of dealing with the high expectations of her clients. “A group of us finally sit down to a late lunch,” she said, “and in less than five minutes, buzzing Blackberrys are dancing all over the table. And of course, I have to answer it. If I don’t return a call within 15 minutes, my clients go crazy.” Perhaps you can relate to this scenario. How can anyone achieve life balance with A.D.D.-riddled Blackberrys and clients who think you live at work, right? Except there’s one problem: If your life balance is screwed up, it’s your fault, not anyone else’s. After the woman was done with her little rant, a silver-haired man with a relaxed, easygoing nature proceeded to obliterate her reality right out of the water. …

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The Key to a Regret-Free Life – EA Show #52

We've been doing a lot of talking lately about death bed regrets. It all boils down to one question: how do you live life so that you don't have a pillow full of regrets when your time on Earth is up? In this episode we share some important ideas about creating a life that is big on happiness and short on regret. | Subscribe with iTunes | Download (146 MB) Share Your Thoughts... What do you think about this month's show? What's your favorite tip for making memories? We'd love to hear from you! Leave a comment below or in the video itself by clicking the little plus sign in the player. Got photos or videos? Send 'em to eashow@kimandjason.com Linkety Links Got a great April Fool's Day prank? Send it to eashow@kimandjason.com so we can share it on our next live show. (And you could even win a prize!) Check out our first visit to the Strong National Museum of Play. Become a fan of Kim & Jason on Facebook and get reminded about our next live show as well as other …

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