Living Your Best Life

Today is one of those nice lazy Sunday.

I started the day with Champagne brunch at The Crepe Vine. Trying to compensate for the greasy food on Friday, I ordered the Apple Walnut Salad and Peach Bellini. My friend ordered an egg dish with chicken, avocado, bacon, and mushroom; it looked delicious.

I spent rest of the day at Barens & Noble, reading a few articles in "Living Your Best Life." The book are categorized into: Your Personal Best, Diet & Exercise, Health & Beauty, Balance, Happiness, Confidence, Dreaming Big, Spirituality, Relationships, Dating, Couples, Marriage, Sex, Talking & Listening, Family, On Being a Parent, Friends, Living in the World, Everyday Heroes, Giving Back, and Make a Connection. Since it's more than 300 pages, I did not get to read the whole book. Here are a few interesting tips/facts from the pages that I read:

• "Sex solved all problems." - From a couple that been marry for a long time.
• Toner is only necessary for people with oily skin or have acne.
• Laser skin hair removal only if you are comfortable with temporarily extreme discomfort and monthly treatment.
• Teeth whitening is not necessary if stain is cause by bacteria or caffeine.
• REST!!! You're more productive when you are rested and happy with your life.
• Oprah takes every Sunday off to laze around.
• Facial will not solve skin problem, but it's a nice luxury if you can afford it.
• During orgasm, brain temporarily shut down.
• More sex a person have, the happier he or she is.
• More connected a person is, the happier he or she is.
• One of the surest way to lower crime rate is have greater community involvement from its citizen; such as in a small town where everyone knows everyone by first name.
• The best way to improve behavior of those around you is to change your self. Grayson (the psychologist) got this insight from "Quantum Theory" written by David Bohem. Grayson also provide how Heisenberg uncertainty principle also work with Human Being (can't remember the witty example anymore but I did remember it being quite witty).
• All the nuns in Regina Laudis Abbey in Bethlehem, Connecticut have impressive resumes (executives, professors, etc) before joining the abbey.
• Don't take unnecessary pills and be paranoid about health. It's more productive to get vitamins from food than from pills.
• "Find a Husband after 35" by Rachel Greenwald. The program started with you calling everyone in your phone book to set up blind dates for you, set up online profiles, and pick three terms that best describe you. Rachel Greenwald reported an 80% success rate.
• Go to Hell if you want to feel better or stop procrastinate so you can start living again; as Dante did in "The Divine Comedy."

It's a very good book. I love it! I definitely want a copy of this. But I'll get it when I return from my Asia Trip or in late December (so I won't spend time reading this book instead of planning my trip).