Fun on Stumbleupon

I was on Stumbleupon today and found this. It really made me laugh.

Stumbleupon is a great site for Scanners. You can choose categories that you are interested in and then get the site to find you random websites within those categories.  Beware!  It is also very time consuming.

If you have a website or blog you can add it to Stumbleupon.  If others land on your site they can give it the thumbs up or thumbs down.

As I've decided to embrace the scanner in me, Stumbleupon is perfect.  Its perfect for stimulating my senses and helping my creativity.  Today I've found really useful information for several areas of my life by using it.

Florence and the Machine.

I don't listen to music very much.  I don't see this as a good thing.  My children do and what they listen to is very eclectic.  This weekend they introduced me to Lungs by Florence and the Machine I had an emotional reaction to it.

There is something about the music and her voice which feels very primieval.

One of my Scanner desires is to listen to more music and really learn to appreciate it.

Decluttering Project

In one of my jobs (I imagine I am not the only scanner with more than one job) I am a decluttering coach.  I help people to declutter their lives.  At the moment I have embarked on a big declutter myself.  I'm going through the whole house, doing at least ten minutes of decluttering every day.  I am charting my progress on another blog.

I think this project will help not just me but my coaching clients too.  I declutter some areas regularly but I haven't done a whole house purge for about two years.

Goal Setting with GoalHappy

Sometimes setting goals is very valuable to me, sometimes I prefer to go with the flow.  If you enjoy goal setting and it works for you then have a look at this goal setting site.

The guy who designed it, Paul Bibby, did it when he was a physiotherapy student.  Its a great tool.  The site looks good and is simple and easy to use.  It's even got a cool name:  GoalHappy.  You can use it from your iphone too!

So far I've set myself the following goals:

• eat 5 portions of fruit and veg a day 
• drink5 glasses of water a day
  

Remember to set positive goals rather than negative ones.

I really want an iphone.  Perhaps for my birthday.

Finding Out About Scanners

Last week I listened to an audio from John Williams and recognised myself as a scanner.  It was a revelation and I am excited to see myself in these new terms. I've decided to celebrate the fact rather than feel guilty and fight against it.

This blog will be a record of my scanner ways!

If you have any of the following characteristics listen to this audio about scanners:

• interested in many things
• difficulty settling into any one carreer or job
• a love of learning
• creative
• starting lots of projects but not always finishing them
  

Listen to the audio and see if it fits you.  It was produced at John's monthly meeting for scanners in London.

John William runs a scanner website and blog ScannerCentral.com which has some useful advice and resources.