To appreciate the earth...

I can get pretty angry at people who still don´t believe the earth is in trouble, or that it´s our fault. It is in major trouble, and off course It´s our fault. We´re the ones using up all the resources and destroying it. its Terrible!

I can myself be kind of lazy about saving the planet stuff, driving a petrolthirsty car, throwing away to much garbage and such. But I´m not completely blind! I do a little bit, not near enough but at least I do something!


I know I dont write anything new... I was just kinda annoyed about it today. And this is after all, MY outplace. :)

To embrace the Starstuff

Why is my blog about starstuff?

Because starstuff is everything!

We all come from the same elements as were once produced in Big Bang.

Every little piece of dust, every little atom, every little cell is from the same stuff.

The world as we know it, has come about through random starstuff piling together in different manors and by different methods.

It´s all so very simple and oh so very complex at the same time. Just like I am and you are.

Starstuff


I like it!

To make a difference

One of my goals is always, to make a difference.
For me, my son, Mensa, the people and the earth.
I am not always that good on following up on this goal. But it´s at least a good thing to have in  the back of my mind. As a constant reminder.

One of the things that left me frustrated about my last work, was that I was in a position to really make some good changes, for the people working there, and for the customers. But a whole lot of the things me and my collegues ever suggested to the managers above us was rejected. I can´t work like that. I need freedom.
So the choice to leave there, when the opportunity emerged, was not that hard at all.

In my constant pondering over my future and where I should go next, the idea of starting a business of my own always comes back to me. To be able to decide stuff myself, and not to have constant bruising on the top of my head from banging it against the glassroof.
I have some ideas that could work. But its really hard to take that plunge. Especially when I´ve got a little kid as well.

It´s not easy making this mind up. Its all so full of ideas and constantly hunting for new stimula. Its just so easy for me to involve myself in all such of things simultaneously, and then nothing really gets done good enough. I am also a really good beginner of projects, and really lousy on finishing them.

So much to do so little time and money...

I want to do so much. Want to go to so many places and want to learn about so many new things.
Why am I not shitting money?

Through circumstances beyond my control I actually got the gift of time.
I have half a year, with full salary, to do what I want to do.
This is really awesome. But then theres just so much, I want to do! However I should do something useful with the time, something that will give me a better future... Also half a year aint that MUCH time. I really need to focus on getting  a new job so that the future is secure. These two things, building a better future, and securing the future, seems to be on opposite sides at the moment. And I´m caught in between.

 I need to sort all this out... this is where the breathingpart comes in. Right now I feel myself getting way to stressed up over this.

Take a step back, just breath. Feel. Stop overthinking things!
As if I can. I am a mensan... brain working overtime all the time. Wheres the offswitch?

I feel myself just becoming a selfish little bitch, not thinking very much about anything else but this. Not feeling, just thinking. Its like I turn the emotions off. I´m also quite the controlfreak, so when all is so uncertain, I can surely panic a bit.

Dudes, I´m sorry. Nobody should have to deal with me right now. Not even myself.... oh to bad, I have to.

To boldly go where no man has gone before... almost.

James Cameon has just been down the MarianerTrench. This is so unbelievebly cool!
With the aid of  National Geographic and a team of scientists, he himself, alone in a "vertical torpedo" went down 11 kilometres in just 70 minutes.

It´s mindboggeling and jawdropping! One of the few places in our world that has not been investigated, examined and destroyed by mankind... yet...
Can´t wait to see the program about this when its available

2 people went down there in the 60s, but didnt get much data from it at that time. With the technology we have today, its so much easier for the team to get the information they want.

Why a famous person and not a scientist? is my first reaction... But, in the sensationfilled world we live in, it kinda takes a famous person to raise the money for such an endeavor doesnt it?
James is also not "any kind of star", he´s been really involved in deepsea exploring for ages. The making of Titanic required submarines being created and little robots that could go in and check the ship out.
The making of that movie is a really interesting documentary by the way! Just a sidenote.

Read all about it @ National Geographic

To spread knowledge

This monday I heard a wise man say a wise thing:
"It´s only if we spread the knowledge we have, it´s really worth anything".

The last month I´ve really been enjoying the free knowledge available for us online. It´s a whole universe in its own out there!
I want to share my best tips for knowledge, at this moment in time. It constantly changes and grows.

My favourite place for documentaries of all sorts: Topdocumentaries

My favourite free knowledge database: Wikipedia. Please help by updating information, keep it fresh and correct! If you want to support them further, checkout: Wikimedia

And I hope you havent missed, that alot of universitys have free online courses that you can take?
For the last weeks I´ve been attending a course at University of Michigan, called "Model Thinking". I found it through Coursera, but there are more places out there.  Just google it, and sign up!

I really love the freedom the internet gives us.
Lets do all we can to keep it free, open and for everybody. The way starstuff are meant to be.

To indulge yourself...

Indulgence was the theme for last week.

Tomorrow my university course starts, and I must get a little more serious about project jobhunting.

I´ve been exploring the outdoors with my camera, eating alot of good foods, enjoying alot of chocolates, and then I also went on a spa for 24 hours.

We and everything around us are made from the same starstuff. Its all connected.
Just some stuff feels better to lavish yourself with than others...

The street where I live at dusk

The river a sunny day in march

An old traintack outside of Lundsbrunn spa

Why? Cuz´I can. Simple as that!

Monday; inspirationlecture and excellent free lunchfood.

The first icecream of the year, in the harbour

Handmade chocolates and nice tea

Chocolatetasting at the spa

One happy wine and chocolate psycho

To compete in artistry...

Competition in artistic stuff can be real difficult. Who´s to say that one creation is better than another?

We recently had a competition at our official Mensa Sweden facebookpage; Mensa Sverige
Where we asked our members to send in suggestions for the large picture in the new timeline layout.
This is the winner! Neat isnt it? The artist is Mikael Grön.
And it wasnt that hard actually, this one really stood out.

To believe in the future

Sometimes the walls crumble down and its all really hard to see where we´re going.

Its important to take a step back, relax, just breath and allow yourself to feel. Before you move on. So that you have your compass set right.

I am now in a breathing place. Its lovely here, I will stay for a while...

The stuff we´re made of..

Determines how we act and react.
And since we´re all made of starstuff, shouldn´t we all just act in a fantastic way?

Or is it the crap we´re being fed, that makes us not so starlike?

I´m working hard not to mind to much, about other peoples opinion. But sometimes its not that simple...

Oh well, when times arent changing fast enough, it´s a real good thing, to have a vivid imagination. :)