Happy traits

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All five things in this list would make good character traits. I can see the office worker who jumps up from her desk every hour to do five jumping jacks. I can hear the conversations among her co-workers.
One person’s happy trait is another person’s pet peeve.

5 Things You Can Do in the Next 5 Minutes to Be Happier in the Next 5 Days | Going on the Ride of Your Life

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/ride-life/2014/07/5-things-you-can-do-in-the-next-5-minutes-to-be-happier-in-the-next-5-days/

Keep it together

~ sharon ~ Leave a comment

If you work on multiple projects at once, organization is important. I use several Office products at the moment, and my patchwork system seems to be working. But I’ve been thinking about trying Scrivener. Haven’t made up my mind yet, but this post makes me think it might be worth trying.
Do you use it? Or something like it? What do you think?

How Scrivener Helped Me Organize All My Writing

http://lifehacker.com/how-scrivener-helped-me-organize-all-my-writing-1599446028?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

For your review

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I just saw J.K. Rowling’s new book in a bookstore the other day. I didn’t pick it up, but I might just to see if this review has merit.

J.K. Rowling’s New Novel Reveals What She Really Thinks of the Publishing Industry And it isn’t pretty | The Passive Voice | A Lawyer’s Thoughts on Authors, Self-Publishing and Traditional Publishing

http://www.thepassivevoice.com/06/2014/j-k-rowlings-new-novel-reveals-what-she-really-thinks-of-the-publishing-industry-and-it-isnt-pretty/