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[…] So I’m sitting in a cello lesson taking notes on measure sixteen even though I don’t read music. And I’m terrified every time my son finishes a song ahead of schedule because it means we’re one day closer to having to make the eight-hour trip to cello lessons three days a week instead of two. […]
The happiness research reminds me of similar health-related quality of life research. In the quality of life research people are asked how many years of life they’d be willing to lose to avoid suffering a medical condition, like amputation. These questionnaires are given to both people with and without these medical conditions and there is lots of debate about which group should be given precidence. People without the medical conditions nearly always overestimate the impact compared with people who have the conditions. The major exception where the general population underestimates the impact on quality of life is chronic pain. Perhaps we don’t adjust to chronic pain for the same reasons we don’t adjust to bad commutes.
OK, but it’ll take a LONG time for me to adjust to this new layout… Why CHANGE?? It also looks too much like a free WordPress layout.
It’s probably an achievement that it looks like a normal blog layout, because this blog has to do a lot of things that a regular blog doesn’t. For example, I actually have one layout for two blogs. And a bunch of other stuff — like the career coaching I do. It’s really hard to get all that stuff into one blog design and have it actually look like a blog design.
That said, hopefully, as I make tweaks to the design all week, you’ll find that it looks a little more interesting.
Biggest problem right now: There is nothing on the header that says this is the homeschooling section. So, stay tuned for that…
Penelope
The reason I meant that as a criticism is because there’s nothing about it visually that immediately says “Penelope Trunk”. I can’t tell it’s your blog just from looking.
well I love how it has changed the comments. It feels easier….like it facilitates exchange.
I read this book a few weeks back and have used its advice regularly.
It helps to know about my set-point (a raving lunatic of happiness I’ll never be. However, the things that have made me happy in the past can be recycled indefinitely to bring me renewed good feelings.
Also, the “Big Things” we all want (right job, right money, right body) will wear off like everything that brought happiness.
It takes off the pressure to get “there” when “there” never stays put.
I like the new layout. It’s less harsh, more pleasing. However, the font seems a lot smaller and is more difficult to read on the iPhone (the main way I read blogs).
I really cherish alone time and the car is one of my favourite places (even if I’m not alone in the car, but I have to be the one driving). Sometimes I welcome bad traffic because then I get more time to myself without the guilt (because traffic is out of my control!)
Thanks for the feedback on the font. The new design is a work in progress. There are always tons of things i need to change after I launch a new design. So I really appreciate that feedback. Thanks.
Penelope
Mid-February of this year I began homeschooling my daughter. The classroom environment was causing her so much difficulty that she was stabbing herself with a pencil and eventually developed a tic. While I’m thrilled that she’s no longer stabbing or “tic-ing” since we’ve started homeschooling, I find myself struggling often…then I open my email, check your latest homeschool post, and I’m motivated once again. Thank you for giving me the courage to be a mother to my daughter.