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Happynomics and The End Of The World As We Know It

Happynomics/Happinomics, or the economics of happiness, or as real economists like to call it: “the economics of subjective well-being“, is a very important topic to your average Firestarter, because...

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my first two weeks – the highs and lows of semi-employment

  It’s my first day back at “proper” work today so thought it would be a good way to summarise how the first two weeks of semi-employment, self-employment, mini-FI, a little taste of freedom, or...

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robin hood rides again + what are your best charities?

  Something I’ve been thinking about for a while is that I should give a bit more to charity. I’m feel like I’m in a very fortunate position right now, and although I’ve worked hard to get here it...

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what’s luck got to do with it?

I’m feeling very lucky today. Seriously, it’s a good job Clint Eastwood isn’t about as he’d be in big trouble. It’s another beautiful day in sunny rainy sunny cloudy England and the trees are now...

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is derren brown a mustachian badass?

  I’ve been a big fan of Derren Brown since I first saw some of his early shows on Channel 4, and have admired him ever more as I read a few of his books and saw more shows. I […] ↓ Read the rest of...

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Elizabeth Dunn & David McRaney – you have some great advice but why you...

Ahhhh…. downshifting   I came across a very much on the whole excellent podcast the other day thanks to Done By Forty’s excellent post called You’re Not as Busy as You Think You Are. The podcast...

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caravan psychology and economics 101

  Living in a caravan for a couple of weeks can teach you a lot about human nature, apparently. (Oh sorry did I not mention that we’ve just got back from a holiday in the South of France? 🙂 ) […] ↓...

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