It only displays the most basic information, and that’s all DeviantArt usersharmander3needs. here’s how it’s all set up. If you want to see your desktop featured here, you should submit it to ourDesktop Showcase! Just post it to your Kinja blog with the tag “desktop showcase” and we’ll see it. Do you have a good-looking, functional desktop of your own to show off? Share it with us! If your awesome desktop catches our eye, you might get featured!...

Some things really do make your life easier, even if you hate to admit it. Let’s build a list of those things, so no one has to suffer again. I’m pretty guilty of this myself. Then, for whatever reason, I try them and it clicksand I can never go back. Try not to repeat ideas! Tell us why you resisted, and what made you give in! Maybe you were like me and you were just stubborn as hell....

Hit the link below to check it out and get started. Documentary Photography and Photojournalism: Still Images of a World in Motion| MIT Open Courseware viaReframe

Weasked youthe reasons behind your choice, and here are some of the best ones we heard. Because it’s such a personal matter, most “arguments” were, well, personal. But there were many common themes in the threads. Kids: You Either Love Them and Love Raising Them… I live for the time I get to spend with my wife and young sons. I love sharing my hobbies with them (“My daddy can fix...

When you decide to pursue freelance work, you might not have a clue how to actually find clients. This post originally appeared onOkDork. They build a website that talks about their expertise. They set up their social media profiles and start promoting themselves. They wait for clients to come to them. When it’s laid out like that, you’ve got the option to see the obvious flaws. And yet, this is how a lot of freelancers try tostart working for themselves....

Artists can also build playlists to share. It’s not perfect of course. Hit the link below to give it a whirl.

Practicing gratitude is one of the surefire ways toincrease your happiness. But just thinking grateful thoughts might not be enough. That might sound counterintuitive and depressing. Who wants to think about something they enjoy ending soon? What made the grateful thoughts beneficial was focusing on the imminent end of this pleasurable experience. Thinking about endpoints as a way of stimulating gratitude can be beneficial. Thinking of the finite nature of all thingsespecially lifecan also help us seize the day....

Budgeting your time is a helpful way to keep a distracted mind under control. Some of us might even check in at the end of the day to see what we accomplished. Debriefing yourself is just as important. Reclaim Your Focus: 5 Ideas To Deal With Short Attention Spans| MakeUseOf Photo byDru Bloomfield.

Here’s how to do it: Open Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities). Select your Mac’s hard drive. pick the Partition button. Name your partition and click Apply. Launch the Yosemite installer. Just wait for the installer to run, and you’ll have Yosemite on a second system.

We all overthink aspects of our lives. Here’s how to quit overthinking everything and move on. On the other hand, you could overthink decisions in a similar way. The end goal here is the same: get out of that thinking loop and move on. For example, let’s say you’re considering moving to a new city. So, it’s important to dosomething. In this case, you’re able to start planning. Make a list of where you want to go....

Real Simple notes that a fan blowing airoutof your room is better than one blowingin. As the cold air comes in, the temperature will drop. Don’t let the heat burn up your cash too! A Cool Trick to Beat the Heat| Real Simple viaApartment Therapy Photo byfauxto_digit.

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The real effort is in not equating those with your own sense of success or achievement. I think we often confuse the doing for the being. Maria Popova: Staying Present and Grounded in the Age of Information Overload| 99U Photo bysvilen001.