Reasons You Should Not Join The Military
on Jul 28, 2009 in Global Issues Social and Cultural Why should you join the army? There are a number of reasons people have for joining the military; patriotism, fun, adventure, money, a career, a secure future. Are these good reasons? Do they out way the costs? Patriotism My particular pet hate is pa...

Lucid Dreaming: Night 10
on Jul 24, 2009 in Experiments Self Development The last few nights have not been very fruitful. On the plus side, my dream memory hasn’t faltered. I also had a slightly odd experience where I thought I might be in a dream but for some reason didn’t do a reality check, so nothing reall...

Does Less Choice Make us Happier
on Jul 21, 2009 in Self Development Social and Cultural In modern day western culture, we live in an affluent world full of choice and decisions. Generally, as time progresses, remaining pleased with a decision you made is likely to make you happy. Whereas becoming displeased with a decision you have made...

Less Choice Makes us Happier
on Jul 21, 2009 in Self Development Social and Cultural In modern day western culture, we live in an affluent world full of choice and decisions. Generally, as time progresses, remaining pleased with a decision you make is likely to make you happy. Whereas becoming displeased with a decision you have made...

Lucid Dreaming: Night 5
on Jul 19, 2009 in Experiments Self Development sleep I’m sorry to report that I’ve been slacking on the training over the past three days. This is due to an excursion to climb Cader-idris. However, I have been keeping the dream journal going. My ability to remember dreams is good, I have ye...

Lucid Dreaming: Night 2
on Jul 16, 2009 in Experiments Self Development sleep For the majority of yesterday I tried to follow my training techniques, as I described in the Lucid Dreaming Experiment introduction article. I didn’t experience any kind of lucidity last night. I even found it quite difficult to remember my dr...

Lucid Dreaming: Night 1 - A Breakthrough Already
on Jul 15, 2009 in Experiments Self Development sleep I’m not sure if I am going to be able to express my disbelief properly in this article. I was quite skeptical about this even being possible when I was researching it yesterday, but after a bizarre turn of events leading up to me waking this mo...

The Lucid Dreaming Experiment
on Jul 14, 2009 in Experiments Self Development sleep Welcome to my first experiment. Over the next few days and weeks I am going to attempt to reach a state of lucid dreaming. This challenge has been suggested to me by my brother, Tom. I will be logging my experiences, problems and progress as I go. Wh...

The Path Into The World of Work
on Jul 13, 2009 in Uncategorized There are a handful of key points during your life where the decisions you make can lead you down one of many different paths. Having recently graduated from university I’m at one of those points. I’m facing the realisation that the path...

5 Reasons to Not Purchase Coca-Cola
on Jul 11, 2009 in Global Issues Lists Coca-Cola Corporations Coca-Cola is the most popular soft drink in the world. A lot of people are not aware of the dealings of the Coca-Cola corporation and how they managed to achieve this, others argue that they like the taste of coke, therefore they will drink it regard...