{"id":28441,"date":"2017-02-26T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=28441"},"modified":"2017-02-23T16:54:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T23:54:40","slug":"how-to-stop-worryingmoodnotesthe-man-of-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/how-to-stop-worryingmoodnotesthe-man-of-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Worrying\/Moodnotes\/The Man of the People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two favorite diagrams:<\/strong>
\nHow to stop worrying<\/a>, and Good, Fast, Cheap<\/a>. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Quotable:<\/strong>
\nA maxim I am paying attention to is an anonymous quote: \u201cIt\u2019s easier to act your way into a new way of thinking, than think your way into a new way of acting.\u201d This is a handy way to remember the fact that smiling makes me happier, and acting as if I am confident makes me more confident, etc., and that changing my behavior is a great way to change my mind. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Mood tracking:<\/strong>
\nThere are a lot of mood tracking apps out there and most are free, but I have yet to find one as easy to use and well-designed as Moodnotes<\/a>\u00a0($2.99, iPhone). You can customize to the app to check in with you as many times a day as you want, and your level of participation can be as little as adjusting a smiley face from frowning to grinning, to journaling and learning about common \u201cthinking traps\u201d and practices to avoid them. It also\u00a0provides insights\/stats about your moods over time. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Sleep:<\/strong>
\nHotel rooms typically have a lot of bright LEDs in them \u2014 fire alarms, phone, TVs, clock radio, etc. \u2014 that can be annoying when you want to sleep. These \u201cSuper Sticky\u201d black Post-it notes<\/a> are an easy way to cover them up. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Listenable:<\/strong>
\nAn awesome podcast episode that I loved is \u201cThe Man of the People<\/a>\u201d on Reply All. In only 42 minutes it tells the nearly incredible true story about a charlatan who made millions by surgically implanting goat testicals in men, almost became governor of Kansas to escape censure, moved to the Mexico side of the border to broadcast in the US without US oversight, made country and western music a national thing, by his quackery provoked the creation of the AMA (American Medical Association), and invented commercial radio. This podcast has the distinction of being the first podcast to be turned into a Hollywood movie<\/a>, starring Robert Downey Jr. If you want to know what podcasts are about, try this one. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Shopable:<\/strong>
\nI came across Menagerie wine pourers\/aerators<\/a> at a winery and wish I would have bought more. They\u2019re made from stainless steel and they definitely feel heavy and high-quality, but mostly they\u2019re just really cute. They have almost 100 different creatures to choose from \u2014 animals and make-believe \u2014 I chose an octopus<\/a>. \u2013 CD<\/p>\n

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