Wonderbringers Newsletter with Monica Parker
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Hello Wonderseekers!
It’s the end of the year, and I’m naturally reflecting on what I have and haven’t accomplished in the last twelve months. What benchmark should one use to measure their year? Do you use goals or successes? Do you look at what came true from your vision board? Or do you not measure it at all, just thanking your lucky stars you’re still on the planet for another 365 spins? As I was considering all the things I’ve had to learn about living on a barge this year, I figured that I could just use that as a benchmark.
What have I learned — about the world and myself — this year? What big and small ideas stuck in my noggin? I am working on a list of 52 things, and below are a select few.
I can live happily with a lot less stuff
The life history of Thich Naht Hanh
About the Cahors wine region
How to write a PhD proposal
How many litres per minute a residential marine water pump can pump
Waterfowl like peas as a snack (and it is safe for them to eat)
The history of Limehouse Basin
Ho Chi Minh aided the Americans during World War II and appealed to the Americans to support Vietnam’s fight for freedom from the French
Smallpox is the only disease to be eradicated in human history
There are a billion civilian firearms in the world, and Americans own half of them, while representing only 4% of the world’s population
Less money is spent researching menopause, which impacts all women, compared to erectile dysfunction, that affects only 15% of men
Gratitude is the key to aging gracefully
Purity testing kills progressive causes
Willingness to take risks (especially ego risks) is directly proportional to life satisfaction (and often success too)
Digital is better than analogue only about 50% of the time. Even less if a touchscreen is involved
Less than 5% of Americans who seek help for substance abuse receive effective addiction treatment
In psychedelic research, ‘spontaneous orgasm’ is considered an adverse effect
Humans are the most socially interdependent creatures in the animal kingdom (except perhaps the naked mole rat)
Impermanence is a positive thing
Across 22 countries, 20% of adults believe alien beings have already come to Earth and walk among us disguised as humans
What have you learned this year?
Some wonderbringers for me this week:
Watch: Competition destroys collective intelligence: Could the greatest threat to humanity be a trap of our own making?
New research: Soft skills matter now more than ever.
It’s no small task to live a life of sustained attention: So slow down, and give your brain a break to do its work.
I’ll be skipping next week’s newsletter as I settle into the Christmas Eve vibe. We’ll be back on NYE with my traditional New Year’s message. Wishing everyone a wonderfilled, twinkly season!
With wonder,
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