A Meaningful Life

This is without a doubt one of the next big areas for business to consumer on the net. Wellbeing is a hot topic. Yes it always has been, however I think we’ve only seen the tip of the recreational iceberg.

Happiness is every humans number one driver. It’s the original driver that causes all other drivers and behaviours. Even survival is second to happiness. After all, you try and survive in order to maintain happiness.

Check out The Calm Space as an example of what will probably be a new breed of well being websites and blogs. There’s lots of education in this area. Yes education, we educate ourselves in just about everything except looking after ourselves and being good parents. I think that’s a bit weird really. Why do we operate that way?

I recently completed a Landmark Education course called Fitness, Vitality and Wellbeing that hits this spot superbly.

Who doesn’t relate to a quiet time having a coffee, tea or power juice while you read your favourite magazine, blog or book. It can only be good for you.

This morning I found myself deleting RSS feeds from my Google Reader. I was deleting general information feeds that tend to pump out several posts in a day, each one being overly general, long and some cases a bit boring to read. Inadvertently, I was keeping the lower frequency higher quality niche feeds. Of those deleted some are popular blogs, but thinking about it they are tech news or I’m just tired of the content. I’m convinced my readership relates to high quality that doesn’t come with a high time cost. For me the important components are:

1. Explanatory title not just a funny title - Lets me chose whether to read on.
2. Good opening paragraph summary - Lets me read the brief version.
3. Succinct story - I detest writing that repeats itself by saying the same thing in different ways.