{"id":264,"date":"2017-12-13T08:45:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T22:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-health-and-well-being\/?p=264"},"modified":"2017-12-13T08:45:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T22:15:22","slug":"gareth-reads-the-internet-2-the-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-health-and-well-being\/2017\/12\/13\/gareth-reads-the-internet-2-the-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth reads the internet 2 &#8211; the sequel!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve just spent the last few days neck deep in Excel files.<\/p>\n<p>Lets just say, it is not as fun as it sounds. Oh wait&#8230;&#8230;it doesn&#8217;t sound like fun at all.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this I&#8217;ve not had time to write any posts, but don&#8217;t think that gives you a free pass to just get on with your lives.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve still got some homework for you to do. Read some other people&#8217;s stuff!!<\/p>\n<p>As an aside I use <a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\">Pocket <\/a>as my interesting article bookmarking service. Works across different platforms. Works well.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the things I have been reading recently:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/amp\/article\/545129\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Ketones in a bottle<\/span><\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #993300\">no, not the Police song, but a strange insight into the future of dieting. What if the effects of fasting could be achieved with a new type of energy drink?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/amp.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2017\/nov\/06\/microbiome-gut-health-digestive-system-genes-happiness\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Is your gut microbiome the key to health and happiness?<\/span><\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #993300\">probably, and you just ate a bucket of chicken, didn&#8217;t you?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1122636\/an-ancient-philosophers-advice-for-living-a-fulfilled-life-even-in-the-darkest-times\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">An ancient philosopher&#8217;s advice for living a fulfilled life, even in the darkest times<\/span><\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #993300\">the short version? expect pain, accept what you can&#8217;t change, change what you can<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebookoflife.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">The book of life<\/span><\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #993300\">an ever growing guide to the one thing that has you totally baffled &#8211; life<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/2013\/10\/28\/hack-your-mind-like-a-twenty-first-century-soldier-using-biofeedback-to-become-more-resilient\/\">Hack your mind like a twenty-first century soldier. 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