Kuldar Kalvik

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:56:19 +0300

““The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.””

- Buddha

Video

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:27:19 +0300

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Sun, 30 May 2010 02:03:33 +0300

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Walk to Africa, day -5

Thu, 27 May 2010 23:25:18 +0300

The Walk to Africa, day -5

zenhabits: Gary Chang: Life in 32 sqm | ArchDaily

Sat, 22 May 2010 14:53:41 +0300

zenhabits:

Gary Chang: Life in 32 sqm | ArchDaily

The Art of Walking: A Passion for the Pedestrian

Thu, 20 May 2010 09:38:39 +0300

The Art of Walking: A Passion for the Pedestrian

"You don’t try to build a wall. You don’t set out and say, “I’m going to build the biggest, baddest,..."

Sun, 16 May 2010 16:15:03 +0300

“You don’t try to build a wall. You don’t set out and say, “I’m going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that has ever been built.” You say, “I’m going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid.”
You do this every single day, and soon you have a wall.”

- Will Smith

"If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought."

Thu, 13 May 2010 10:00:00 +0300

““If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.””

- Peace Pilgrim

Letting Go of Attachment, from A to Zen

Tue, 11 May 2010 23:28:31 +0300

Letting Go of Attachment, from A to Zen:

“Believe now is enough. It’s true—tomorrow may not look the same as today, no matter how much you try to control it. A relationship might end. You might have to move. You’ll deal with those moments when they come. All you need right now is to appreciate and enjoy what you have. It’s enough.”

The original Chris McCandless.

Tue, 11 May 2010 21:00:37 +0300

The original Chris McCandless.

"Life isn’t about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself."

Mon, 10 May 2010 18:44:00 +0300

““Life isn’t about finding yourself,
life is about creating yourself.””

- George Bernard Shaw

The Walk to Afrcia

Sun, 09 May 2010 15:29:13 +0300

The Walk to Afrcia:

I’ll be gone for a while.

THXTHXTHX - a thank you note a day

Sat, 08 May 2010 12:28:35 +0300

THXTHXTHX - a thank you note a day

FOOD CURATED: A Farm Grows in Brooklyn…on a Rooftop!

Fri, 07 May 2010 13:26:26 +0300

FOOD CURATED: A Farm Grows in Brooklyn…on a Rooftop!

"Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing..."

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:22:28 +0300

““Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.””

- Lao Tzu

Why I gave up Facebook

Tue, 04 May 2010 00:04:43 +0300

1. Privacy for sale

What’s your name? Where do you live? When were you born? What do you read? Your favorite TV shows? Movies? Are you in relationship? What’s your political views? Your IM? Where do you work? What do you do? And the list goes on and on..

You probably don’t even realize how much information Facebook has about you. And if that doesn’t scare you enough; what if I told you that Facebook shares that information EVERY time you participate in a quiz or some other Facebook app. By finding out “What kind of Teletubbie would you be” or “What’s your thumbs name” you’re giving out all the information about you to the creator of the app. In fact, every time your FRIEND takes a quiz they give out information about you as well. You can read more about it here: What Facebook Quizzes Know About You

Information is everything. And you can clearly see it when trying to delete your Facebook account. First off they made it superhard to actually delete it. All it allows you to do is just “Deactivate” it - incase you still might want to return. How thoughtful of them, right? Well. No. Actually they do it just so they can still own all the information about you.

Now if you actually want to delete your account and all your information then that is made as hard as it could possibly be. First you have to know the difference between deactivation and deleting. When you finally find the page where you can delete your account you mustn’t log in for two weeks because it automatically cancels the deletion of account and you have to start it all over again.

2. Ultimate timesink

I think this point doesn’t need much clarification - we’ve all been there.

You’re about to start working or cleaning your room or studying and decide to check out Facebook one last time before getting things started. And suddenly 2 hours later you realize that even though you now know “What kind of flower would you be” and “What’s your firstborn child’s favorite ice cream”, you didn’t manage to get anything done.

Sleep. Eat. Repeat.

3. Distancing people

This final point seems to make least sense. After all - Facebook is all about connecting people. Making it breeze to share your thoughts and experiences with everyone. Where you are, what you do, meeting old friends.

The web seems to connect us so much that in fact it’s making real phone calls or you-know.. actually meeting anyone less and less important. You can just “talk” to everybody at once. Some of them are your friends, some of them are your co-workers, some of them you don’t even know. And by talking to everybody, you’re actually talking to no one. You’re not talking to your friends. You’re just shouting something at hundreds of people and waiting for anyone to response.

When did you last write a letter to your friend just to say how awesome they are. Show you care. And not by posting some random quotes on your Facebook wall.

I’m not saying you should quit Facebook. I’m just explaining why I did.

That’s it. Take care.

You already have enough

Mon, 03 May 2010 21:21:00 +0300

You already have enough:

“Imagine a big white billboard in Times Square with the simple message: “You already have enough.”

Imagine that we bought ads on Amazon, that appeared before people bought something: “You don’t need that, my friend.” OK, so Amazon would never allow an ad like that on their site, but you get the idea.

Imagine that credit cards came with the message “You don’t want debt” printed on them.

Imagine an iPhone operating system that detected when you’re about to go shopping on a website, and told you, “Be content with what you have. Let go of desire.”

Imagine if McDonald’s drive-thrus were lined with billboards that read, “Don’t be a glutton. Eat less, eat sustainably. Don’t supersize, simplify.”

Imagine if children were taught not that they need to go buy the latest Disney toys, or video game system, but to enjoy nature, to live life simply and fully.”

by mnmlist.com

"There is no use trying”, said Alice; “one can’t believe impossible things.”..."

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:59:00 +0300

““There is no use trying”, said Alice; “one can’t believe impossible things.”
“I dare say you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.””

- “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll

The joy of walking

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:52:52 +0200

The joy of walking:

”.. because you need nothing to walk, you spend nothing, you consume nothing, you emit nothing.

And yet you have everything.”

Kick sadness in the balls!

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:05:32 +0200

Today was one of THOSE days. Ye’know..

You wake up several times in the middle of the night.
You ~~almost~~ sleep in.
It’s so funkin cold outside yet you didn’t put on a scarf because you “totally looked cooler” without it and now you punch yourself in the face for that.
You manage to sit at work for 6h and get almost nothing done.

.. and basically everything that could go wrong, went wrong.

In days like these you often feel like everything is your fault and maybe you just suck. Without any real reason. That’s pretty much how I’ve felt most of the day. And actually I kinda feel like this right now. Annoyed by every little thing. Got an ich on my cheek? I’ll get pissed off by that!! And it’s the weirdest thing because when I think about it, everything is just fine. No! Even great!! I’m not hungry. I’ve got a home. I’ve got some amazing friends. And when I start thinking about all the awesome things I have, it just kicks sadness in the balls. I don’t even care anymore that this blog post is written really aWkwArd-ly graMmaTicaLly. You just have to get that ball rolling and you feel that the power of positivity is much stronger that negativity.

Now when I step back and read this blog post again it just sounds like a poorly written pep talk. But I guess we’re all just trying to figure out this “life” thing a step at a time.

So, in a nutshell - if you’re pissed off or sad, just put on your favorite track and start counting friends. And by the time you’ve counted even just one, you’ll already feel like you’ve got everything you’ll ever need.