It's always good to be inspired. It's always good to be fed with useful information. It's always good to enjoy a little, too. So, I offer to you a collection of this past weeks inspirations. (Thanks to Felicia for the idea):

• Lifehackers Top Ten Cheap/Free Productivity Tools. Productivity is a good thing, even for people like me.
• 43 Folders Tips for Remembering Names. I am terrible, terrible! with names. A face I will literally never forget but a name? Oh lordy. Hopefully this will help.
• Zaadz Website which seems to be a social networking site for people who are thinkers and changers. There's a little too much... what's the word... talk & buzzwords but for the most part, there's some really interesting thoughts and things happening on there. I'll keep following to see where it goes. I think we need something that's for business people who are also mindlfull. Maybe this is in the right direction?
• "There's magic in mistakes..." - a description from Heather on the latest issue of JPG Magazine, I think, is just perfect for more than photography.
• Big Ben. Don't judge a book by it's cover. Sure he's young but what he's saying about business, culture and economics is better than people twice his age. A great business blog to check out.
• Durham Townships Foggy Beach Photo - I was instantly smitten with this photograph. I think perhaps it is one of my all time favourites. In fact, this site is quickly becomming a daily bit of inspiration to me.
• The Lake House Movie - was not expecting to like it since the main actors have always bothered me some. But it was such a smart movie in terms of acting, script and direction that I fell in-love with it. And want that house.
• Photo Birds Photos - the way she captures home and simplicity makes me yearn to do the same - or at least buy some pretty bowls and fill with cherries.
• Domicile run by the fabulous Emira. She dishes about rennovating an older home, gardening and everything inbetween. She also runs the wonderful Boss Lady.
• The movie Little Miss Sunshine. You can read more about how it affected me.

Steve Harper has a great post about Life's Lessons. Read it, anyway.

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Movie - an oldie but a goodie that I just saw. For anyone needing a little inspiration to live larger, this is it.

Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way CD - it's their first CD that they've written themselves and that makes this album so powerful. A few songs have actually given me goosebumps because they're not just singing words, they're saying their truth. And we all know what happens when one does that - connection and power combine into something amazing.

I'm also inspired to build wealth. Making money or getting rich isn't inspiring to me but building wealth, is. The difference? Wealth is having all your needs financially met and then living well on top. Making money is how people get trapped into jobs they don't like and trying to be rich is how people get trapped into living lifestyles they don't need or can't afford. Building wealth requires you to be smart about money, about finances, about business, about needs and allows you to enjoy life without having to explain it to anyone. It's being the millionnaire in the house next door or buying your groceries at Whole Foods to support your beliefs instead of weighing apples at the minimart because you're not sure your check will bounce. It's about living truthfully instead of living a financial lie. (Books I recommend for this)

Malibu Beach at sunset with a frappacino in hand and a book in the other. I haven't, I confess, been a big reader the past year but so many wonderful books are out which is inspiring me to read read so much more.

An unexpected evening trip Disneyland with friends on a Sunday evening.

And lastly, the letter A.

July 21, 2006 | Link to this | Filed in Links & Adorations