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Today I was made an uncle!  At exactly 7am this morning my sister gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Ava Layne Johnston.  She’s beautiful!  The pic doesn’t do her justice (she was sleeping). Read more »

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Finals are just around the corner, and with them comes a whole new set of stress for many of us.  But it doesn’t have to be that way.  A little stress is great when harnessed for success.  Follow these tips and you are sure to be well on your way to success.  If you are an A student it’s time to make 100s across the board, if you are a B student, it’s A time.  Follow the tips here at Zen College Life and you are gauranteed to have greater success than you have had in previous semesters. Read more »

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I’ve long been without a laptop.  I know, how do I live, right?  But seriously, I broke my laptop screen about 2 years ago, and I had just built a pretty awesome desktop computer, so I really didn’t need one. At least till now.  I found a great deal on a new netbook called the EEE Pc 1000HA (tiny little laptop). If you’ll indulge me, I’ll give you my first impression. Read more »

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I know what you are thinking.  Eating healthy is difficult in college.  It’s expensive, takes too long, and just isn’t important enough right now.  Sadly, this is how many college students feel, and by the time they are ready to change into a healthier lifestyle they’ve already developed terrible habits.  And anyone who has made the switch to eating healthy knows that bad eating habits are pretty much the hardest habits to break.  To help you make the switch, I will offer you a few tips.  This will not be a quick process by any means, but you know what they say, “Slow and steady wins the race.”  Oh, and it will be easy, cheap, won’t take long, and is the most important step you could possibly make for your future life.

Tip #1 - Nothing too Drastic

This will make your transition into healthy eating easier and more enjoyable.  Don’t start shopping at wholefoods, don’t start eating only organic, don’t become a vegetarian (unless you want to). Read more »

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I’ve been very disciplined in my fitness lately.  For 10 weeks now I’ve been working out 6 times a week without fail.  But to make things more interesting I’ve decided to set an extreme challenge for myself, a goal that if acheived will feel like an ultimate victory.  I’ve decided to modify my fitness and diet to lower my body fat percentage to between 8 and 10 percent, or visible abdominal muscles, as the pic above clearly defines (ladies, wipe the drool).  So, yeah, I want a 6 pack.

I’m hoping to have a few bloggers take up this challenge as well, for a little extra motivation, so if you are interested let me know, and I’ll share links to all of your progress as well. Read more »

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That’s right folks.  8 months down the road and I have reached 100+ posts.  I don’t know about you, but I’m excited.  And to celebrate, I’ve compiled a fantastic list of resources to hack your life and make you an amazing well rounded person.  This may be my favorite post yet.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

If your life is anything like mine you probably don’t have time to read all of these at once, so bookmark this article and read a little bit at a time. Read more »

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First of all, congratulations sir.  You campaigned honorably, didn’t fall to slander the way the republicans did, and you have already done America a great justice.  You have respectfully become the 44th president of the United States, and, through your great actions, you told every man, woman, and child that they can truly become whatever and whoever they want to be in this great land, providing they are willing to work for it.  For that, future president, I thank you. Read more »

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD19Os5oUTg

Whatever you believe, there is no denying that something is protecting some of these people.  An amazing video.

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The last couple of weeks have been torture, as far as this site goes.  I didn’t realize how much the new wordpress changed things.  But I noticed my subscriber statistics were taking quite a dip, and I didn’t know why.  It wasn’t till this morning when I decided to subscribe to the site myself, that I realized my feed hasn’t been working for 3 weeks now.  Read more »

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