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JEFFREY NORDSTROM

Updates to "Narcissist?" and "Aiming for resilience."

2/29/2016

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Follow-up to "Narcissist?"

A couple months ago, I wrote a blog post wherein I questioned whether I'm a Narcissist, or whether I have a bunch of Narcissistic traits. I still don't think I'm much of a Narcissist, although I feel as if I wouldn't know if I was or not.

Anyhow, ​recently, TED-Ed, which I love, posted a little animated video about it.

I liked a @YouTube video https://t.co/tuXiYFFbIS The psychology of narcissism - W. Keith Campbell

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) February 28, 2016

Follow-up to "Aiming for resilience"

I recently posted about how enduring stress builds resilience, and how...

In that post, I discussed failure and embedded a quotation about learning from failure. However, this video recently saw points out a problem at success measurement:

I added a video to a @YouTube playlist https://t.co/Q0W3SxNiBI Why you shouldn't trust successful people's advice

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) February 25, 2016
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jeffnords.com

2/27/2016

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In an effort to monopolize as many jeffnords handles as possible, I bought jeffnords.com. It redirects here.

I just bought and connected https://t.co/jnTuv0Cmc0 to my regular website. May the @jeffnords takeover continue.

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) February 28, 2016
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Public Tinder profile.

2/27/2016

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Although I've used Tinder a few times before, it's never been overly useful to me. I don't fit its demographic usefulness at all. However, I recently noticed that they've made public profiles on the 'web, soI made a possibly-permanent one.

"Why bother if you aren't looking for anyone/seeing anyone?"

Because Tinder is super-useful in regards to its localness. If I'm downtown and have time for dinner with someone, I can check Tinder and maybe find some people, or at least some local connections.
I don't know when or if it will ever come into use, but at adds one more "jeffnords" username to the pile. I don't have a monopoly, but I'm doing pretty good, I think.

I'll keep my "Search distance" pretty low, so if you ever see me on Tinder, I'm probably really closeby. Feel free to swipe right.

In an effort to make my online life entirely public, I opened a Tinder profile with all my public information. pic.twitter.com/Qs3xjGHU64

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) February 27, 2016
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Aiming for resilience.

2/25/2016

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As I noted in my "Adulting" post, being an adult is complicated and fraught with disillusion and cognitive dissonance. I am envious of people who seem to be able to smoothly traverse their lives. Perhaps they've given in to the system, but at least they're happy.
Last Friday, I attended a Professional Day session with an Occupational Therapist. Although the session was aimed at teachers who were dealing with students who had suffered from trauma, I kind-of chose it more for myself. I've been feeling pretty crushed by life as of late and want to get better, want to figure out what's really happening with me. 
The therapist made many references to the relationship between stress and resilience. In response, I made a few reflection 30-second videos; here are a couple of them:

It makes sense that we need psychological stress in order to grow psychological #resilience. Yay #stress! pic.twitter.com/CXsxLPNP00

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) February 19, 2016

Perhaps my [continuing] megastressful year is building some psychological resilience in me that I can take pride in. pic.twitter.com/oG4n6tymnR

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) February 19, 2016

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The Axl.

2/21/2016

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When I lived in Egypt, within the first couple months I'd grown pretty sad that I didn't have a guitar. My wife graciously allowed me to put some of our earliest cash towards one, so we went down to Mohammed Ali Street in Cairo and I bought the guitar you see below: an Axl Badwater. I think. I mean, it's not like it came with a label or anything. But I think it's a Badwater of some sort..

I took it apart and planned to carve it up a bunch, but like most of my guitar customization plans, I still haven't made that happen. I thought I'd brought home a unique guitar, but found a very similar one in a guitar shop in Victoria. That kind-of took the wind out of getting it ready to rock.

So yesterday I put it back together and walked over to Long and McQuade and bought some regular old nickel-wound strings for the first time in a decade or so.

Bought this beast in Egypt back in 2012. I finally reassembled it and strung it for the 1st time in almost 3 years. pic.twitter.com/BZlmxzUeF4

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) February 21, 2016
I fiddled with it a bit, but didn't quite want to plug it in yet. 

I think I'll make a video tomorrow wherein I plug this guitar in for the first time since I brought it from Egypt. pic.twitter.com/QGu9L16NUh

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) February 21, 2016
But after a lone "heart" from Tinker McJingles, I decided to make sure I made the promised video.
It's not entertaining, but I have to admit that the guitar sounds better than it ever sounded in Egypt. That's partly due to the brand new strings, but definitely also due to the fact that I'm using my Marshall now. Middling guitars can sound pretty good with new strings and a good-enough amp.

It's not an overly comfortable guitar, at least in comparison with The Crow. But it's sure nice to play with a humbucker for once. And it could be a lot worse. And, as I've learned with most of my judgement calls, there are millions of players who will make this guitar sound much, much better.

Sounds great with that distortion and tremolo.
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