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My Latest Obsession

Last week, someone asked me how long I had been living in San Felix. I said about 6 months. Yesterday I looked at a calendar and realized that on the 21st of April I will have been there a year.  Clearly, my concept of time is a little distorted! So when I say I have recently become obsessed with TED talks, you should probably understand that I mean about a year ago. A big part of my job as sanitation coordinator is to work with other Volunteers to improve how we train our community members. We are trying to slay the giants of apathy and learned helplessness. Hence, I have done a dissertation's worth of research on behavior change and leadership. I have no title, certificate, or important signature's to validate my work, just a stack of books about my height and a hard drive full of TED talks.  On their site, they describe themselves as 'a nonprofit dedicated to spreading ideas'.  TED is a global community, welcoming people from every discipline and culture