Wednesday, November 14, 2012

They Really Like Me? - The Greatist Ambassador Program

I love the internet. It's power to connect people is remarkable. It really puts me at awe. However here at Sastre Desastre it sometimes feels lonely. I have all the metrics I want to prove that people see my blog, but  it is still hard to realize that people read my blog, and like it. To think these people extend beyond my friends and family is even more unbelievable. But the people at Greatist.com seem to like what I do. They have accepted me to be a Greatist Ambassador.


Greatist is my favorite health and fitness site. It was my favorite site even before I became an ambassador. Their approach is well balanced and they are really into using legit science when making health claims. -Novel, I know.- At Greatist they try to give people the tools, information and motivation they need to make better choices that lead them to healthier lives. They do this with a positive attitude, an understanding that we all have different goals, and they acknowledge that our definitions as individuals don't correlate with the definition of our abs.  Essentially they don't annoy or offend me in the ways previously ranted about.

As an ambassador I essentially keep doing what I'm doing, but I'm now connected with a network of people who are also passionate about leading active healthy lives through the ambassador program. I hope that this will help me with my work here in PY and my own quest for awesomeness.

I'm also super stoked to be currently the only South American based ambassador, and one of a handful of non-US based members.

I encourage you to visit greatist.com. They have fun, informative articles, and a great outlook. I leave you with their health and fitness manifesto to give you an idea what they are about and why I like them.

More must-read health & fitness news and information at Greatist.

4 comments:

  1. yay! I'm a greatist ambassador too! congrats! (:

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    1. Very cool. Congrats yourself. Look forward to interacting more with you and others.

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  2. Good morning how are you?

    My name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.

    I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.

    For all this I would ask you one small favor:
    Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Paraguay? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Paraguay in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:

    Emilio Fernandez Esteban
    Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
    28902 Getafe (Madrid)
    Spain

    If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.

    Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.

    Yours Sincerely

    Emilio Fernandez

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    1. Hey!

      Cool project, and nice collection.

      I'll see what I can do. It may take a while, because I can't send international mail from my town, but I'll do my best.

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