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(No)Screen(+)Time

Apple launched a feature in our iPhones to helps us control our ScreenTime. But its latest investments in Services like the forthcoming TV+, Arcade, and News+, you’re seduced to spend more time in front of your Screen. It’s a contradiction. But, as some...

Boredom

Boredom is a sign of our perception of time. We can either use it or dismiss it. When we dismiss boredom, we begin craving for something which grabs our attention and stops our mind from having contact with our thoughts. When we use it, we develop our ability to think...

What do you own?

We lose control of time when we let others’ priorities overcome our own. Sometimes, it is necessary, but not always. The best way to control your time is to master your attention. You don’t own time, but you own your attention. Don’t let others own it for you...

Deadlines

One of our primary sources of tension and stress. If you are submitting a project or scholarship application, and the deadline approaches, everyone pushes their review to the last minute and stress. You stress because you already know the likelihood of something going...

Prove yourself, don’t lose yourself

Some people cheat their way through life. It starts with school, college and then continues when they find a job. Those who follow this way have lost their why. And when we lose why we do what we do, we lose ourselves in the process. The answer is simple. Don’t...

Forgetting to memorize what matters

As I read in an article by Benedict Carey, ”To intentionally forget is to remember differently, on purpose.” The study he reported about explains how we can refine our memory on purpose. We have to recall and change it to improve. The authors concluded, “To forget a...

Unjust Attention Demand

Some people think challenges should be easier because when we’re nervous, we lack attention. Being nervous is not the cause of a lack of attention. Some people experience the opposite, a sense of greater focus when they’re nervous. A state of alertness....

Realm of possibility

“This is the best of all possible worlds.” (Gottfried Leibniz) A mind closed upon itself sees no possibilities beyond what she think she knows. An mind opened to the possibility of learning something new every day, all the time, expands the knowledge horizon. And even...

Driven vs Drifted

“ All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.” (Gandalf, the Grey) Time is personal. Nobody owns time, but it’s yours. In this sense, it means a lot what you do with it. If you waste it, you drift in life. If you cherish it, your...

Wake up

Being smart and cheat shows how dumb we can be and deceive ourselves. Those people live in dormant minds which won’t go very far. When you wake up to the potential of the fact that you are human, meaning you can learn new things and expand your skill horizon,...