Having a 9-5 Job is OK You go online these days and everyone seems to want to run their own business. Everyone seems to be some sort of influencer or someone who has a side hustle. Yes, running your own business can have great perks. You can be your own boss. You can work when […]
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1 – Set a Daily Highlight For each area of my life, I choose to commit to one thing a day. At the gym, I may aim to lift a certain weight. At work, it may be to complete a certain document. For my own personal development, it may be to read a certain book
I have felt that the older I get, the faster that time seems to be passing by. This has certainly been accelerated the past few years in lockdown, where time seems to be going even more quickly. Firstly, why does time seem to go ‘quicker’ as we age? Well in 2005, psychologists Marc Wittmann and
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The pandemic these last 2 years has been a horrible experience. Countless lives have been lost and there has been great disruption to our every day lives. However, because of the disruption COVID-19 has caused, it has forced us to work and operate in ways which we originally thought weren’t possible. After I graduated university,
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Daily gratitude is a must. There is no such thing as satisfaction or fulfilment in life without gratitude. Gratitude is something I’ve never really practised growing up. I’ve always looked for the next big thing whether that be a gadget or an academic milestone. However, since I have gotten older, I have experienced and seen
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I can remember when I first got into university. I was excited, but once I got there, I kind of felt out of place. I thought everyone was smarter than me. I felt like I was just lucky to be there. Even when I got into my graduate job, from the very first day I
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Meditation has become a part of my life for the past 4 years. This has brought a myriad of benefits. Mediation is a practice of training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts. Its aim is to help you become more present. Here are some of the key benefits meditation can bring and has
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With Black Friday Sales and Christmas coming up, I thought I would write about a product that has been one of my best purchases in the last few years. As you can see from the title, it’s a Kindle! Yes, it’s not a PS5 or a new MacBook, but it’s a product that has massively
So I downloaded Notion at the start of this year. I set out my yearly goals, and set up templates that I would update for my weekly goals, on a weekly basis. Fast forward 8 months, and I find myself barely using Notion or any other ‘productivity’ app. Why is this? The idea is that
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When something looks easy on the surface, it is often easy to forget the hard work and preparation that went into making it ‘look easy’. We see a post on social media of someone graduating. The sun is shining and everyone is happy. However, it is often easy to forget the blood, sweat and tears
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