Today I’m continuing the theme of tips and productivity hacks that actually work. Are You Using a Co-Working App? Most people rave about working from home—no commute, you can work in your jammies, more flexibility in your schedule which single parents need, and better work-life balance—but there has been one huge drawback I didn’t expect: … Read more
Procrastination isn’t laziness—it’s your brain telling you the next step feels too big. When you’ve been putting something off, you’re not just facing the task itself. You’re facing what Jessica McCabe calls the “Wall of Awful”—all the accumulated guilt, anxiety, and emotional resistance that’s built up from previous avoidance. This wall becomes another obstacle you … Read more
by Marianne Graff, Feb. I stumbled across YouTube videos by Anders, Co-Founder of Vertical Greens, when exploring how to grow my own microgreens, and became so captivated by their innovative ideas that I reached out to them to find out more about how they have become the biggest vertical farm in Denmark, bringing in more … Read more
Photo credit: footage of an active volcano by Pressmaster/ Pexels What Happens When you a City Loses Internet Access for Weeks Might Surprise You We all know that we are heavily reliant on the Internet for our every lives to function smoothly, but are usually able to cope if we run out of batteries for … Read more
Photo credit:K Travels (Travel Bloggers) / Pinterest Many people thought I was crazy to go to Thailand when I did. I arrived in Thailand in 1997, a few weeks after their currency devalued and the economy collapsed, as part of the sequence of events now known as the Asian Financial Crisis. I had registered in … Read more
Photo credit: Image by Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay What is Resilience, Really? Resilience is defined in the dictionary in a few different ways. Resilience is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as “the ability to withstand or quickly overcome difficulties; toughness”. I like how this definition separates resilience into two skill components: the ability to endure … Read more