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Today I was woken up at 5am by my dog who just wanted to say hey - before curling up on the bed and going back to sleep for two of the 18 hours she normally spends snoring. While my dog feels great, I've spent most of the
Me and coffee are tight. Coffee is there in the morning, coffee is there when I hit the mid-afternoon wall. Coffee is there in the times where we could go out and do things. But, as we're constantly told, coffee is bad, depending on who you ask. If
For every piece of art, be it a painting, a film or theatre I've seen and thought, "that's bloody amazing" there's an equal amount of work I've looked at and the small angry voice in my head has said, "
Nothing like grappling with the big ideas on a Monday morning eh? Blame Apple. You see, if you own an iPhone - this isn't a dig against Android, I just don't know if they offer the same alerts - on Mondays, it sends you a notification
Mindfulness is big business. Google, Target, and Ford all teach their employees mindfulness. The global wellness industry is now worth $4.5 trillion. Meditation apps such as Headspace and Calm are downloaded in the millions, with Calm –the ‘mental health unicorn’ valued at $1 billion. But while many have heralded
Music messes with our minds. For example: * More drinks are sold in bars when the music is slow-tempo. * Consumers spend 38 percent more time food shopping when the background music is slow. * Shoppers think they are spending longer shopping when they are familiar with the background music in the store,
How do you get ahead at school? Well, most researchers will point confidently to two key qualities. One is intelligence. Being able to understand the concepts of what is being taught is a pretty good way of measuring how successful a student will be. The second skill is conscientiousness, or
Really? The world already seems like a pretty angry place, why does it need more people already? Bear with me. Before we start, it's important to separate violence, hostility and aggression from anger. Those first three things are not what we're talking about. Anger is an
Here's a puzzler: why did a game where the aim is to create a virus so deadly it kills the global population before humans can develop a vaccine have the highest number of downloads this year? That's exactly what happened with Plague Inc, a game you
These are trying times. The world is heaving under the pressure of seismic events: the end of a global pandemic, global warming, the deep, silent currents of the global economy and its ability to shock countries, communities and citizens, seemingly at random. No one is immune to these shifts. But
When I take my dog for a walk on a windy day, she goes bananas. And it's not the usual bananas. It's a very special type of bananas. A banana's bananas. While my dog is an idiot at the best of times, it turns
While we've all been on lockdown, things have been, well a lot quieter. There have been fewer cars on the roads, fewer people (except when you go to buy food), and we've been exposed to less noise. While that has led to many of us feeling,