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I must admit, I’m quite addicted to my smartphone. My average daily screen time used to reach over 9 hours, which was clearly unhealthy. This article is a follow-up to the one I published last year on the importance of an attention diet . My smartphone addiction had negative effects on me, such as neck and back pain due to poor posture, lack of attention, and an inability to concentrate. Since we are living in the 21st century and our world is quite interconnected, there was no point in disowning a smartphone....

Disclaimer: I’m an amateur athlete who started training seriously this year. Please do not take this as expert advice or scientific advice for Zone 2 training. Everything mentioned in this article has been derived from various online articles or videos based on my research. Please do your own research or consult an expert before engaging in any training program. As mentioned in my 2022 planning , one goal I have for this year is to complete a half marathon, ideally under 2 hours and 15 minutes....

Imagine a hypothetical scenario wherein in the split of a second you’re transported back to the past thousands of years ago. You’re the only surviving man from the future. You’re surrounded by 100 other uncivilized humans who do not have a clue about who you are, yet they obey you. You are surrounded by pristine untouched natural landscapes with abundant resources. Your cognitive abilities and memory of the future remain intact, but you’re not carrying anything from the future....

2021 was a crazy year by all means. Learning from past mistakes, I decided to create a proper plan for 2022, something I’ve never done in the 27 years of my life . Even though I love working on different goals or projects at the same time, this can often be hectic and quite inefficient. The idea here is to create a plan for 2022 so that I have a clear vision of the things I’m pursuing....

Following the trend on the internet, I published 27 lessons last year when I turned 27, which turned out to be quite popular and got featured in a few publications. As the last year progressed, I tried to scribble down some lessons I learned over the year. I turned 28 a couple of weeks ago, and here are some lessons I’ve learned over the years: I’ve always thought that travel agents and tour packages sucked and were a scam....

IKEA Effect is a cognitive bias in which we overvalue products that we’ve built or created more than pre-assembled items. The IKEA Effect is the reason why we are in love with LEGO kits and IKEA furniture. It was named after the Swedish manufacturer and furniture retailer that sells furniture items requiring assembly. People’s love for IKEA products was explored by Michael I. Norton, Daniel Mochon, and Dan Ariely in a series of three experiments....

Brilliance and genius are often traits associated with STEM fields like mathematics, physics, engineering, etc. Despite multiple studies showing that gender plays no role in brilliance, brilliance is often attributed to men. Brilliance bias is the tendency to consider brilliance as a male characteristic. An illustration of brilliance bias by Sketchplanations Our history books include few women, so subconsciously, from a young age, men are often our first thought when we consider brilliant people....

A thought experiment is an imagined sequence of events used to evaluate the consequences and outcomes of a hypothesis, theory, or principle. The Ovarian Lottery is a thought experiment popularized by Warren Buffett , one of the greatest investors of all time. The experiment was inspired by concepts from the book ‘A Theory of Justice ’ by philosopher John Rawls , which argues that a truly just society can only be created when everyone agrees on its principles without knowing where they’ll land in the society....

We are living in a century where we are bombarded with information. Thanks to the rise of social media, digital journalism, and live media, we now have access to vast amounts of information like never before. Distractions have become so common in this digital age that we have started to accept them as normal. We have reached a point where we have more ways to get distracted than to be focused....

At the end of May 2021, I started a newsletter called 10+1 Things on Substack. The main idea behind the newsletter was to funnel some traffic to this blog and to other projects I’m working on. In fact, I came up with the name 10+1 Things in 15 minutes and decided to start it on Substack as it was quick to set up. As I’m writing this, 10+1 Things has just crossed 100+ subscribers....