It’s crunch time, and you’ve been a bit overwhelmed. You’ve been burning the candle at both ends and finally your blood and sweat and tears have paid off. You don’t have delusions of grandeur, but you think that what you wrote turned out fairly well. Ignorance is bliss . . . until the grades arrive…. Read more »
There are simply not enough hours in the day. Actually, there probably are enough hours in the day. Twenty-four, to be exact. And although we need to waste around eight of them?give or take?sleeping, that still gives us sixteen solid hours of potential productivity. Even with all our obligations, even with nonessentials like eating and… Read more »
Valentine’s Day is around the corner. And although stores are urging us to purchase expensive treats for our loved ones, sometimes a simple note suffices. If nothing else, February 14 is a great time to shower some special attention on the relationships in our lives?particularly if we’ve been neglecting them. I’ve got one That’s way… Read more »
This feature originally appeared March 25, 2011, in issue 1912. Are you a daydreamer? Does your mind constantly wander? Do you think up your best ideas while taking a shower or going for a run? You’re not crazy?and You’re not alone. According to psychologists, certain settings are more conducive to creativity and invention?and It’s not… Read more »
Actions speak louder than words, but images can speak loudest of all. In fact, as the old saying goes, pictures are worth a thousand words?and in today’s visually-oriented culture, where quick, image-related stimuli are a primary means of propagating brands and concepts, they may be worth much, much more. So when you create a picture,… Read more »
Facebook and privacy: It’s a topic That’s gotten old pretty fast. Even the less tech-savvy among us are fully aware that friending your boss and then dissing him in a status update?or posting shots of your latest drunken escapades?could cost you your job. So we do what we think carefully protects our personal life. We… Read more »
Sure, the Rapture may have come and gone?or not?but for many students, June really is the end of the world, or at least the end of a significant segment of their lives. And while this is most obviously true for graduates, even students just finishing their first semesters can look back on the past year… Read more »
Are you a daydreamer? Does your mind constantly wander? Do you think up your best ideas while taking a shower or going for a run? You’re not crazy?and You’re not alone. According to psychologists, certain settings are more conducive to creativity and invention?and It’s not necessarily a quiet office with all the modern technological paraphernalia,… Read more »
Evening falls. You’re settling down to a quiet night in front of the fire, when a couple of masked thugs show up at your door. You open it, and they accost you with demands and threats: give us what we want, or you’ll be sorry. Do you slam the door? Do you call the police?… Read more »
Browse the web, and you’ll find a plethora of study advice. Make a schedule. Set goals?but reasonable ones. Study for short periods. Schedule in break time. But most of all, create a study space. Most ?experts? describe the ideal study space as having certain characteristics. Like the Hemingway story title, it should be clean, with… Read more »