While I didn’t get the idea for this post while taking a shower, I did get the idea almost immediately after finishing one. Showers are a miracle of engineering in their own way, who would have thought that we would move from dipping ourselves in water to having water sprayed onto us? What’s more, who …
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Only certain people will like doing this but I thought I should put it up there just in case. Everyone nowadays uses Wikipedia to gain some extra knowledge, from the chemical composition of salt to the biography of the Marvel villain Thanos, you can find out almost anything and everything you want to know from …
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How many of you have seen those puzzles that come in some newspapers, magazines or books that place two nearly identical pictures side to side and then ask you to find the differences? I really liked those games as a kid, in fact I still quite enjoy them even as an adult. I don’t get …
I have already written a post on how exercise can help you manage stress (put link here), so it’s pretty obvious that playing sports can help with that too since there is so much physical exertion and movement involved. But what about just watching sports? Can that help you with your stress? Now truth be …
I find it intriguing and amazing that something as simple as a seasoning can help someone who is stressed out; in a way it is an embodiment of the phrase: good things come in small packages. As you have probably guessed from the title in this post, I will be talking about ginger and how …
I have said it before in previous posts (in one form or another) that sometimes doing something stupid that is just meant for wasting time can be one of the best ways to deal with stress. So for this post I want to try something different, instead of writing something meaningful I am just going …
Who amongst you reading this post grinds their teeth or knows someone who grinds their teeth when they are anxious, nervous and/or stressed out? I am one of the people who clenches and grinds when stressed; the strange part is when I do it, I clench my teeth when I am awake and stressed and …
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Everyone likes to watch movies; comedy movies, drama movies, romantic movies, horror movies, action movies, even home movies. Today’s technology has made it extremely easy to make movies, we can make movies on our phones; can you imagine how crazy they would think we were if we went 50-60 years in the past and told …
This is more of a past thing but I feel it is still relevant to me and that is why I decided to write about it. I didn’t have that many good experiences with teachers. You know the school bullies who make school life miserable? For me those were my teachers. I suffer from dyslexia …
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