Many of us spend a huge amount of time on social networks. We scroll through endless streams of memes, photos and videos. And one thing is becoming increasingly difficult to do and that is telling apart what’s real from what isn’t. Sure, we all know that there’s a lot of photo editing going on, but…
For much of 2020, countries around the world fought against the COVID-19 pandemic. Many countries went into lockdown to control the fast spread of the virus. The unusual restrictions and confinement of the lockdown brought about new challenges for people’s everyday lives. With flexibility, adaptability, and problem-solving at the core of its nature, creativity has…
5 Ways to Jumpstart Your Creativity What can we do to exercise that creative muscle when we’re struggling to come up with new ideas? Everyone has their own ways they like to get in shape. To help you get started, here are 5 different ways to jog your creativity. 1) Start with a morning freewrite. We…
Fun Things to Do at Home Now If we’re being completely honest, adults who are stuck at home can start to feel that boredom creeping in, too. Try filling your time with productive tasks that are joyful to you like cooking and crafting. Consider all those items on your “someday” list and tackle those first….
Dreams tap memories stored in connections between brain cells, which the hippocampus tracks as they form. At night it directs neurons to replay recollections, facilitating long-term storage. That could be why reality seeps into our visions—but not why they tend to warp reality.How we think our brains drive our nocturnal hallucinations. 1. Remember Dreams tap…
1. An unplanned day will never go well, unless it’s a day off. The written to-do list is a physical record of what your rational intentions once were, before the emotional heat of the workday began to draw you to more appealing pursuits. You can disagree with this document, but if it exists, at least…
Creative Useful Things You Can Make From Junk! You might not know this, but that piece of junk that finds its way into your trash bin everyday may just turn out to be the hidden treasure you’ve been looking for. In essence, the things people deem as garbage, such as glass bottles, plastic pots and…
Do you know what’s great about DIY projects? Everything. When you make items yourself, you can choose projects that suit your tastes, create them in your choice of colors/textures, and then use them to your heart’s content. Whether you’re aiming for efficiency, decoration, fun, or self-sufficiency, there’s a list of awesome DIY projects just waiting…
A psychiatrist’s guide to twisted relationships to truth: ‘Alternative facts’ The phrase “alternative facts” has recently made the news in a political context, but psychiatrists like me are already intimately acquainted with the concept – indeed, we hear various forms of alternate reality expressed almost every day. Untruths aren’t always lies: First, we need to…
In the United States alone, more than 125 million plastic bottles are discarded each day, 80 percent of which end up in a landfill. This waste could potentially be diverted and used to construct nearly 10,000, 1200-square-foot homes (taking in consideration it takes an average of 14,000 plastic bottles to build a home that size)….
