Category: Deep Thinking
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The Six-Month Audit: How to Reset Your Goals, Protect Your Mental Health and Own the Rest of the Year
There is a distinct difference between the version of the year we map out in our heads and the version we actually live through. If the last six months have taught us anything, it’s that life doesn’t care about our carefully structured timelines. We’ve reached the halfway mark of the…
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Life on Low Battery
My phone spends the night charging and wakes up at 100%. At 6:00 a.m. my Alexa alarm blares. “Alexa, stop. Turn on bedroom lights.” As my eyes adjust, I check my Garmin watch to see a sleep score of 82. It is a decent night of rest on screen, yet…
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Unplugging the Scroll: My 5-Day Instagram Detox
We’ve all been there. We sit down to check one notification. Then we look up an hour later and wonder where the time went. I recently looked at my iPhone’s Screen Time app. I faced a harsh reality, Instagram was consuming my days. With an incredibly busy week ahead, I…
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Beyond the Spotlight: The Value of Mind-Wandering
Taking a deep breath, I looked out from the Point Street Bridge in Providence and tried to clear my head. I let my mind wander to everything that crossed it: the good, the bad and the mundane. As I walked, I found myself questioning if I was even doing it…