An Amazing Mind

Imagine you want to eat a peach. But you decide to wash the dishes before you reward yourself with the peach. As you wash the dishes, you will be thinking about the peach. But what will you be thinking about when you eat the peach?
The concept of enjoying the present moment is contained in all [...]

There are a thousand and one takes on how to achieve happiness. Below, I share with you 5 simple ways to quickly increase your happiness. I use most of them myself every day (except point 4, I use that one every two days).
1. Breathe
If you don’t breathe, you won’t be happy. Really. In fact, studies [...]

We tell people we use Linux because it’s secure. Or because it’s free, because it’s customizable, because it’s free (the other meaning), because it has excellent community support…
But all of that is just marketing bullshit. We tell that to non-Linuxers because they wouldn’t understand the real reason. And when we say those false reasons enough, [...]

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Clutter is very sneaky. It grows slowly, and therefore usually passes under the radar. And before you know it, it’s draining your mental energy and concentration.
Mental clutter is often worse than physical clutter. You don’t even realize it’s there, but it drains you just as much. Getting rid of mental clutter [...]

I was sitting with two friends at a dinner table. The talk turned to body language, and how it affects your mood. I proposed a simple experiment, which the others accepted.
So I put that cheesy-ass American grin on my face. One of my friends put a frown on his face. And the third one simply [...]