Today I went on Twitter and saw a graph and number on the left hand side of each tweet indicating how many times it had been viewed. My first thought was if there was a way to turn it off. It doesn't benefit me to see how many times a tweet has been viewed. It's … Continue reading How many times has this tweet been viewed?
Tag: distractions
Remembering the dream
Sometimes the life paths we choose end up getting distorted by distractions and we end up making choices to reach goals that we don't even really aspire to. You might find that in order to move forwards, you actually need to go back and figure out what you really wanted in the first place. Many … Continue reading Remembering the dream
Why are you online?
There was once a time where we would tune out of 'real life' and go online. These days many of us live online and tune out to experience 'real life'. We go from Instagram to Twitter to YouTube to Amazon to clothes shopping to reading articles to watching webinars. Not necessarily in that order and … Continue reading Why are you online?
Other peoples numbers
Instagram now allows you to turn off the numbers (likes and views) on other people's posts. I didn't think much of it until I turned the likes back on. I found that with the numbers off, I was solely focused on the content. However, with the numbers on, they were the first thing I looked … Continue reading Other peoples numbers
The possibility of everything
We've all heard the phrases like the grass is greener or the popular song Somewhere over the rainbow. There is often a feeling of desire for the things you don't have and the places you think you'd rather be. Sometimes, you simply desire to obtain the things you know you'll get eventually but you don't … Continue reading The possibility of everything
Overcoming stuff
Life is full of stuff. Stuff we get caught up in because we think it matters. Social media expectations of the way that things should be. But at the end of the day all that stuff is often a distraction from what really matters. And so you have to learn to overcome it. No matter … Continue reading Overcoming stuff
You don’t need more information
You buy more books, attend more events and enroll on more courses. You think these things will give you the necessary knowledge and tools to pursue the thing you're interested in. But how much is too much? When will you stop gathering information and just start? We're often relunctant to accept that we're ready to … Continue reading You don’t need more information
How to figure out what you want?
This is a topic that has been on many peoples minds mainly because we've all had much more time to think about our lives over the past few months. For a lot of people what they want is actually what they think they want because it comes from other people. When you're constantly being told … Continue reading How to figure out what you want?
How to be more productive
If you ever find yourself wanting to be productive but struggling to get things done, here's a simple solution. Get the materials you need, go somewhere where you won't be disturbed, start and don't stop until the task is complete. Being productive isn't as complicated as we often make it. Of course if you're sitting … Continue reading How to be more productive
Is it helping?
A question worth asking when you're trying to overcome feeling discontent or stuck. So let's say you're feeling unsatisfied with where you're at. What are you doing about it? What are you doing to get past where you're at and more importantly is what you're doing helping? For example if you're feeling uninspired to create, … Continue reading Is it helping?
The Daily Gemm 