I’ve discovered a way to create more time. Drum roll please . . . Eliminate time confetti from your life. What’s time confetti? In her brilliant book Time Smart researcher Dr Ashley Whillans describes time confetti as the little bits of seconds and minutes that are lost to unproductive multitasking (e.g. texting and checking social […]
When life isn’t going well, we find ways to escape. One easy escape is video gaming. A deputy principal recently told me that during COVID-19 lockdown many of his ATAR students developed an addiction to playing massive online multiplayer games. These students had lost all motivation to study. These addictive games have become a refuge […]
Your phone is like a bag of artificially flavoured cheesy corn chips. Have you ever opened up a bag of corn chips and noticed you couldn’t stop eating them? This is no accident. It’s not that you’re overindulgent or have a weakness for corn chips. Food scientists work hard at figuring out the bliss point […]
Are you in control of technology? Or is technology in control of you? Let’s do a quick check in: • Is there a smartphone in your pocket? • Music in your ears? • Do you have two, three or 20 browser tabs open with articles you plan to read? • Have you received a notification […]
