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How Weekly Reviews Could Boost Your Productivity
You know how your boss gives you a quarterly or annual review and you leave that meeting feeling motivated to do a better job?Well, at least for a couple of days?Did you know you can get that spark of motivation all year long? All it takes is you being your own boss and doing “Weekly Reviews” of yourself.
How it works is once a week, you set aside time to review your to-do list, any upcoming commitments, and then reflect on how that stuff helps you towards your short, medium, and long-term goals. The whole idea is to force yourself to really think about what you’re doing, what you should be doing, what you want to be doing, and how closely those circles overlap.Think of it like a Venn Diagram towards your world domination.
The creator ofRadReadsKhe Hyuses this productivity hack himself and he’s been doing it long enough that he’s figured out the best questions to ask yourself to maximize the impact of your weekly reviews. Essentially, he’s boiled it down to asking himself how am I spending my time, what do I need to prioritize, how do I feel about what I’m doing right now, and what do I want to be doing in the future.You may be thinking, isn’t this just a diary? Well, yes kind of, but it’s one that could end up making you filthy rich.
- But that’s just where you start. From there you can break it down even further to get more specific. Like when you're reminiscing on past work, you should be noting things like what worked well, what sucked, what did you learn, and more. Basically, how thorough you want to get on your weekly review is up to your amount of time and how much of a hardass you’re willing to be on yourself.
Source:LifeHacker
Bumble Adds Social Distance Dating Options
Ever since the CDC began recommending social distancing, singles have been trying to figure out how to date with the limitations. Getting to know a potential match on a FaceTime call or from a distance of six feet is a whole new world, but they’re making the most of it.
Now that restrictions are easing, some people are ready to go on socially distanced dates, while others are still more comfortable sticking to virtual dates and if you’re not on the same page as your match, it can get a little awkward. But Bumble is here to help.
- The dating app has new social distance dating preferences that let users make it clear what kind of date they’re comfortable with currently. Back in April, Bumble launched a"Virtual Dating" badge,which appears only on the profiles of users who are open to video chats.
- And since this is the app that always lets women make the first move, ladies will see a video and phone icon on their screen with all matches, while men only get the option to use these features when their match reaches out.
And now Bumble is making it even easier to date in the time of coronavirus by letting users specify if they’re down for virtual dates, socially distanced dates with masks, or socially distanced dates without masks. That way you know up front what your match is up for and you can change your answer if your comfort level changes later.
Source:PopSugar
Group Says That The End Of The World Is Coming On June 21: Of course there have beenplenty of incorrect predictions in the past, but this time people really, really, really mean it. The world is going to end on June 21. How do they know? Because the Mayans were not wrong but the Gregorian calendar being introduced in 1582 byPope Gregory XIIImade important changes that were used by the Julian calendar. The biggest thing here is that it removed 11 days from our year, to better reflect the time it takes the Earth to orbit around the Sun. Now, 11 days might not sound like much, but over 286 years that adds up. So much so that people on Twitter are now doing the math, saying that if we followed the Julian calendar as we should have, "we are technically in 2012 - which you may remember is when the Mayans said the world would end. So, according to the new math, December 21, 2012, = June 21, 2020.
Acting Spontaneously Might Be the Key to Happiness
The average American makes 6,709 spontaneous decisions every year, according to new research. A brand new survey done by OnePoll on behalf of Cub Cadet of 2,000 found when including decisions such as getting coffee, trying a new lunch place, taking a nap and the like, the average American will act spontaneously about 18 times per day.
And is acting spontaneously the key to happiness? According to this survey, it may very well be. The study also found that those who considered themselves a “spontaneous person” were 40 percent more likely to consider themselves a “happy person.” Not only that, but they were also 38 percent more likely to feel content and satisfied with their life.
Interestingly, most Americans do consider themselves quite spontaneous, as only about one in six did not think of themselves as such. But including those respondents, 72 percent said they feel happier after they act spontaneously in some way. In fact, of the respondents who did not consider themselves to be spontaneous, one in three said they felt happy after acting spontaneously.
Top outdoor activities to do post-pandemic
- Sight-seeing: 34%
- Fishing: 33%
- Hunting: 33%
- Hiking: 29%
- Camping: 26%
- Four-wheeling: 23%
- Play a sport: 23%
- Go for a run: 23%
- Rafting: 19%
- Trail riding (in a utility vehicle): 17%