Today is Chaos Never Dies Day
Simple Ways To Become Less Anxious And More Decisive
We’ve all had those moments where we aren’t great deciders. Sometimes anxiety takes over and even little things like picking out what you want to eat off a menu becomes impossible. Here are some strategies to help you get over decision gridlock.
- The Happiness Test.The next time you’re struggling to make a choice, try to remember just how little this decision is going to mean to your overall happiness. Could you completely botch your food order at a restaurant and pick something that’s not as great as what your friends got, but unless it gives you food poisoning or something, you’re going to get over it by the next day. If you know this choice is going to be affecting your happiness one or two years from now, it’s worth agonizing over. But if it’s not even big enough to ruin your week, don’t give it much time.
- The Only-Option Test. Barry Schwartz’stext from “The Paradox of Choice” is all about limiting your options. The more choices you have, the harder it is to make one. So the next time you’re deciding on something, ask yourself, “if this were the only option I had, would I be happy with it?” You’ll probably find you can whittle things down to two options you’d be perfectly fine with is they were the only thing offered and then it will just come down to a coin flip.
Source:Fast Company
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Tourists Can Visit Titanic Wreckage for $125G Starting in 2021
If you want to see the Titanic wreckage next year all you need is $125,000. OceanGate Expeditions is bringing “citizen scientists” on a series of undersea missions to document the wreckage of the Titanic, according to a press release. People who are accepted to join the expeditions – called “mission specialists” – will participate beyond just seeing the historic site.
The specialists will be “trained as crewmembers and will serve hands-on roles” as experts work to create a “photorealistic virtual 3-D model” of the wreckage with laser scans and 4K video, according to OceanGate. Up to nine “qualified citizen scientists” will be approved to go on each mission, the release said.
However, they will have to pay quite a price in order to participate, according to the application. The $125,000 is a “Mission Training & Support Fee” for the Titanic Survey Expedition. There are six expeditions scheduled for the summer of 2021, from late May through mid-July. Another set of expeditions will run in the summer of 2022, according to OceanGate. Each mission will last 10 days and will involve untethered, eight- to 10-hour, 5-crewmember submersible dives that will transport citizen scientists and explorers to the wreck-site.
Link:Fox News
Man Invents Robot That Puts In And Takes Out Your Contact Lenses
Anyone who has ever had to deal with contact lenses knows what a pain it can be to put the lenses in and then take them out. A Florida man named Craig Hershoffcertainly understood that dilemma which is why he invented a robot that will now insert your lens and remove it for you.
Hershoff was diagnosed with Fuch's dystrophy in 2000 and almost lost his sight. He received three corneal transplants in 10 years. Once he discovered a contact lens that worked for him he went through a period of anxiety which caused his hands to shake while inserting and removing his contact lenses. That's why he began to work on a solution for everyone with this issue.
The CLIARA Lens Robot was born out of necessity. CLIARA is an acronym for Contact Lens Insertion and Removal Apparatus. The robot uses suction cups to measure the precise amount of force needed to insert and remove the lenses. It's currently in clinical trials and Hershoff hopes to have the device ready for commercial use as soon as next year.
Source: CNN