We all participate in behaviors that distract us from something. Those behaviors and the things they distract us from are slightly different from person to person. The crazy thing is, it is simply getting easier and easier for people to distract themselves. Every new technology that offers consumers ease and comfort are an additional venueContinue reading “Becoming Mindful of Distractions”
Author Archives: Ethan
Worrying Productively
To-Do List Sabotage—Mental Health Minute #3
How Music is Meditation—Mental Health Minute #2
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Paradoxical Intention—Mental Health Minute 1
Do you ever find yourself so scared of something happening that you sort of will it to happen? For example, are you ever worried that you’ll panic during a test, and then find that you do? There’s a simple solution for situations like this: Paradoxical Intention Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor and author of one ofContinue reading “Paradoxical Intention—Mental Health Minute 1”
Failure vs. Success—My Journal Part 2
Quote 1: “What is my grand goal? To be a neuroscientist and author of a book like Flow—science-backed and instructional. I do not want to be a blogger or Youtuber. I think it’d be in my best interest to save that ‘personality’ for my books. That being said, maybe I should open Above Cognition up.”Continue reading “Failure vs. Success—My Journal Part 2”
Don’t Read This Post!
Unless you want to escape your cyclical thoughts.
The Productivity Spectrum!
Do you ever struggle with figuring out how to spend a day? Check this out!
Training Wheels—My Journal Part 1
This is the first time on this blog I’m diving into my journal and picking out some excerpts I’ve learned from and want to share. Let me know if you got anything from this, because I had a blast doing it! Quote 1: “Maybe I’d be happier with less demanding to-do lists. Just doing whatContinue reading “Training Wheels—My Journal Part 1”
Setting a Good Precedent for Yourself
Intuitively, we all understand the butterfly effect. We’ve all seen Rube Goldberg’s infamous cartoons where one simple action leads to another in a sequence until an observable outcome is reached. We understand that one action leads to another, in our lives and in the world. We also understand that if we let things occur inContinue reading “Setting a Good Precedent for Yourself”
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