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How to become a thought leader and stay front of mind in your industry.
Tags: Thought Leadership, Business, Experience, Influencer Marketing, Brand Strategy

How to become a thought leader and stay front of mind in your industry.

Everyone has a specialty in their industry that they eventually become known for. This gives them a level of experience based knowledge and know how that others perhaps may not have not have had that makes them an expert in their field.

When this happens you become the go to person because of your tacit knowledge base and person known in the market that draws people to you as a key person of influence.

Market positioning has something to do with it and placing yourself as the top 1% of people who offers the type of product or service you offer. This makes what you offer very attractive to the consumer.

For example if you offer music classes so does 40 000 other musicians then say you also offer a book as a teaching aid for children.

That narrows down the competition further to say 10 000 then say you marry a well known singer songwriter then suddenly everyone wants music lessons with, you and you will be booked out, thats 10 000 reasons to be grateful.

The point is leverage and finding the aligned market to strategise your product or service to an audience that sees and knows your value the way you do. Once you know what that right leverage could be make every attempt into breaking into the avenue of your expertise until you do.

If you found this encouraging, keep going it takes alot of nos to discover that one great yes! Follow, recommend and applaud if you like.
9 Notions for 9 Months
By: Mauricio Matiz
Tags: Nature, Growing Up, Children, Poetry, Experiences

9 Notions for 9 Months

Photo by Ian Baldwin on Unsplash

Life is the buzz coming from the hive,

live to slurp honey from the wax.

Life is the geometry of a spider’s web,

live to witness the panic of its prey.

Life is a nest with spotted blue eggs,

live to hear the cracking of the shell.

Life is the swat from a ruminant’s tail,

live to taste milk warm from the teat.

Life is to crawl under the melon vine,

live to split the sweetness on a sharp rock.

Life is to spade sand on a hot beach,

live to touch the coolness sprung.

Life is tag in an open field,

live to wipe the sweat pouring out.

Life is to change diapers overnight

live to smell the sweetness of a baby’s burp.

Life is a child leaning on the world

live to see the globe roll, pick up speed.
Starting something new
By: Aman Ansari
Tags: Thoughts, Experience, Personal Development, Explore

It started with a random thinking of doing something apart from work but always was conitnuing my exploration on what to do next, perhaps something more than my job. I found that I can also write on medium and see if this somthing good that can spark my interest. I have also been reading blogs in Javascripts and other tech related stuffs for my work, but didn’t know that this platform can be utilized for writing. I have left writing a long time back, maybe its been 9+yrs. Thanks to Shelby Church for introducing me to medium.
Is FEAR good?
By: Gajendra 'Sam' Boopathi
Tags: Positive Thinking, Experience

Let’s not fear the Fear, instead…

Is FEAR good?

If you ask me, then I would strongly say YES!

In my experience, Fear helps me to achieve something when I compete.

Fear of failing will drive

You to think out of the box- beyond your boundaries.

You will think twice before executing.

You will consider all the ways and means.

You will take each step very cautiously.

You will think of all possible backup plans.

You will ensure to communicate clearly with your team members

You will ensure to get the buy-ins from your team

It doesn’t stop there…

Fear of failing makes you perfect, drives you to take the right decision, makes you understand the activity in-depth, finally makes you SUCCEED.

“FEAR is good when you attempt an action with the mentality of succeeding”.

Since you have injected your expertise, team’s knowledge, acceptance, time, and efforts, you won’t go down even if any of your projects have not produced the outcome as you have expected. In-turn it will push you harder to learn from the mistake and come back with a better plan.

Let’s not fear the Fear, instead, turn them into positivity and make it work for you.
App of the Day — eXRperience. eXRperience
Tags: Experience, Singapore

What is eXRperience?

It is a new impressive VR & XR event app that enables you to find and attend events from your iOS & Android device. Utilizing a powerful XR platform, the eXRperience organized events are a crossover between virtual & live events.

Once you download the app and join an event, you become a virtual avatar with your real name and professional email. You are visible to other attendees and the event organizers. With this virtual avatar you can fully experience the event i.e read and view presentations, attend exhibitions, trade shows, fairs, view objects, walk, run and fly around, see other in-person or virtual attendees and communicate and much more. The app is truly the future of events.

Standout Features:

Virtual Event App Features

Integrates 3D models to create a real-life virtual venue

Navigates the virtual world via UI interface (third-person camera)

Supports in-game chat for networking

Users login via linkedin or work email to ensure professional work etiquette are adhered to

Supports video & slide presentations within the virtual environment

Supports up to 1,000 users at any one time

Able to interact with virtual objects & initiate movements

Able to view other attendees’ profile & virtual name card

Supports online ticketing, user analytics & virtual wayfinder navigator

XR Event Features

Live video feed from virtual world to display panel

Interaction with virtual avatars through motion gestures / computer vision

AR wayfinder & presentation

Live volumetric streaming to app & event venue

https://www.exrperience.com/make-your-next-virtual-event-take-you-straight-to-the-future/
Experience Amplifier, Sound 1
Tags: Dmz, South Korea, Sound, Experience, Travel

Pavel-to-DMZ Content 3. DMZ Soundscape

The collected sounds from DMZ area and the visual works based on that sounds depict the DMZ lively. It enable audiences to envision their imaginary DMZ space without the physical restriction.

DMZ Soundscape project created by artist Seryoung An and Seunghee Lee, is the fourth content of pavel-to-DMZ. I highly recommend to watch the video only for minutes. On your travel, if you discover similar sounds from what you heard in this video, your joy of hearing would be amplified.

DMZ Soundscape link

Seryoung An, seryoungan＠gmail.com / Seunghee Lee, hwee1103@gmail.com
Fuck Off 2020: A DIY New Year’s Ritual
Tags: Ritual, 2020, Experience, New Year, Holidays

A ritual of burning and renewal that harnesses the power of ancient rites to extinguish the dumpster fire of 2020 and make way for a better year ahead.

The end of 2020 is finally here! And to say “Fuck Off” to the year that fundamentally broke the bonds of humanity on a global scale, we welcome you to: Fuck Off 2020: A DIY New Year’s Ritual.

This ritual harnesses the powers of ancient rites to ceremoniously extinguish the dumpster fire of 2020 while renewing social and cosmic energies for a 2021 worthy of last year’s pain.

All of the rites contained herein are based on actual rituals from ancient cultures. The rituals selected all have come from practices surrounding the marking of a new year. These can be found in almost every culture. And though traditional dates vary widely depending on climate, geography, agriculture, location, etc, the one thing they do share is a central purpose of enacting order for a prosperous future. Performing these rites puts you in close kinship with a shared, global ancestry whose wisdom comes from centuries of experience.

These thousands of years of collective human practice, along with you, might just be able to help us finally shed this fetid year and begin the process of renewal we’re all hungry for. Don’t let us down! 2021 is on you.

Download the Fuck Off 2020 ritual HERE.

Participants: 1+

Length: 1.5 hrs.

(Approximate length; varies based on number of participants.)

Date: Between 12/26 and 12/31.

(The most auspicious day would be New Year’s Eve.)

Hour: After dusk.

(Most cultures have an idea of a “witching hour” where the veil between the material and spiritual world becomes most thin. While different cultures believe this hour occurs at different times, most everyone agrees that the period between sunset and sunrise is rife with magical potential.)

BONUS: The ritual above is a cut-down version of a longer Fuck Off 2020 ritual. For those of you bold enough of heart, and rich enough of time, the complete Fuck Off 2020 can be found HERE.
Our place in the universe.
Tags: Conversations, Experience, Philosphy, Physics

Not far ago, my home advisor (a strong believer about god) told me why we are V.I.P in the universe (without even knowing a place far from our solar system), so I decided to not interrupt her and hear what she thinks about our place in the universe , while she was talking me about how god loves us and of course he would let us in the V.I.P zone in the universe, I fell in a deep reflexion about our place, and was at that moment that i figured out that people doesn't even imagine how big is just our galaxy, sometimes I wonder how is to think that we are the only and precious race ever borned, and leaving a side that there are billion galaxies, and that our observations states that the universe we live in is infinite, as a matter of fact she started talking to me that god created the universe just to have us, and I again began to wonder, ?how could he created the universe?, if there's no universe, there's is no time, because the time and space are just available in the universe, where ? , at what time did he created it?, that thought gave me even more questions that cant be answered by a human, as we kept talking (me being completely respectful about her beliefs and listening every word) she started saying something that bounced my head and made me think, if the universe is infinite, there's no V.I.P zone ! , when we finish talking, I started researching and found the “Copernican Principle”, basically a principle that states that the earth and our place in the universe, doesn't take a V.I.P place.

In conclusion I would like to say that we are special and we should enjoy life the way it is, everyone with his beliefs and moral, if they want to put a blindfold on reality is them choice, who are we to determinate what we should think, either way we need curios people that guides us to the understandings of the universe itself, I think that when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change, and that ain’t even my phrase.

I decided to made this story as short as possible to be fast to read and let big reflexions flow.

Felipe V. Ekelund
Surreal
By: Danial Naqvi
Tags: Health, Fear, Surreal, Body, Experience

Last night, I had a strange experience. I felt like I was in a movie.

At about 4:30am I woke up and my left arm was numb. I couldn’t feel my joints and my arm was just floppy.

I imagine the reason for this was me sleeping on my arm. For 30 seconds I was desperately trying to get blood flowing through my veins.

After a few clenching and unclenching exercises, I was back to normal.

It was super strange and I’ve had flashbacks of it today.

I hope in writing and sharing my fear, I can get past it.

It was weird and I’m sure I’ll take precautions to avoid it tonight.

Surreal
Confessions of a Traveler in a Pandemic
By: Katlyn Gallo
Tags: Coronavirus, Storytelling, Beyourself, Experience, Travel

Confessions of a Traveler in a Pandemic

Photo by Guilherme Stecanella on Unsplash

I work in Cybersecurity, so since the pandemic began earlier this year, I’ve been lucky enough to be able to work remote. And fortunately, I kept my job, unlike millions of people that lost theirs.

Every year I go to Florida for Christmas to visit family. My parents moved there six years ago. Back in August, I was on the fence about whether I’d still go this year, but things seemed to be looking up and I felt okay about booking a flight. The cases were way down, hospitals were recovering from being at capacity or close to it, and I think things were finally getting better. Or maybe that’s how it seemed in my bubble I call home.

So should I go, should I not? I’ll be brutally honest, in the end my selfishness won out. I don’t mean that in a bad way, I just mean me wanting to see my family was the reason I decided to travel. With things opening again, I felt comfortable with that decision.

I’m no hermit, I definitely haven’t sequestered myself indoors like many people have chosen to do. I work from home Monday to Friday, and Saturdays and Sundays are usually spent out and about, doing my grocery shopping and whatnot.

That’s been my routine for months now, and I even frequented restaurants over the summer. I went to the beach a few times, and went hiking as well. I felt the need to continue to enjoy the outdoors as much as possible because when it gets cold I’d much rather be cozied up at home!
The application combines knowledge and experience How did you come up with the idea of creating…
By: Human Cosmos
Tags: Yoga, Experience, Mindfulness, Apps, Meditation

How did you come up with the idea of creating the Human Cosmos application?

The authors of the application have been practicing yoga, meditation for more than 20 years, studying their effect on the brain and the general physical condition of a person. Watching how millions of people in the world suffer from stress, get chronic illnesses due to anxiety, and experience seasonal fatigue, they came up with an idea, which later turned into a convenient and easy-to-use mobile application. As a result, the Human Cosmos project was created.

The big idea of the project is represented by the unique system for human development for health, life and energy balance and mind. The team of global experts was working on the application for over 5 years combining the heritage from ancient traditions with modern scientific studies and research. All information was powered by AI which makes it easy to use and personalized for every customer.
I used to care if my hair got wet.
By: Chloe Graver
Tags: Live Life, Experience, Love Life

I used to care if my hair got wet. What a trivial thing to worry about. I feel sorry for people who live life worrying about their hair getting wet. To me, it is much more painful to miss out on a the freeing feeling of plunging into a body of water. The feeling of rain pouring down on you while you’re drunk in a car with the sunroof open and your favorite song playing. The feeling of walking through humid air under a canopy of trees while rain drips through, cutting through the humid air to nourish your skin. The feeling of kayaking down the river with your lover and getting caught in a storm, so you are pleasantly forced to sit and watch the rain as you wait for it to pass. The feeling of an ocean wave engulfing you. The feeling of paddle boarding in the bay and slipping into the water as other boats pass by and create a wake, but they all see you fall and ask if you’re okay after with a smile on their face. The feeling of finding a secluded beach in the middle of a beautifully wooded area and spending the day there, in and out of the water. The feeling of learning to love and appreciate the rain. These feelings could never come to fruition if you are afraid to get your hair wet.
Day five: its over isn't it?
By: Idyllic Intern
Tags: Intern, Reflections, Experience, Work

This blog will consist of reflections and experiences obtained in my time as an Intern at the Indiana Arts Commission (IAC for short).

Today I got lucky and there weren't that many pdfs! I saw a picture of children smiling super big. It gave me serotonin to see them so happy. I’m kind of sad I have to take a break from work I was enjoying it. Well until the break is over!! I’m going to miss Comms…

That’s all from yours truly.
Work-life Balance: I Am Doing It And Didn’t Even Realize It! Here’s How:
By: Michelle Tillis Lederman
Tags: Relationships, Work Life Balance, Sharing, Experience, Community

Finding a work-life balance doesn’t have to be about how you split your time between the two. It can be, and almost must be, about incorporating them into each other, sharing what you love about each other, and giving both of them your best all at once.

Here are my three best tips on how to achieve the perfect work-life balance:

Bring them with you! Bring Your Kid to Work Day doesn’t have to happen just once a year. Bring your loved ones into your work environment, whatever that may be. If you have to catch up on work on the weekend, take the time to explain what you are doing and show them a spreadsheet or PowerPoint deck. Find appropriate times when you can introduce them to your workplace and your coworkers. Show them your workspace and all the pictures you have of them around it — they’ll love it! Talk with them about what they learned. Ask what they found interesting about your workspace, what they may not have understood, and even what was boring. Ask them to think about what school subjects they think are needed to do the job you do. I bet you’ll be surprised at some of the things they share. Get their input! Now that they have experienced a taste of what you do, see if they have any ideas. Where a young child might make the observation that you don’t have enough candy on your desk, an older child, friend, or family member might have some insight into how you can rearrange your space or relate better to that difficult coworker. They might even say something like, “Wow, ‘work you’ is awesome!” You never know…

People talk about balance as if they are on opposite sides of the scale. Instead, I like to think about how they fit and melding the two together. I love my manicure meetings with a client. Bringing your work and personal lives together can be daunting — but it’s something that can be necessary for sticking to your commitment to both. Inviting your personal life into your work, and vice versa shows each that they are valuable to you!
WHO AM I?
By: Momina Tariq
Tags: Life, First Post On Medium, Passion, Experience, First Blog

My name is Momina. And I’m from Pakistan. I’m a university student and doing DPT. It’s my first post.

I am an ordinary girl like all of you and I like to write a journal on daily basis about my day. It’s the 21st century so I decided why not to share my thoughts with people and connect with them. One of my friends told me about this and decided to give it a try.

Anyway, welcome to my blog website. This is where I’ll share my thoughts, passions, hobbies, and many more things. I really like to connect with good people and making friends.

Hope all of you are doing well. If anyone did not tell you anything let me tell you one important thing “YOU ARE DOING GREAT. KEEP GOING.”
Day four: the McRib is poison. This blog will consist of reflections…
By: Idyllic Intern
Tags: Intern, Work, Experience, Art, Reflections

This blog will consist of reflections and experiences obtained in my time as an Intern at the Indiana Arts Commission (IAC for short).

Today went very smooth per usual. I will say this every time but screenshotting the pdfs and cropping them was a pain. Something that surprised me today was the shear amount of organizations that exist. Our recipients are just from Indiana and if there are this many I cant imagine how many exist elsewhere. Like I said previously, there's a organization for everyone and every interest; but, the fact so many organizations are identical. Numerous organizations are same just located in a different city or county was interesting. For example, there are so many civic theatres.

The pictures from today were all pre-covid again as expected. I’m hoping to see another new reality picture. I dawned on me that for 20–21 recipients, they may not submit pictures. This is unless they submit pictures of this new reality because there’s no way around it. Also I will go on record and say mask are a moral issue not a political issue. I saw on the news the other day that Disney is photoshopping masks onto guest to sell pictures; I found it ridiculous. They shouldn’t have to take these measures just to make a profit.

That’s all from yours truly.
Are you overthinking?
By: Mental. Health .Collective
Tags: Thoughts, Mental Health, Experience, Patterns, Overthinking

So first, what exactly is overthinking?

"It's the process of constantly analyzing and anguishing over one’s thoughts and the possible outcomes if any possible action is taken .

It may include rumination, in which an individual is stuck mentally rehashing their past or present decisions and/or actions."

Overthinking is very common and may be caused by self-doubt; self-esteem issues; concern about repeating past patterns in relation to prior bad experiences; traumatic experiences; or anxiety.

Overthinking makes it harder to enjoy life and can impact emotional regulation and sleep patterns, too.

Overthinking is linked to psychological problems, like depression and anxiety. It's likely that overthinking causes mental health to decline and as your mental health declines, the more likely you are to overthink. It's a vicious downward spiral.
ประสบการณ์การสอบ LINE Certified Coach for API ปี 2021 (ตอนที่ 2)
By: Thachaparn Bunditlurdruk
Tags: Exam Preparation, Line Messging Api, Experience, Interview Questions, Line Certified Coach

Learn more. Medium is an open platform where 170 million readers come to find insightful and dynamic thinking. Here, expert and undiscovered voices alike dive into the heart of any topic and bring new ideas to the surface. Learn more

Make Medium yours. Follow the writers, publications, and topics that matter to you, and you’ll see them on your homepage and in your inbox. Explore
Background
Tags: College, Love, Life Lessons, Journal, Experience

Background

My name is Cora Brendle and once upon a time, I was a teenage girl who felt like they were alone. Throughout the years of high school and college, I would write to make me feel like I had someone to talk to. This collection of writings is aimed at people who feel like no one is listening, because I once felt the same way. Trust me. I want many to read this collection and understand how young men and women feel, because we do put on a good mask. I want to help, and the only way I know how… is to write it down.

-To all who feel like they are alone.
The process that I have described in my previous comment is not based on epigenetics; it does not…
Tags: Experience, Brain Plasticity, Brain And Body, Epigenetics

The process that I have described in my previous comment is not based on epigenetics; it does not involve a modification of genetic expression. Rather, it is a process that is based on brain plasticity, as referenced by Stephanie Leguichard in her original article.

Brain plasticity involves the brain's response to experience. Experience is delivered to the brain through the body. It therefore stands to reason that different bodies deliver different experiences and produce different brain structures.
Typical College Day During a Pandemic
By: Mia Hossain
Tags: Lifestyle, College, Storytelling, Pandemic, Experience

A day in the life of a college student during COVID

As I near the end of an exceptionally unusual semester, I have been reflecting on the highs and lows. I’ve come to the conclusion that there aren’t many highs and lows considering every day has been a repetition of the day before. I live on campus in a dorm and the experience has been incredibly unremarkable. I estimate that at least 20 hours of the day is spent in my tiny dorm, either hunched over a desk or lying in bed with my laptop.

I wake up at 9:00am for my 9:10am class. Since it is online and I am allowed to keep my camera off, I simply roll to the side of my bed to grab my laptop from my desk and login to class without getting up once. I sit through class until it ends at 10am and then get up to get ready.

By ready, I mean brushing my teeth, washing my face, and changing from pajamas to sweatpants. I have worn makeup and real clothes only a handful of times this semester.

I then sit at my desk, or on my bed, and login to my second class at 11:00am. After class, around 12:30pm, I leave my room for 15 minutes to grab a prepackaged meal from a dining hall. I then return to my room, eat my mundane meal at my desk, and then work on homework until my next class at 1:50pm. That class ends at 2:40pm and I am then done with classes for the day.

During a normal semester, I would then have a club meeting, a sports practice, an internship, or somewhere to be with friends. During the pandemic, I remain in my seat and watch Netflix or continue working on assignments.

I leave my room again around 6:30pm to grab dinner, which I also bring back to my dorm to eat at my desk. I then spend the night watching Netflix, reading, or working on assignments.

Some days my friend and I will take a walk or have a picnic at a park, but not often as we aren’t technically supposed to be out and about. On the weekends we will venture off campus and go hiking somewhere remote and people free. This is the most enjoyable event of the week.

In reflection, this semester will be remembered as one without many highs and lows. Instead, a routine of dull repetition.
My experience with How use UX strategy to design an application -1
By: Donia Zead
Tags: Personal Development, Experience, UX, News, Apps

My experience with How use UX strategy to design an application -1

Finally, I’m trying to design an idea, I’m thinking about it for a while, here I will learn by simulation, by converting the idea of the application into reality, studying each stage and making the necessary research, I will share the process here in medium and I would love to hear comments, criticism and give it a clap if I’m going in the right way.

Stage 1 — —Creating effective personas, insights from a case study‏:

When you design an application you’re dealing with a large community full of data and experiences, because of that we need to create something that represents real target audience data.

Persona?

A part of the UX strategy process to build our product or service, it’s a tool to create a virtual person that can be used to generalise our user base, giving us a quick reference when making certain design and product decisions.

Benefit of creating persona:

understanding your customer: behaviour, needs and there expectations

figuring out the most important design elements to focus on

Step by step to create a persona:

step1 — Identify your main users:

once you gathered some data to analyze for your app, discovering that your audience not a solid community it can be categorized to groups based on there similarity, each group can represented by ideal persona, here in my app I’m going to deal with designers ( professionals or beginners ), design trainers design content writers.

step2 — Identify your data patterns:

Depending on the goal of the application and the depth of your research, there is a range of data which your personas might contain, in my app I will need a layout contain these elements:

Name, Photo, Bio, Demographics, Goals, Personality & Challenges.

Step3 — Make your interview:

you should here perform high-quality interviews of actual people within your target group,these interviews shouldn’t be leading, prefer to be open ended, specific and clear, the most accurate personas are based on real data so make sure you gather data from a sufficient number of people, as this is important for the next stage.

Step4 — Create persona models:

Now, you can start to define your user personas which model a specific set of your target audience,

First_ you should collect information from your interviews with your chosen participants, Then _compare these information and start filling out the persona model.

Here I created 3 personas models are represent 2 main groups of my target audience..

Sara ___ The content writer

Serhat ___ The designer

Yousef ___ The Graphic Design Trainer
My film cameras hate me…
By: Gianluca De Dominici
Tags: Film, Canon, Experience, Zeiss, Photography

Photo by Shanu Nag from Unsplash.

It’s a request for helping. My film cameras hate me. I realized this that when my first film camera, a Canon A-1, inherited by my father, stopped to work during a shooting.

It’s a sad story — or a funny story if you want to take the ironic side of all this situation. I don’t know what happened to her. His mechanism stopped working, taking away all of the opportunity to continue, for a few days, my journey into the world of film.

But I have not given up. I wore the role of the explorer and I went to search into my family’s archives some cameras. Between dust and junk, I found a Zeiss, a wonderful camera with a fixed lens, and an Afga with electronic components — even this with a fixed lens.

I immediately fell in love with them. I thought that they were perfect: littles, robust, and suitable to be carried in every situation. But, hey, are you thinking there has been a happy ending to this story? Obviously not. None of the two worked. I have a malediction. I know.

I could not believe it. That unluck! All my friends bought a film camera in places which in terms of the guarantee of operation leave something to be desired. But their cameras working. They go great and look invincible.

But this story isn’t ending. The laughs arrive now. Last month a family friend brought me a Minolta: a reflex camera aesthetically perfect, with some accessories and lenses. Knowing my past experiences, I tested it and I saw that worked. I thought that finally, I found a film camera. Now nobody can stop me.

Yesss Gianluca, but your unluck let a few days pass before showing at the door. And, next few days, the camera presented some issues: the shutter locks, causing the film not to load. Uao! Fate commits to me. Really.

Film cameras hate me. Now I know this…
一個人的意外旅行
By: Cindy Hsu-Cindy與她他的故事
Tags: Life, Mindset, Change, Experience, Travel

In here, you will know the stories of Cindy and them…
O encerramento (mas não o fim) da série Conhecer Ciência Hoje
Tags: Conhecimento, Series, Uerj, Ciencia, Experience

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I’ve Moved Houses 20 Times in My Life
By: Gracia Kleijnen
Tags: Moving, Self, Life Lessons, Experience, Home

Looking back, having moved houses so often made me flexible.

Moving efficiently

Seeing how the folks moved houses showed me how I prefer to not do it, and that is by stashing items in garbage bags or moving boxes without sorting them out beforehand. First of all, why keep so many of these items that none of us have looked at in years? Secondly, moving is already a drag. Having less stuff will save everyone effort, because all those things that just got thrown into boxes will have to be sorted out and re-homed.

It turned me more into a moving minimalist

Moving light = best. I don’t need to drag every single piece of furniture to the new place, just because it’s “already there”. If it’s not essential, it doesn’t need to come. If I needed to move tomorrow, I’ll be there with ready to go with three bags max.

Furnishing on a budget

I’ll make a new place look and feel like home within a week, and on a budget. Living in rentals means there’s no need for me to pump thousands of euros into the place, especially if I only intend to live there for the short term.

Unafraid of change

What happens in your youth molds you. The constant moving around as a kid made me unafraid to pack up my shit and start a new life elsewhere.

Friendships sort themselves out

I couldn’t care less about not being close to my friends or “leaving them behind”. You cannot overhaul your life plans just because your current friends don’t want to move to a new place with you. If I look at people from my high school, they are now married and are raising their kids in owned property. Most of them bought a place close to their parents, or in their home town that some never even left.

Don’t be afraid to lose friends. Whether people are physically closeby or not, your relationships will sort themselves out. When you move, you might stay in touch with that best friend from Kindergarten for a while, but slowly lose contact as time passes by.

Nothing in this life is eternal. Some friends are meant to accompany you only for a short while. Others stick around longer. Don’t hold on to them for dear life. They are building their own life, and so should you. If you can do that while staying in touch, great. If not, also great. It’s just how life goes.

It made me appreciate stability

I was always amazed at how others grew up in the one and the same house, in the same place, around the same people throughout their childhood. This life was unimaginable to me. I didn’t think of it as better or worse. It was just different.
#JustStart
By: Amna Shams
Tags: Experience, Making Progress, Smart Goals, Amal Academy, Juststart

Reciting Holy Qur’an

Adapting a habit of reciting Holy Qur’an regularly. I’ll try to recite 1–2 Rukos on a regular basis, and reciting Surah Mulk after every Salah, reciting Surah Kahf on Fridays and Surah Waqi’ah after Maghrib Salah.

Reciting Surah Kahf on Friday

2. Mindful Walks:

Mindfulness is our ability to be aware of what is going on both inside us and around us. It is the continuous awareness of our bodies, emotions, and thoughts.

Going for morning walks is a joy. You feel the cold breeze onto your skin, you breath in the fresh air and exhale all your stress, worries, anxieties, hearing the birds chirping, witnessing the first born rays of the sun, it all makes you feel so good about yourself and makes you relaxed. This also contributes to your inner peace.

Out for a walk

It simply means walking while being aware of each step and of our breath. We can practice walking meditation alone, with another person, or with a group. I used to go with my mother. Placing our footsteps one after the other slowly and in silence, we can create joy with each step.

I captured it today (while on the mindful walk)

Mindful walking allows us to be aware of the pleasure of walking. We can keep our steps slow, relaxed, and calm. There is no rush, no place to get to, no hurry. Mindful walking can release our sorrows and our worries and help bring peace into our body and mind.

3. Inner Peace Meditation

I started meditation so that I can develop inner peace, well-being & happiness. It reduces stress, calms the mind and increases inner peace. During the practice of meditation the body has what they call the relaxation response, which gives the body deep rest that is deeper than the rest from sleep. I also found that through regular meditation that deep rest builds up in the body over time, and it is that deepening reservoir of rest that reduces stress and results in the many benefits of meditation.

If You Want More Inner Peace, Well-Being And Happiness. Learn To Meditate!

It helps in increase productivity, learning, happiness, well-being and inner peace. And that it’s very easy to learn. The silence and stillness you experience in meditation and the increased happiness and diminished stress you experience outside meditation are so attractive and welcomed that you naturally teach yourself how to go deeper into that silence and stillness each time you meditate.

To meditate you sit comfortably and quietly with your eyes closed and effortlessly and silently inside repeat a word or a short phrase called a mantra. Your mantra can be any word, sound, prayer or short phrase you like that is in your native language. I practiced “La Ilaha Illallah”. This is an incredible experience.
Hey guys! I’m leaving for my first vacation with my boyfriend and I have pretty severe anxiety.
By: Macala Cawthon
Tags: Experience, Anxiety, Vacation

Hey guys! I’m leaving for my first vacation with my boyfriend and I have pretty severe anxiety. I decided to write about all of the experiences and emotions so that instead of feeling overwhelmed, I can throw it into something that I enjoy! Stay tuned!!
Gift
By: Danial Naqvi
Tags: Senses, Skills, Experience, Listening, Gifts

Sometimes people tell us that we have a gift.

This is not to say we’re lucky, but we hold a certain privilege.

It’s a big deal.

As I take more complements for their value and unlearn what I’d previously knelt on, these mean a great deal.

Especially from people I respect.

I’m not really sure what it means but I’m not going to think about it too much.

Gift
Being Seen As The ‘Mum’ Friend
By: Hannah Simmons
Tags: Friendship, Experience, Youth

As a 16 year old, as hard as it is to admit, there are still many things I’m clueless about. Navigating the world continues to be a journey of discovery, and there are many experiences that I cannot fathom, such as losing a loved one, supporting myself financially, having a healthy, stable relationship or even having a relationship full stop (luck hasn’t been on my side as a young lesbian living only a few minutes away from one of the least diverse towns in England). You could go as far as to say I’ve lead a relatively sheltered life, not facing a lot of the problems others my age have.

Yet somehow, I have developed the reputation of the ‘Mum’ friend. This may have grown due to my tendency to be constantly cautious, along with that coming the habit of pulling my friends out of the way of cars, or stopping them colliding with strangers in the street. Or perhaps it stems from my supposed ‘sensible’ nature, likely down to my fear of authority and making mistakes.

I would be fine if this role extended simply to ensuring my friends’ safety, looking out for danger and preventing them from being public nuisances every so often, however along with this physical responsibility comes a strong emotional one. I am deferred to for advice in situations that aren’t practical, but mental. This is an aspect I really struggle with. The things people confide in me about are more often than not regarding topics I have no experience in, or any idea at all how to handle, and it leaves an immense pressure to produce the right words to comfort, or give the right advice to settle their worries. It sounds selfish of me, because I should be capable of being there for them, and it’s not for lack of eloquence, because that’s about the only thing I can do. I simply don’t feel prepared to help them when I would have no clue what to do if I were in their shoes.

I care for them all deeply, and I muddle through the best I can, but I often think that my best isn’t the best they could be having.

As we grow and mature as people, hopefully my knowledge will improve, as well as my emotional range. I’m studying A Level Psychology as I write to you, reader, with the aims of becoming a psychotherapist, and perhaps gaining the right words to say. Maybe eventually I’ll be able to help people in a way I can’t right now.
Sunrise at Cloudfarm
By: Binny Baburaj
Tags: Calm, Munnar, Life Lessons, Experience, Travel

There was no human voice anywhere to be heard when I woke up. A couple of cuckoos — or some other bird whose name I don’t know — were in a greater mood today to liven up the morning sky. They had their unique chirps and notes which they managed to make with their tiny bellies.

I could also hear strange screeches in the distance as well. To my amusement, there was a herd of lion-tailed monkeys on a tree branch not far away from where I was sleeping. Funny how they were closer to me genetically than any other creature in my vicinity.

Creeping out of bed

Neither in the mood to freshen up, nor rush towards the hilltop, I walked slowly to the basecamp. A couple of abandoned flasks and paper cups could be seen in the distance.

My first sip of tea triggered the unspent remorse for my indecision to climb the hill. I missed a famed sunrise, or so I thought. Remorse quickly turned to bliss as I recollected why I was there.

I wasn’t there to compete with my buddies on the number of places I’ve seen. I would still see a sunrise, not The sunrise. My self-talk about sunrise was quickly cut short by a sharp red ray from the horizon — it’s daybreak.
The brain is shaped by experience, and experience is delivered through a body.
Tags: Feminism, Psychology, Tabula Rasa, Equality, Experience

The brain is shaped by experience, and experience is delivered through a body. There are characteristics of male and female bodies that are distinct from each other. Male brains are shaped by experiences that are delivered through a male body and female brains are shaped by experiences that are delivered through a female body. In that respect there is indeed a distinct male brain and a distinct female brain.

A man perceives and experiences a woman differently than he perceives another man. He reacts and interacts with her differently than with a man. The same is true for a woman. Characteristically distinct interactions produce characteristically different experiences. Different experiences produce differently shaped brains. Different experiences with the opposite sex is another form of experience that shapes male and female brains differently.

Male brains are different from female brains. That fact is not invalidated because some may have used it to justify unfairness.

You are proposing what amounts to a tabula rasa or blank-slate theory.

That theory is fundamentally flawed. If all of a person's traits are learned from others, then from where did the others learn them? Tabula-rasa is infinitely regressive, it fails to account for the traits' origins.
Sarcasm: an essential element for ‘a toxic team culture’.
By: Ajay Prem Shankar
Tags: Work, Culture, Team, Experience, Personal Growth

Okay, I’ll admit, the title sounds a bit too extreme. But please hear me out…

Sarcasm: A handsome devil

Sarcasm is attractive. It requires high intelligence to pull it off. People utilize it in everyday life to often express feelings of frustration, anger, or distaste by stating one idea but meaning another. Here is what google has to say about sarcasm —

Well, this doesn’t sound dangerous! It isn’t (arguably) unless it stays away from a professional setup. Imagine a situation where a colleague has feedback to share but instead he chooses indirect comments in form of sarcasm. Despite me being a big fan of Chandler Bing, over the years I have started realizing, sarcasm is a cheap replacement for an honest dialog.

Don’t get me wrong, it is not a victim’s rant, on contrary, I have been rarely a victim myself. I love to use sarcasm, it requires the least guts to say things and you always have a backdoor to escape the outrage you might receive because you rarely say things that you mean, sounds perfect — isn’t it?

As the god of sarcasm himself puts it rightly,

So —

If sarcasm makes you intelligent. It also makes you gutless.

Specially, at workplace, as soon sarcasm introduced, a discussion becomes about one or more people rather than the topic being discussed. It is almost impossible to be sarcastic about just things, without targeting people involved.

What sarcasm does to your meetings?

In my experience, sarcasm is highly unproductive.

It derails your team from meeting agenda.

It makes receiving people feel worthless.

It leaves scar in people and no matter how insignificant that scar might be, it eventually closes them down to future discussions.

What do you do when this handsome devil is in your team?

Option 1: Make sure it is NOT you.

I get it! It is tempting and due to years of habit, it comes easily to us. The first step can be to identify all the situations that tempt us to use sarcasm and just keep quiet to start with and slowly replace sarcasm with something useful that you can add-on to the conversation. Aaa aan! Sarcasm isn’t useful. Otherwise it is okay to keep quiet.

Option 2: When someone else uses it in the team.

Most common and easy to spot scenario is when one of our team members painting sarcasm all over the place. I would start with not entertaining any form of sarcasm — do not smile, laugh or support it in any other form. This shows you’re not in support of it.

The second step can be to setup 1:1 to discuss this with the Chandler or Dr. House of your team. It can be scary and dangerous at the same time but convey your intent explicitly. Try telling how it is not helping the team spirit. Plan meeting with them, practice it. See what might work with that person.
Why mystery is important in designing experiences
By: Roxana Talambă
Tags: Christmas, Experience, Experience Design, Gifts

Look.

People are bored. They were in the past and now they might be more than ever before.

So how can we end this?

With the magic of mystery.

Oh, mystery.

The curiosity you have towards all those infinite possibilities. You don’t know what to expect yet you are so involved in trying to figure the unknown.

It’s just like how happiness works. Everyone seeks it. People just want to have more assets, better functioning products, and so on. Yet when they have it, happiness lasts just a bit, and then it vanishes, resulting in a person that has something else to seek for.

You see, this is true as well as when you want to know something. To acquire a missing piece for an unfinished puzzle.

Mystery is not about the answer itself.

Mystery is about the state of not knowing. It’s about the sense of hope and potential. It’s about the curiosity you have towards the unknown.

Most often you see it in movies with an open ending. Or books. Or theater.

You can see it in people too. A smart good looking woman or man that just have something mysterious. Well? It drives you like crazy! Don’t tell me you’ve never met such a person. I bet you did.

But as Christmas is coming, let’s think about why do we package presents. Isn’t it obvious? It’s not for the looks (or not entirely). It’s for wondering what might be hidden behind it! A book? A game? An album? Jewelry? So many possibilities!

You are a designer of experiences, even though you might not be aware of it.

Every act you do, every word you say, every decision you take…

You have an impact on someone else’s experience.

And if you can include mystery in what you do (be it a product that you sell, a surprise you want to make, or a common conversation) then you already made someone else’s day more interesting.

But how do you create mystery?

Well, for sure we can try and give you some methods and hints…

But till then, you have to figure it out by yourself. Just experiment, test and see what works. There is no actual best recipe, it’s a matter of caring, wanting, being curious about who your creating mystery for and then it will simply unfold.
How To Get Better At YouTube
Tags: YouTube, Experience, Help

How To Get Better At YouTube

1st: You should have a good CTL now what is CTL ctl mean call to action so when your making a video ask you audience to do something dont ask please subscribe say please subscribe to whatever your name is and edit in a little subscribe gif when you say and give them a reson like subscribe to the Frost gaming channel (witch it my channel) for more great content or whatever you do.

2nd: Make sure to talk dont just be quit unless you edit in texts then they want to see what is going to happen.

3rd: Do what is trending right now the game “Among Us” is one of the most popular games in the world so make content that people watch.

4th: This isnt that good but watch famous youtubers and see what they do dont copy them exactly but do something similar I hope you enjoyed this and I hope it help.