Attention, Focus, & Time Physicists know that time as most of us describe it is an illusion. We all experience it subjectively. We all use it as a form of measurement of sorts in relation to where we physically (and at times emotionally) are. …

Shared Illusions The three people charged with the responsibility of determining the outcome of a boxing match are judges. All three individuals watch the same exact event yet it is more common than not for each person to render different judgment. Since no two brains are alike, no two people…

Modern Dating Is The Same It Has Ever Been Except For An Injection of Economics One cannot scroll through any of the social media platforms these days and not come across single people espousing the horrors of the dating world. It seems at times that single people are so fed…

Understanding Entropy Helps Us Emotionally and in our Relationships The Law of the Conservation of Energy is the most bulletproof rule in science. Most people believe it to be the province of physics or chemistry, but it is applicable to everything in our lives. It is applicable to everything in…

Could You Survive an Internet Apocalypse? Approximately ten years ago there was a television show called Revolution. It was executively produced by J.J Abrams and the pilot episode was directed by Jon Favreau. The premise of the show was that the planet lost all means of electrical power. Essentially modern…

Delaying Gratification The Marshmallow Test was an experiment conducted by Walter Mischel that measured and tested delaying gratification. The ability to do so has been linked to success in life more so than IQ. …

When You Get Angry At Yourself, Who Exactly Are You Angry At? If you ever gotten angry with yourself, for whatever reason, have you ever stopped to ask yourself who it is exactly you are angry at? I mean we all have only one self, or do we? Who we…

The Art of Being Present Presence is a state of attunement. It is a state of being connected. It is being connected to the self, to other people, and to the experience in the moment. …

Emotions and Feelings Peanut butter and jelly weren't always a thing but many of us don't really associate one without the other. Tuna fish is pretty much the only fish we mix with mayo to eat and our concept of emotions and feelings follow suit, we bunch them together. It's…