“It is in the improvident use of our leisure, I suspect, that the greatest wastes of American life occur.” – Robert Park Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience is a book by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (ranking as the #1 most complicated name on Earth) that discusses how we can discover true happiness and greatly improve the […]
Read more "Stop Wasting Your Free time!"Challenging. Intellectual. Nuanced. These are 3 words that don’t describe “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation”. Having recently watched its latest iteration, I want to talk about how the movie meets expectations and provides nothing more than an entertaining ride, instead of a challenging and thoughtful experience. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation stars Tom Cruise in a mindless […]
Read more "“Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It”"A large part of motivation is to figure out how to push your own buttons to keep yourself motivated to take a specific action consistently. What I want to talk about is understanding what goes on in your brain on a psychological level once you start taking massive amounts of action towards your goal. When you start taking […]
Read more "Gaining Momentum – How to Stay Motivated (PART 1)"This is a concept that I’ve recently been ingraining in my brain: Positive Reframing. Reframing is the concept of looking at, presenting, or thinking in a new or different way. When an event occurs that may effect you negatively, Reframe your perception to focus on the bright side. What you’re essentially doing is refraining your mind from complaining […]
Read more "Positive Reframing – How to Always Stay Positive (No Matter What Happens)"Shoot to kill. Travel. Shoot to kill. Travel. Shoot to kill. Repeat for 19 more hours. I’ve been playing games for about 19 years. I’ve played a lot of games that are very similar to Far Cry 3. I was hoping that the story and characters would be intriguing enough that it would encourage me […]
Read more "Been there, done that – A look at Far Cry 3"This post was written in October 2013 for a Communications class assignment. I decided to post it here as well since I always enjoy re-reading some of my older articles. Enjoy! What matters to me is to develop myself by doing things that are out of my comfort zone. I try to take away […]
Read more "Spontaneous Experiences"In the past, I’ve told myself that long-distance relationships are stupid and I will never be a part of one. Here I am, a part of one. A meta-level thought crossed my mind last night: Every time I heard my phone vibrate it was as if my girlfriend was saying “I know how you feel”, […]
Read more "Shortening a Long-Distance Relationship"Warning: some spoilers follow… Chris Nolan’s “Interstellar” takes you on a trip. It’s a journey. It’s art. It’s beautiful. It’s satisfying. It’s emotional. It’s a lot of really beautiful things/words all blended in a 400 million dollar blender with 64 ounces of Swedish gold. After witnessing the marvel that is Interstellar, I read a review […]
Read more "Interstellar – Coop, is that you?"Isn’t it our fault for eating in fast food restaurants if we’re trying to be healthy? Why is it that it’s the restaurant’s fault for not providing us with healthy food? Self-aware human beings know that a fast food restaurant doesn’t typically provide healthy food, therefore it’s your responsibility to avoid them. If you want […]
Read more "The “Corporate Responsibility” Argument"Nonsensical Thoughts. What’s the right way to say it? Do people say “let’s do a Google Hangout”, or is it “Let’s Google Hangout”, or maybe it’s “let’s Google Hangout each other”. Yeah, I think it’s the last one. It makes the most sense really. You can’t really do a “Google Hangout”. That implies that you […]
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Marwan AlShafei 