Tag: Brain Science

  • Good—when it is easy to focus on the bad

    Good—when it is easy to focus on the bad

    It is much easier to focus on the bad than the good—which means we have an imbalanced perspective of how things really are.

  • Do I have to go for a walk today?

    Do I have to go for a walk today?

    Deciding to do the right thing can be difficult. And sometimes the way we make the decision is not so helpful.

  • Why I started listening to music again

    Why I started listening to music again

    I love music. Famously addicted to shoegazing and dreampop. Then—I stopped. Here’s why I’m bringing it back.

  • Our Brains Are Broken

    Our Brains Are Broken

    Modern society has broken our brains through distraction and anxiety. So the solution requires us to change society.

  • Why it is hard to start a new Bullet Journal

    Why it is hard to start a new Bullet Journal

    It’s hard to start a new bullet journal. You don’t want to mess up! Which is why you need to start anyway. You’re going to mess up. Opening the pristine pages of a new journal is like unwrapping a new present: you’re excited to open it and feel what’s inside. And scared of ruining it…

  • Mike Friesen: The Science of Forgiveness

    In a quick read, Mike Friesen describes the scientific underpinnings of why some are so easy to forgive and why others are so challenged by it. I remember a Sunday School teacher threatening my class with a verse when I was a little boy, “Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” I remember him teaching that…