Of all the things people aspire to be, being interesting is rarely among them. Yet, who wants to mix with dull, boring people? Perhaps surprisingly, it is the very fear of being found to be uninteresting that constrains what we try and how useful we can be.
Social media follows in the footsteps of early cyberpunk fiction, attempting to persuade us of the myth that we are nothing more than the work we do and the fiction we present the world. Reality turns out to be more mundane: in both fact and fiction, we cannot exist or interact with the world outside except with our bodies. This leads us to the final realisation, that happiness lies not in curating a flawless representation of ourselves that we can hide behind but in engaging with those we trust without pretence and learn who we truly are.
Just as resting your eyelids makes you feel sleepy, opening your eyes wide and looking upwards sends signals from the muscles around your eyes to your brain telling it to wake up, making you feel almost instantly energised. Like most behavioural techniques, it sounds laughably simple but works almost instantly like some kind of black magic.
It feels good to be told you are right, even when you are wrong. When no-one knows enough facts, it all becomes a whole heap of fun. The solution might be to slow down and start to explore the fantastic …
Students at another university have for decades complained about the painting of polar bears savaging the sinister blood red sails of a wrecked ship that stares down at them from the exam room wall. They claim it has caused all students who …
A bad memory allows every happy person to be the hero of their own life. Something to remember when revision rolls around! A psychologist explains…
“Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions.” ~ Edgar Cayce Far from just giving the brain a chance to unwind, back as far as Aristotle, it has been known that sleep allows the brain to talk to itself more …
