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Productive Things You Can do in Your Free Time or When Bored Spend Your Free Time Learning!

Madhukar Anand — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 04:12:21 +0000

Spend Your Free Time Learning Interesting Things With These 8 Activities. It's all too easy to lose track of time while playing games on your phone or socialising with your pals. investing your time more wisely will reap greater rewards in the long run.

1 - Read a good novel or a book on personal growth.

Make a free-time reading list and refer to it whenever you have a few hours to spare. Reading broadens your horizons and keeps you informed.

2 - Write/Blog/Live Tweet

Even if you don't have any, writing is a great way to pass the time. Do it for enjoyment, to hone your writing skills, and to feed your imagination. Guest blog about whatever you're enthusiastic about and know a lot about.

3 - Learn a new language

Consider how many French films you'll be able to watch without needing to read subtitles. You've certainly heard this before, but being multilingual has numerous cognitive, social, and professional advantages.

4 - Take a course

Even if your degree reads MBA, you can always enrol in a free academic class to further your enthusiasm for philosophy. Many prestigious universities, like as Harvard, MIT, Yale, and others, offer courses in this area.

5 - Sharpen your brain and memory

Choose any game from an excellent online resource like Lumosity.com or Fitbrains.com by Rosetta Stone. 92 Logic Games and Left Vs Right are two examples of app-based games.

6 - Cooking!

Cooking should be viewed as a stress-relieving hobby rather than something you must do every day. Take advantage of the opportunity to re-create certain childhood favourites.

7 - Star-gazing and astronomy

Stargazing will feed your existential preoccupations and amorous side. For that special someone in your life, name a star using an online service. Become an astronomy buff by subscribing to NASA's newsletter.

8 - Volunteer

Make a yearly list of the items, talents, and activities you wish to accomplish and tick them off one by one whenever you have free time. Check out volunteer opportunities on your campus, at your school, or in your neighbourhood to see where you can help.

Phone Apps I Think Everyone Should Use!

Madhukar Anand — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 04:04:56 +0000

Trust me... You'll download most of these after watching this.

The apps I'm going to show you here are highly curated, filtered and quality ones which are not giving me any money to say about them. None of them sponsored this, and I make no money from this video, so I have pure and unbiased opinions on all of these.

1 - Mint

The best app I've ever seen when it comes to money management. It's simple and does not give you too many features and calculations you don't want. The UI it has is amazing and I'd recommend to everybody who has money.

2 - Snapseed

The app lets you edit images through your mobile phone. It has all the advanced features you get from other image editors like GIMP and photoshop.

3 - VLLO

Unlike other mobile phone video editors, this app does not show you any ad while editing, or watermark after exporting. It's also PRO enough to make me feel at home as an advanced video editor.

4 - Memorigi

This is probably the most producticity-focused app of all the ones mentioned here. It's not a project management app, and at the same time, not a complete daily task/project to-do list app. It just helps you keep some stuff in mind, and that's it.

5 - BitWarden

Open-source, password manager allows users to save their passwords, card numbers, Identity, security note, and so on, all through a simple digital vault. It's reliable and efficient considering that it's open source and you know that nobody is seeing your data.

7 Websites That Will Help You Spend Your Time Wisely!

Madhukar Anand — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 04:49:42 +0000

The internet is a great treasure for someone who knows how to use it. Instead of killing off time on platforms like Twitter and Instagram, you can use the hundreds of websites out there. Almost every day, an interactive website is created by people for the needs of other people.

1 - Earth Nullschool

Earth Nullschool is a website that provides an interactive map with detailed information about all the winds worldwide. The information and details on the website are updated every three hours based on NASA's supercomputer.

2 - The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein

After Einstein died, tens of thousands of documents were left behind. The Princeton University Press has made all of Einstein's legacy available. The Collected Papers of Einstein project has collected around 30,000 documents from Einstein.

3 - Brilliant

Brilliant.org is a tool developed by two Silicon Valley engineers who've gone bonkers over fundamental fields such as math and science. Instead of explanatory videos, they have a method where self-motivated individuals can learn by reading up on the topics.

4 - River Runner

A raindrop that fell on Arizona's Tonto National Forest travels 724 km and arrives in Golfo, located in California. Sam Learner created the River Runner website that interactively shows us where a raindrop goes after it falls on the earth.

5 - The Fry Universe

Chris Williams created a website that discusses the 3D models of various french fries and the designs and physics behind them. Obtaining interesting information about one's likes also increases the taste behind it.

6 - Why Time Flies?

As a person nearing age 40, I have no idea how time has passed in my past. Why Time Flies is a fantastic website showing how time flies as we age.

7 - Neal.Fun

Fun may be the best website in the world. It's a website type that makes you laugh and think simultaneously. There are a lot of things worth discovering with your child.

5 Cheap Purchases That Will Make You More Productive!

Madhukar Anand — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 03:42:29 +0000

These cheap items can save you time, make you healthy, reduce mental and visual clutter, and most importantly, make you productive.

Being productive does not have to be expensive. Just by spending a few dollars you can greatly increase your productivity. I will go over some of these purchases that personally worked for me. None of these are affiliate links. I just list some products here for your convenience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St2tH4NHvbs

1 - 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Pads (USD $39)

Most devices support some type of wireless charging. Depending on how many devices you have, you can get charging pads that can charge up to 5 devices. They come in all different shapes, sizes, and charging speeds. Pick one that works for you the best.

2 - Physical Alarm Clock (USD $10)

If you need an alarm clock, get an actual alarm clock. There are literally thousands of alarm clocks with different sets of bells and whistles you can buy. Just get the cheapest one.

3 - Reusable Water Bottles (USD $10)

Drinking water all the time makes you less hungry, keeps you feeling energetic, and helps you avoid brain fog. You don't have to get an expensive water bottle. On Amazon, I have seen water bottles as low as $10-$15.

4 - AirTags (USD $30)

AirTags are Apple's answer to tracking devices, similar to Tile. You can keep these AirTags with anything you fear losing. Then, you can track them from your iPhone through the Find My app.

5 - Desk Organizer (USD $20)

Fumble around the house looking for car keys, house keys, garage clickers, or worse, wallets, when going outside. Getting a simple, minimalist desk organizer fixed this for me, forever. Every item in my apartment has a place they can call home.