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7 Things to do before the beginning of the new year to start fresh on it

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It's October now, so it's almost the new year. I can't believe it's the end of the year. You can prepare for the new year to start it fresh and ready by doing many things, and in this post I'm going to give you 7 ideas which I think are going to help you in this regard. Even if you are reading this post in the core months of new year, know that you don’t have to stick to those dates. Every month can be an excellent opportunity to get your gears together and start fresh. 1 . Decluttering and organizing. A Lot of things would be piled up across the year in your space and now is the time to organize everything and put everything back to where it belongs, so that you start the new year fresh, because as we all know clear environment equalls clear mind. Dedicate a day for every area or category in your life to declutter it, only go through one area at a time so that you don’t get exhausted and then g...

5 Steps to productivity + Some apps to help you be more productive

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What is productivity?                 Productivity isn't about getting many things done in a very short amount of time, it's more about doing the right, important and most paying tasks in the best possible way that will not take any unnecessary time and will result in real effective results.                 In this post we're gonna know these ways that will lead us to be productive and effective as we can. Productivity tips: 1.  Setting your mind and your surroundings.                     It's experimentally proven that a cluttered environment equals a cluttered mind, I personally experienced this and I can prove it is a truth. When the mind is cluttered it becomes like there is a thing holding us from doing stuffs and being productive.                 Set a timer for 5 or 10 min...

books annotation

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          First before starting any thing I'm not an expert in books annotation, I started it recently and this is what I learnt in the meanwhile, so these information and tips may not be the best and most advanced ones out there. What is books annotation as I understand it?           Books annotation is making a book you read personal to you by adding your own notes and comments to whatever line that sparks a feeling within you. Tools you may need:           You can find these tools in any stationary store, or you may even have them in your own stationary. the tools are: Pencil or pen . Highlighters. Books-post-it flags.              You don't have to have them all, a pen or pencil maybe enough, or even one of the other tools, and also you can be creative and use a completely another tool. How do people annotate their books as I n...

Life changing habits that have changed my life.

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          Humans are creatures of habits. What you repeatedly do determine the type of life you live. Habits can be bad, which will destroy your life, or good, which will do the opposite. In this post we will see good life changing habits that changed my life to the better. 1. Journaling .           Can’t stress enough how this habit is a life changing one. There are many types of journaling, but the one that I’ve a good experience with is called stream of consciousness. Basically it’s writing whatever come to your mind in a paper or notebook without filtering it. This is especially helpful when you’re going through difficult times, as the act of writing things down in itself is therapeutic, let the fact that you will have the similar affect of talking to a friend, but it’s better because you can write without limit or restriction of what you think and feel. Also from journaling benefits is that it clears your mind and impro...