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The Crunch-Time Cellphone: Stay Focused in Stressful Times

Tala Faraj, December 6 2018

This time two years ago, right before finals began, my beloved cell phone was destroyed. I lost everything on it – text messages, photos of memories, photos of class notes, contacts, videos, but most unfortunately, my photos. I never retrieved them. But I learned a valuable lesson about my cellphone usage in this time (apart from lesson 1: I should...

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Rewiring the Cable

Rewiring the Cable: Value Adding Techniques to use Social Media Purposefully

Tala Faraj, November 22 2018

In an ideal world, I would not use social media except under the following three scenarios: 1) once I’m done studying, 2) I’ve finished everything on my to-do list, and 3) only when I have spare time. My ideal self? She’s the type of person that has her life together, can manage her time properly, gets a nice 6-8 hours of consistent sleep, is a goo...

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Podcasts Over Netflix: Using Podcasts to Live with Intention

Tala Faraj, November 21 2018

In a time where the world seems to know so much about mindfulness, many people forget to be mindful about what happens around them in their day to day life. This is partially because of all of the distractions coming our way, especially coming from social media, which I discussed in another blog post.

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