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Overcoming Smartphone addiction

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When I told my friend to have self-control to quit alcohol, little did I know that it is easy to say but tough to follow. Everyone feels like a Guru while giving suggestions, but following them is another story. I tried several times to get rid of my smartphone addiction, but it was not at all easy. I used to use a feature phone for a few days and then used to go back to the smartphone. Having a smartphone is comfortable and makes so many things easier. But checking it multiple times throughout the travel, in the temple, in the party, while working, and while listening to mom is not at all right and will make you feel like a slave to it. But living without a phone is not an option for many, mainly because it keeps our loved ones tension-free. But if anything makes you feel miserable, you should do something about it. Once I spent a few days without a phone, and for a few days, I had a feature phone only to give up on the goal after a while. In the process, I found some hindr

That little step everyday

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No matter how many articles I publish every month, I do not feel confident enough to publish the next piece. The thought that 'is this good enough?' always stays in my mind. I envy people who are confident enough to say to themselves that their work is good enough. There may be flaws in their work, but their confidence can compensate for that. Why am I full of doubts? This quote - "idiots are full of confidence and intelligent people are full of doubts" consoles me a bit 😅, but can never make me feel at ease. Because my role models are confidently publishing their work despite having self-esteem issues. I adore them. I want to be like them. Taking that little step every day to push themselves to be confident. I always observe the body language of stand-up comedians. I often wonder whether they have fear of not being liked. What if the audience do not find their jokes funny? And they have to stand on stage in front of audience. They can't even afford to

Perfectionism & Procrastination

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When your perception of perfection is turning into a weakness, you procrastinate. You may finish the work in an hour, but you spend the next 13 hours to add more value to the work, to make it more perfect. Sometimes this is your weakness. You procrastinate the submission of work, because you feel like you need to work on it more to perfect it. If you entertain this, it becomes your habit. When postponing the deadlines becomes your habit, you'll learn to feel comfortable with missing targets. And in the process, laziness peeps in. But the happy thing is that you don't want to be perfect in being lazy. :D And slowly you start to hate the perfectionist in you for it is the reason for your underachievement. It's okay to make mistakes. It's okay. No need to beat yourself up for being an underachiever. Just come out of it and start afresh. Set new targets and make it a habit to finish the work by deadline.

Getting back into writing

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I waited for this day to start my personal blog again, because 8 years ago I started blogging on 1st January 2011. That was one of the wonderful days of my life. I love this date. I blogged for a few years and then I bought a custom domain, moved all the content to that domain. Thought to make it much better and in the process I invested a lot of time for my personal blog. And I used to feel the urge to update my blog. As I was struggling hard to make a good career for myself, I felt like my blog is distracting me at one point of time. I decided to delete the blog for some time so that I would get plenty of time to focus on my career. I took a backup of the blog and concentrated on other things. And then I felt like not having a personal blog is also a good thing. After a few months, while decluttering my laptop, I accidentally deleted the backup. I didn’t even realize it until recently. I searched for it like a crazy person and finally accepted that it is indeed gone. I think we