» Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity. By Leo Babauta This is something I’ve been wanting to write for some time — a Handbook for Life.
Now, is there any handbook that can be a guide to every single person? Of course not. This is just a list of tips that I think will help many people in life — some of them common-sense tips that we often forget about. Consider this guide a reminder. It’ll also become apparent from the links in this handbook that I’ve written about this stuff before. How to use this handbook This handbook is not meant to be a step-by-step guide, nor should you adopt all the tips below.
Pick and choose the tips that will be most useful to you. Mind Maps/Thinking Maps/Graphic Organizers. Mind Mapping & Diagrams. Self-Help for Adult ADD / ADHD: Tips for Managing Symptoms and Getting Focused. Managing adult ADD / ADHD: What you need to know Adult ADD/ADHD can present challenges across all areas of life, from getting organized at home to reaching your potential at work.
It can be tough on your health and both your personal and on-the-job relationships. Your symptoms may lead to extreme procrastination, trouble making deadlines, and impulsive behavior. In addition, you may feel that friends and family don’t understand what you’re up against. Fortunately, there are skills you can learn to help get your symptoms of ADD/ADHD under control. Jeff's ADD Mind. How do you describe ADHD to a non-ADHDer? Note to the reader: This is my 400th blog post How do you describe ADHD to a non-ADHDer?
At the mere mention of the word many will conjure up images of a disheveled boy who is literally bouncing off the walls. (Of course girls can have ADHD but that’s not the first image that usually comes to mind.) To make matters worse, the very name of our “gift” — Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder — adds additional confusion. Some ADHDers do not have the “H” component [note ] and, therefore, are thought not to have ADHD at all. So, in light of the misunderstandings and, in some cases, outright denial of the existence of ADHD, how do you describe ADHD to a non-ADHDer?
Problems with memory in daily life. A little wisdom. Educational. ADHD. Psychology. Jeff's ADD Mind. How to Conduct Your Own Annual Review. Every year since 2005, I’ve spent the better part of a week in late December planning my life for the next year.
Overall, this is probably the best decision I’ve made in terms of working towards multiple goals simultaneously. The idea is to create a road map for the year ahead—not a rigid daily schedule, but an overall outline of what matters to me and what I hope to achieve in the next year. I complete this process in bits and pieces over several days, partly because of my ADD brain but also because it helps to think about it slowly.
Some of you who have the ability to concentrate on one thing for hours at a time may prefer to do it all at once. In this essay I’ll take you step-by-step through what I do every December to help plan the next year. By the way, the kind of goal-setting I practice and advocate is vastly different from: Resolutions that are broken after January 10. The Spreadsheet. Top 10 Free Online Tutoring Tools for 2012. The Internet provides a wealth of resources for teachers, tutors, and students to go well beyond classroom learning. Whether you’re a teacher preparing for tomorrow’s lecture, a professional tutor working with one or two students, or you just want to help your cousin in Alabama with some trig homework, these free tools will help you interact with your student(s) sans the confines of the classroom.
Skype with Idroo Idroo is an online educational whiteboard used in combination with Skype. Use it with as many students or fellow teachers as you want for tutoring sessions or meetings, as the whiteboard’s “only limitations” are Internet connection speed and how fast everyone involved absorbs the material. All writing and drawing done on the whiteboard is visible to participants in real time, making it a true virtual classroom. Gchat Anyone with a gmail account can access Gchat . WizIQ Teachers, students and organizations can create free accounts on WizIQ , another online education portal. Jing. Free video lectures,Free Animations, Free Lecture Notes, Free Online Tests, Free Lecture Presentations. 8 Things Everybody Ought to Know About Concentrating - StumbleUpon.
“Music helps me concentrate,” Mike said to me glancing briefly over his shoulder.
Mike was in his room writing a paper for his U.S. History class. On his desk next to his computer sat crunched Red Bulls, empty Gatorade bottles, some extra pocket change and scattered pieces of paper. In the pocket of his sweat pants rested a blaring iPod with a chord that dangled near the floor, almost touching against his Adidas sandals. On his computer sat even more stray objects than his surrounding environment.
Mike made a shift about every thirty seconds between all of the above.