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Depression is troubling everyone across the globe. These tough coronavirus times has just increased the number of people suffering with it.  I have struggled with it too.  Might even be fighting with it on an hourly basis too.  It is a war that you need to put up against it. And you have to win this war, my friend.  It's not going to be easy. Never was and never will be.  But you have to fight through it, with effort, courage and consistency.  In due course of time, I have realised that following hacks can help keep you stay motivated no matter what happens around you and against you. Hope these  six motivational tips/hacks  help you too: Set  small ,  easy  to understand,  clear  and  specific goals : Essentially, you should be able to know what you need to do and how much time and effort it is going to take. Here is a well-explained article on the topic -  https://www.mindtools.com/page6.html   Take care o...

The current human mind is a miracle of ignorance! Are we using our minds in our day to day life?  Do we do things consciously?  How much of our work is muscle memory or habit?  How much brainpower do we use?  What is some mind usage increasing techniques?  How can we go back to ancient times - where humans could process much more information? Everyone knows about the benefits of good habits and also about Decision fatigue. Good habits help us automate and do good things without thinking. And decision fatigue will make us do wrong things even for simple activities. The most common suggestion provided by people is to cultivate as many good habits as possible. So that most of the good things can be done on auto-pilot and have less of decision fatigue. Thereby freeing up your mind to better focus and make the right decisions.  I have a problem though with the above suggestion.  I like the part of setting up good habits. I also agree that to some extent we ...

Is life really a race? Most people honestly think that life is a race. Here is the basic functioning of this life race Expect what others think you need to achieve in life Over plan for the above expectations. None of which are real - remember they are our perception of what others expect from us Forget about what you are good at and what you are not and run behind these imaginary goals Strange right? People run in these imaginary races. Most do not even realize what the actual goal is. Or why they are participating in the race. Ultimately most of these races are not aligned with their personal interests or skills. And finally, most end up losing them. And those who do win them, the majority do it with luck and some with guidance. Let's try and understand this with the story of Tortoise and Hare. To start with - the race between a tortoise and a hare was not a really fair one. A hare's inherent nature is to sprint and move as per its will and fancy. Tortois...