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Starting your day with the Newspaper?

  "The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts."    - Marcus Aurelius We live in a digital age and most of the information we consume today either comes through social media or some news app installed on our devices, but there's also a distinct population relying solely (or in addition) on the newspaper even today, and this article might appear more relatable to them. From last 1.5 - 2 yrs., my mornings generally begin with a cup of coffee and a newspaper, someone told me it's very important to read the newspaper every day so that you can get equipped with the knowledge of current affairs on a daily basis, and I followed without asking; It usually takes me about an hour or so to finish it and it's true I really do get the exposure of current happenings across my country and across the globe; but there's a catch, I get the exposure of various kinds of news i.e. From positive to negative, political to non-political, economy to entertainmen...

How Much Time Was Wasted?

  “Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. Don’t waste this breath, if your heart isn’t crazy, since "the rest of your life" won’t last forever.” ―  Omar Khayyám,  Quatrains - Ballades O ne of the foremost truths of our life is that most of our days are spent procrastinating and I would be lying if I said that I haven't been there, there have been many days that I have wasted for no reason at all and truthfully If I start gathering them all together it would appear to be a huge pile of wasted days and will cover a major portion of my life, that was spent doing nothing valuable, it would also be a lie if I said that I wasn't aware in all those moments that the time is sliding through the window and I being a mere spectator did nothing about it. I've read numerous self-help books and have listened to many extraordinary thinkers & speakers who went on talking about the importance of time and how can we ut...