Wandering mind not a happy mind | Harvard 2010 Study "People spend 46.9 percent of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they’re doing, and this mind-wandering typically makes them unhappy. So says a study that used an iPhone Web app to gather 250,000 data points on subjects’ thoughts, feelings, and actions as they went about their lives." .... Read More
Stress, stress and more stress | Manila Standard Sept 2017 "It is surprising but also not. In a recent study, Manila emerged as the tenth most stressful city in the world. If you think that’s not so bad, for perspective, war-torn Damascus in Syria is eleventh. Baghdad, Iraq; Kabul, Afghanistan; Lagos, Nigeria; Dakar, Senegal; and Cairo, Egypt make up the top five. A big chunk of the least stressful cities is in Europe, with four German cities in the top ten.
The study by UK-based dry-cleaning and laundry service Zipjet assessed the usual indicators: traffic levels, public transport, percentage of green spaces, but also the financial status of citizens including debt levels, their physical and mental health, and the hours of sunlight the city gets per year." .... Read More
Using Mindfulness to Train Attention | Huffpost 2013 "There’s an ever-expanding body of research that supports the efficacy of training attention, and much of the most exciting data concerns practicing mental techniques associated with mindfulness. In this context, mindfulness refers to a secular approach for paying attention to what’s happening here and now." .... Read More