Countless times I have been with friends and have been in deep con­ver­sa­tion when they whip out their phones and start tex­ting some­one else.

I sup­pose there’s a part of me that finds this nor­mal and not offen­sive, but still, is my con­ver­sa­tion that bor­ing? Is this other per­son more impor­tant and more inter­est­ing than I am? Honestly, yeah, they prob­a­bly are, but still, what hap­pened to being in the moment with some­one? (more…)

Who really enjoys tak­ing stan­dard­ized tests? A test where they sit you in a quiet room and make you try and remem­ber every­thing you ever learned or didn’t learn.

We are all famil­iar with these types of tests; we have been tak­ing them since first grade, — it’s a part of the edu­ca­tional expe­ri­ence. (more…)

Recently I lis­tened to Graham Hill, founder of TreeHugger​.com on TED​.com. Hill talked about all the exces­sive stuff we keep in our lives and how we don’t really need any of it. He urges every­one to live an edited life. (more…)