Learning by H.E.A.R.T. - Health/ Happiness

Today I chose to do the Health/ Happiness and in that video they talk about gratitude. I think this is something I don't really think about all that much or really act upon that much. In this video they talk about how just simply writing down 3 things that you are thankful for each day for a week you will increase your happiness level by 3% which is huge! If I think about it I don't think I can remember when I just sat down and thought about things that I am grateful for. I have a lot I am grateful for but do I tell people that or say it out loud so that I know it for myself? No I never do these things! So for my goal over the break and the rest of this semester is before the day is over and I am laying in my bed I will go over 3 things that I am grateful for!

"Be Grateful":Source

Learning by H.E.A.R.T. - Time

This weeks Learning by Heart I chose to focus on time. I am a pretty big procrastinator so for this week being dead week and know how much studying I need to get done. I figured it would be wise to look into this challenge. I watched "The Science of Procrastination - And How To Manage It" by AsapSCIENCE on youtube and I think it was very infromative overall.

The biggest thing I pulled away from this video was that to be able to eventually get to the point to where I can be productive more often I have to give myself small breaks or rewards from my efforts. This is called the Pomodoro Technique and it works by working for 25 minutes then taking a 5 miutes break as a reward of your efforts!  I think I will try this technique for the rest of dead week and finals week and see how that goes!

Source:Procrastination

Source: The Science of Procrastination - And How To Manage It

Learning by H.E.A.R.T.: Attention

I chose the topic of attention. In this I chose to learn about attention from a video channel on youtube called  @breaincraft. In this video they express the the fact that our attention in not as great as we think it is. The video starts off with a challenge about counting the number of passes a team makes by the end of the video they show that through all the counting and attention hardly anyone will be able to see a person dressed as a gorilla walking through the middle of it. As I was watching it I had a feeling what was about to happen to I actually saw the gorilla but what I didn't see was that they explained to me even if I had seen the gorilla I didn't see the back ground change twice and a member o the other team leave the screen. This goes to show that our attention can only be split so far before we can no longer pay attention to new things around us!

"Are you paying Attention" :Source

Video source: Are you paying attention?