First, and most obvious, is this question: Are you running the latest version of macOS? Upgrading to macOS Mojave or, soon, Catalina could give you a performance bump. This will boot your Mac into its recovery mode and allow you to install the latest operating system that was previously installed on your Mac. Hopefully, after all that, your Mac feels a bit peppier.
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In other words, it was absolutely terrifying. But I decided to try it anyway. Then, thanks to Leo, I never stopped. Together they run ThinkUp , an analytics service for your personal social media accounts, and Makerbase , a directory of products and the people who build them. ThinkUp is a service that offers social media analytics for people, rather than companies. Instead, it tells you things like how much you talk about yourself in your tweets and highlights changes in the Twitter bios of people you follow.
After a successful crowdfunding campaign to get the subscription service up-and-running, growth was slow. They recently made the decision to find a new home for ThinkUp. I asked Gina about how she and Anil manage their workload day-to-day. One of the nice things about being in a two-person company is you can really improvise and work on things ad hoc. There are times when ThinkUp requires more attention like during our Best of year-end insight run. We prioritize each depending on what the calendar looks like.
My cofounder and I deal with stress differently. In stressful times, he is extremely optimistic, while my brain goes to the worst case scenario by default. We ground each other. Your physical workspace can make a big difference to your mindset at work. Gina shared the following details with me about her space.
The first thing I do at that point is look at my todo list. Sunlight and a brisk walk almost always reset my attitude on a tough day. I try not to think about my various projects and roles as competing priorities.
Everything is connected. Oh dear yes. First, I try to figure out what my mental block is and try to rationalize my way out of it. What is the root of the dread? Talking about that with a human I trust can help. If I can do that, I can celebrate. If I get so much done, then I get some sort of reward. I overthink things. As an engineer, my brain is trained to think of everything that can go wrong. And that means I can fall into the trap of spending time on premature optimizations. Gina works on many different projects.
After a period of seemingly interminable isolation not to mention: grief, fear, and sadness , people are now emerging from their homes to discover that more than an entire year has passed by, almost without them even noticing. Wittmann notes that sameness has really screwed with our brains. Time duration shrinks. As Wittmann notes, time passing too quickly is emotional. It speaks to our existentialism as a species.
Here are some tips:. This is an obvious one: If routine is a time and memory killer, then the best way to spare time a quick death is to break that routine. Psychologist Loren Soeiro, Ph. D ABPP , says even small changes to your routine can help stretch time. Just breaking up your work day—walking around the neighborhood, going out to meet a friend for coffee in the middle of the day. Something that makes it a little fresher.
One of the best ways to stretch time is to travel to a new place.
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