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It’s Already Christmas?! - Why time passes so quickly

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I know not all of my readers celebrate Christmas, but that’s not really what this is about. I want to investigate the reason why it feels like time flies by.

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5 Harsh Reasons Why Snapchat Sucks - And Why I Deleted It From My Phone

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How many flames have you got? Who’s your red heart? What’s your score?

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Why I Created My Own Wiki - Advantages of a Knowledge Base

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Knowledge is one of the most important goods in today’s world. The value of an employee increases with the knowledge he possesses. But the problem is that we often have so much input that we can’t remember everything. Solution: Create a knowledge database.

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The One Decisive Reason I Left Facebook - And Why It’s So Liberating

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Have you noticed, too? At least for me, it felt like nothing was happening on Facebook. My generation (I was born 1999) seems to use Facebook only to comment on useless memes and mark each other as often as possible under posts.

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5 Easy Tips to Make Emails Painless - Minimalism begins with a clean inbox

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How do you make sure that opening the mailbox is not painful and associated with negative emotions? How do I manage not to get knocked out by the mountain of work that my email account reminds me of? Here are some tips from my own experience for better email management:

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4 Reasons Why I Stopped Living on Medium - Building My Own Blog

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Actually, I was a Medium hardcore fan. Medium was something like my home. For my writings. And it was the place where I found some reading material.

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Things You Can’t Wish For Christmas - About immaterial wishes

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Christmas is approaching. Less than a week to go until the celebrations. And so it’s now clear to everyone what they want, if it hasn’t been decided since last Christmas or the last birthday. New mobile phone, new computer, new game console…

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Why Does Everyone Want to Be Like All Others? - On Losing Our Uniqueness

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Why are we trying to adapt our behaviour to that of other people? Why do we want to be like others? Why do we want to have what others have? Why do we absolutely want to belong to this mass of people who somehow try to be equal?

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How to Replace Twitter with Email as News Source - Non-technical reasons and technical implementation

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How do you follow the blogs and news sites that interest you? Twitter, Facebook, Feedly or any other newsreader? I used to do that too, but now I only use email. Email? That’s right, my mailbox is my newsreader.

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Do You Enjoy Your Work? - Being successful without being CEO

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I am currently undergoing an apprenticeship at a company and there has just been a change of trainer. At his farewell, the old trainer mentioned that he thinks it is important to have fun with what you do. This is the only way to ensure that you can stay physically and mentally fit until retirement, without problems such as burnout.

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