18 Ways To Make Use Of The Extra Time On Your Hands

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The way I see it, there’s only one silver lining in the coronavirus crisis we’re currently facing: We have a lot of extra time on our hands.

While it’s in no one’s interest that the world is on its back, on an individual level, we now have the opportunity of a lifetime if we’re healthy. Look at it this way. ALL your plans for the next 3-6 months are canceled. You only have today.

We’re forced to live day by day. In fact, most of us live hour by hour. We’re glued to our phones and TVs. We need to keep up with the news. But is that really necessary? You now have seas of time. Is that the best use of that precious time?

Think about this for a minute. Eventually, life will get back to normal. We will all go to the gym, restaurants, office, and so forth. We will visit our family and friends in their homes. We will shake hands again.

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Why All Those ‘Working From Home’ Tips Are Not Working

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I’ve been regularly working from home for a decade. And for the past five years, I’ve spent the majority of my time getting work done from my home.

I started this blog from home. I wrote six books from home. I wrote 90% of my articles from home. You get the idea. As an experienced home-worker, I’ve seen a lot of bullshit advice. 

Right now, people are working from home more than ever because of the coronavirus. So if you were raising your eyebrows reading those types of articles, I’m with you. Here’s a list of bad advice that I’ve read on the internet:

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How I Address My Fear Of The Coronavirus

Fear is a complex emotion. It can help us or hurt us. I usually write about the latter effect.

Most of us live with unnecessary fear and worry about the future or past. We tend to overthink and allow fear to paralyze us. As a result, we become angry, sad, depressed, and miss the present moment.

But fear is also useful. In this article, I share how I deal with the fear of COVID-19, or what everyone calls the coronavirus. Let’s start with a question that’s been on people’s minds for the past weeks.

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What Is Effective Writing? A Definition

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Most of us think effective writing is about grammar, punctuation, and spelling. That’s not true.

Writing is about hitting your mark, whatever that may be. That is the single most important thing when you put your words to use. Writing that hits its mark is effective. 

But what is effective writing exactly? When it has the following characteristics: 

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