During this time, I came home from school one day to find a beagle puppy waiting for me. Only a week later, I came home to my mother’s heartbreaking news that my father had died. Years later, she shared with me that a therapist had told her to get me a puppy to help with the suffering that was to come. I bonded something fierce with that beagle and, ever since, I’ve been a philocynic—“one who loves dogs....
The behavior of saying yes to things we know we either don’t want to or are unable to do is called “hedging.” It consists of using phrases like “I don’t know,” “maybe,” and “we’ll see,” when really your answer is, unequivocally, no. When we hedge, our intentions (most times) are good. At work, we hedge to avoid disappointing others—like our customers, our managers, and our coworkers. It’s easy to feel that if you say no to a request at work you’ll be perceived as selfish or rude, or that it might impact your performance review....
These fancy words describe something we’re all familiar with: the feeling that we truly know someone we’ve been repeatedly exposed to (or magnetically drawn to) on television, or nowadays through myriad forms of social media, and yes, even through magazines. Psychologists point to parasociality as a one-sided relationship where the celebritee pours time, emotional energy, and commitment into the celebrity, who doesn’t know them at all. It’s an odd relationship to say the least....
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You can create an LED notification light on your Pixel 6 thanks to this app You can create an LED notification light on your Pixel 6 thanks to this app That app’s name is aodNotify, and it’s currently in an Early Access program. We knew about it for quite some time now, as it’s not exactly brand new, while Android Police reported that the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are supported now....
