Actually, mindfulness is a tuning to what we already are, a freeing from the tyranny of shoulds, oughts, and wishes to be better, faster, and more efficient, which are endemic in workplace settings. It is an undoing more than a doing, a recognition that grasping for improvement and success (whether in the form of profit, status, recognition or identity) is stressful in itself, tending to make work an unhappy endeavour. If mindfulness training leads to better focus, performance, and well-being, it comes—ironically—from letting go of the very desires for focus, performance, and well-being that motivates many in their jobs....

And how quickly it became rote. The exhilaration of driving quickly dwindled. Now, with thousands of miles of road behind me, I just put that sucker into drive and away I go. It’s totally thoughtless, to the point where I can now drive somewhere and forget how I got there, distracted by whatever is going on in my head. Then came a birthday request from my girlfriend, who owns a car with standard transmission....

There are multiple ways to disable the Windows 11 startup noise. Including at least a couple of ways to do so by editing the Windows Registry. Although that method comes with the potential to break something in Windows if the steps aren’t followed precisely. And is more complicated than many other methods for interacting with system settings. Of course, some also opt to use some form of third-party software to customize their system....

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