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Signal Boost: What to Do When You’re Bored With Your Routines

Signal Boost: What to Do When You’re Bored With Your Routines

Blame hedonic adaptation: the tendency for us to get used to things over time. Source: What to Do When You’re Bored With Your Routines One of the things that gnaws at me a little is how much my life has

rebeccaweger March 31, 2019 Signal Boost No Comments Read more

Signal Boost: On Disability and on Facebook? Uncle Sam Wants to Watch What You Post

Signal Boost: On Disability and on Facebook? Uncle Sam Wants to Watch What You Post

The Trump administration wants to use Facebook and other social media to help identify people who are receiving Social Security disability benefits without being truly disabled. Source: On Disability and on Facebook? Uncle Sam Wants to Watch What You Post

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Signal Boost: No. 1 Pacing Tip: How to Unlearn the “Completion Compulsion”

Signal Boost: No. 1 Pacing Tip: How to Unlearn the “Completion Compulsion”

Pushing ourselves to complete a task is the most common pacing mistake most of us make. “The next step is choosing a different action. Sometimes even with awareness, we can think, “I know I’m running out of energy, but I

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Signal Boost: What to Say If Your Friend Isn’t Going to ‘Get Well Soon’

Not everyone with a chronic or lifelong illness is going to ‘get well soon.’ One woman explains what to say and how to be there for someone living with a chronic illness that might not get better. Source: What to

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Americans are starting to like the death penalty again

Photograph of an execution room, with bed and restraints

Support had been declining for 15 years. Well, this is disturbing. 20 years ago I finished graduate school and ended up working for the ACLU when my original plans veered off course. It was there that I started to understand

rebeccaweger June 14, 2018March 2, 2019 Signal Boost No Comments Read more
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