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If you’ve just finished up writing an essay or paper and want to read it in a more critical mindset, simply change the font. Make sure it’s the ugliest most awful font you can find. What this does is it forces our brains to look at it from a more critical standpoint. You’ll subconsciously give…
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Writer’s block can seem like it’s never going to go away, but the next time it happens to you, you can get rid of it by simply changing the font colour. By changing the font colour it will make your brain think it’s a whole new document, with a whole new subject, and therefore will…
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The next time you’re struggling to remember a word, try clenching your fist. It might sound weird, but a new study suggests that the simple act of clenching your fist can actually help boost your memory. The conclusion goes like this: if you want to recall a memory, you have to clench your left hand,…
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If you’re editing an essay, or any other written work, you should try using Google Translate. Not to actually translate your text, but to use the English to English function and have it read it out loud. Not only will this make your editing process go by faster, but studies show that it’s a lot easier…
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One of the easiest ways to remember numbers is through a technique called the Mnemonic major system. The system works by converting numbers into constant sounds, and then into words by adding vowels. In other words, if you want to remember a number like pi you can assign sounds or your own words to each…
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Speed reading may be one of the greatest skills to have. Think about how much more information you could obtain if you could read three books in the time it usually takes to read one. Well there’s a technique that speed readers use called the Bookends method. The idea is to focus your reading on…
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There are a lot of benefits when you speak more than two languages. Are you worried that it would take much time to learn a new language? You do not have to. There are ways that you can do to learn it fast. These hacks can help lessen weeks or months of studying it. Continue…
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TLDR: Potatoes are cheaper than Ramen, have more nutritional value, and will keep you full longer. College students and those recent graduates struggling with rent, bills and student loans typically don’t have the extra money to spare and when it comes to what they put in their bodies, usually it’s what’s easy to make, cheap…
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In this new era of texts, emojis, and tweets fewer and fewer people are focusing on they are grammar today than ever before. Most people can’t remember the last time that they actually sat down and wrote out a letter to someone, and a lot of folks would really struggle just to address an envelope…
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