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As we approach Halloween, surrounded by the machinations of fright, the emotion of fear is conjured up in our psyche. There is a voice that babbles on inside our mind, often times stopping us dead in our tracks. This voice is fear. On the one hand it serves as a biochemical response to the danger of life or death threats, allowing us a visceral insight into our prehistoric past. On the other hand, fear is an emotion that is very subjective. If it is personal demons that make us cower, exposing them can be the first step in loosening its grip. A clear definition of fear is described as this: ‘An anxious feeling, caused by our anticipation of some imagined event or experience.’ Fear can stifle our own progress and confidence but there are insights and strategies that can help us triumph over them. Here are a few blogs that may help with this:
Tiny Buddha’s blog gives 9 concise steps to follow on the path to overcoming fear. Begin with staring it boldly in the face, accepting your obstacles, then revisiting your successes and being grateful for the supportive encouragement you have around you. Lastly, take action toward your dreams.
This blog post from IQ Matrix helps one define what fear means to us personally, by examining the progression of our own experiences from early childhood to the present. They further discuss tactics to manage and potentially rid yourself of those fears. It is a helpful tool toward developing an approach to truly move past negative thought patterns.
Henri’s blog has a wonderful article on overcoming fear for those really ready to tackle it in a step by step way. He offers 33 ways to discover how to own your fears. Everything is covered from your diet, your perspective and seeking professional help. There’s a helpful video at the end to help one trust themselves.
This blog post from Anxiety Coach deals with the real anxiety disorders that many face, helping to end the cycle of a downward spiral. Facing the root of your anxieties head on and learning specific methods to stop ‘putting out fires with gasoline’!
This blog, from Crew, is helpful in that it breaks down what actually happens in our brains when we are conditioned to fear. It surmises that fear is largely unconscious and by the simple act of being aware of this is what is needed to control it.
James Clear’s blog appeals to the idea that we make ‘uncertain things, certain’. Which is largely what incapacitates us and lends power to our fears. There is not such thing as failure if you are aware that fear is the unraveling of our circumstance directly connected to our ability to take action on it.
Pressure, comparison and self-doubt can make us fear that we are never going to be good enough. The danger in these fears, besides them wrecking havoc on our confidence, is that they stagnate us from development. Being kind to yourself will go much further in releasing negative thoughts than a bullying yourself to be the best. Read more from this great post by The Every Girl.
Fear is a haunting thing. It can lie dormant in our subconscious until we are ready to face whatever it is holding us back from our true feelings or from actualizing our true potential. It is only natural to experience the happiness that comes from overcoming our fears. One may worry that pushing through the discomfort of overcoming fear in order to live authentically on your own terms never looked is too frightening, but fear not, it is attainable if you choose to do the work it takes to face it. In the famous words of Franklin D. Roosevelt: ‘Only thing we have to fear is fear itself.’
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Larissa Gomes is a breast cancer survivor and single mom to her spirited baby boy! Originally from Toronto turned Angeleno, she has worked in roles from writer, actor and producer for well over a decade. In that time, she’s developed concepts, film and television screenplays, short stories, along with freelance articles, blogging and editing work.
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From the architect. The building, built in the 1930s, had a former life as a shoe factory. The clients were drawn to it for its expansive windows, though the old arrangement of rooms meant that these were always partially hidden from view. The brief was to transform the warehouse space, taking close consideration of the scale, grain and detailing of the existing architecture, and to create something very personal to the clients, representing something of their histories.
The old factory has a roughness, an authenticity, which appealed to Dexter, whose film background supports a love of architecture seen through a lens, in movement.
The existing window frames which work together on metal rods ‘in unison’ for ventilation are a complex but beautiful mechanical pivoting system which creates a raw and industrial aesthetic that retains a certain dynamic of movement, even when static. These themes permeated the design.
A directorial, choreographic & artistic fluidity prevailed. Dalia’s operatic set design skills became the design core around which the space was manipulated. A black box like a huge fly tower sits centrally in the space. This houses a bathroom, film and book archive and laundry facilities:
The black box sets about a pattern of architectural movement so that the spaces wrap around it. Each side of the cube is characterised by a different function: reading & sleeping / working, preparing food & dining / socialising & relaxing. The whole space is however a continuous wrap.
The cube surfaces open and close, incorporating raw steel walls, blackened mesh screens, metal shelves, recesses, decorative niches and sliding doors. It is Baroque in complexity but simple in function.
Each element serves a purpose in movement to reveal a use of space that is compact and deliberate or occasionally obtuse and irreverent. Springing from the clients love for theatre, dance, music and artistic clarity, a monochrome palette became highlighted by gentle warm tones of light, delicate introductions of industrial steel blues, rich dark olive green and unexpected textures.
Hard materials appear as soft as butter, soft fabrics are placed as monolithic stone like structures. Lighting is varied, from muted & reflected tones to occasional directed, theatrical atmospheres.
The choice of materials, furniture and moveable wall screens is deeply personal, inspired by family history as well as evoking memories of journeys in Japan, Belgium, and Argentina, each captured by fragments (solid oak shelves, black ash shoji, thick black marble splinters, mountain climate blankets & throws) that combine to create a dark mystical dream at night or a textural landscape in daylight. Urban in complexity yet strangely archaic /prehistoric in its base simplicity, the apartment dominated by a black steel cube reflects the inhabitants passions and their love for material quality of an elemental nature.
If you work remotely for a corporation, you will be required to get a new computer and phone almost every year. This is a part of a lot of organizations’ standard operating procedures to help ensure their security and development.
If you are looking for ways to make the transition a lot easier and more efficient, here are a few ideas you can use when changing devices.
Organizations generally have policies about when their employees need to get a new laptop. Most of them require upgrading devices every two to three years.
Find out what your company’s policy is and add the date to your calendar. For convenience, you can set a reminder two months before the actual due date.
Setting a reminder two months prior to the actual due date will give you enough time to prepare. Use this time to create a list of all the software you have on your laptop. You can also take screenshots.
Documenting everything can make transferring software to your new device a lot easier.
It is always a good idea to backup your files on a regular basis, particularly if you know you have to frequently change devices.
Aside from backing up your data files, you should also keep a record of your e-mails, calendar, contacts and favorites. Although most companies provide a way to transfer data to new devices, having your own copy can give you added security.
If security is important to your organization, they will have a process to ensure corporate data is deleted from your device. You should also do the same thing on your end.
Check for vital information that may be stored on your computer and delete as necessary. Clean up your browser history and any other confidential information.
If you have the option to choose when you need to change devices, it’s a good idea to have it done before you go on vacation. Shipping your old device to your company and waiting for the new one to arrive can take around 3 to 4 business days.
I have sent my laptop back to my company while I was on a vacation and when I got back, I had my new laptop ready with the software I needed to load on it. I did speak to tech support prior to my vacation and provided them with the list of software.
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If you are not going to have your laptop for a few days, you will need to work off of your cell phone. E-mail yourself some of the documents you will need for the next five business days or save them to your online storage drive.
You should also inform your team that you are changing devices.
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Once you get your new laptop, you need to confirm if all the software you need are loaded properly. Install your printer and scanner driver and make sure that your Wi-Fi setting is configured properly. Customize your new laptop to make it more efficient for your work.
Saving your passwords in your browser can save you a lot of time. Despite its convenience, however, it’s really not that helpful when you’re transitioning between devices. Since your passwords are already stored, it’s relatively easy to forget them in the long run.
One way to address this is to create an excel sheet with all your accounts and passwords. Because they are already in a list, you won’t have to reset your accounts just to access them again.
Some companies invest on password managers as they offer more security compared to an Excel spreadsheet. The most popular password managers are LastPass and 1Password.
If you have a tech support team, make sure you reach out to them if you have any questions or clarifications. They have the skills and knowledge about handling technical problems. They should be able to assist you well when it comes to changing devices.
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