{"id":211,"date":"2017-11-06T13:29:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T02:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-health-and-well-being\/?p=211"},"modified":"2017-11-06T13:29:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T02:59:56","slug":"gareth-reads-the-internet-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-health-and-well-being\/2017\/11\/06\/gareth-reads-the-internet-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth reads the internet – 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turns out I am not the only one writing about health, well-being, personal development and all that jazz!<\/p>\n

In fact, there are some people who are much better at it than me.<\/p>\n

For anyone who has an ongoing interest in this stuff, I recommend reading widely. I am not a huge fan of ploughing through books (short attention span), but I do enjoy collecting and reading articles and blog posts from around the web that I think tackle unusual or thought-provoking topics.<\/p>\n

In what will become a regular series on this blog (“Gareth reads the internet”), I share a few of the articles I have been reading recently.<\/p>\n

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Neuroscientist David Eagleman and composer Anthony Brandt explain how creativity works<\/a> – supposedly its all about bending, blending and breaking. Sounds like an afternoon with me and a vitamix.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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26 time-management tricks I wish I’d known at 20<\/a> – oh yeah, speak to me in finely crafted minimalist slides, you sexy article you<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Oh dear, even people with neuroscience training believe an awful lot of brain myths<\/a> – it took all 10% of my brain to wrap my head around this article<\/span><\/h3>\n

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The secrets of sleep: why do we need it, and are we getting enough<\/a> – cause it is awesome and no, we aren’t getting enough<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Wellbeing enhanced more by places than objects, study finds<\/a> – when you find yourself unexpectedly in a brain scanner – think of treasured places, not treasured objects<\/span><\/h3>\n

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