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� � � � � � Know Yourself Better by Writing What Pops into Your Head - Scientific American    So how do you start? What happens if—as every writer fears—the page remains blank? And how do you get rid of an overcritical inner censor? Heimes, director of the Institute for Creative and Therapeutic Writing in Darmstadt, explains how to overcome inhibitions and open up your inner world. There are writing exercises, for example in so-called fill-in journals, where you directly answer a question. But if I just want to get started without any aids, the best way is to use the method of automatic writing. That means I set myself a short time window, maybe five minutes, in which I write continuously without thinking, without putting down the pen or rereading what I’ve written. The goal is to get thoughts down on paper as unfiltered as possible so that an inner censor can't switch on—or at least doesn't get too loud. It helps not to set the goal too high—not to expect too much—but to understand this writing as a time-out, so to speak, or as a kind of warm-up exercise. If you want to, you can follow programs that, for example, organize specific questions into topics. But that can also be inhibiting at times because such questions primarily get your head working to produce rational answers. Questions often steer thoughts along preconceived paths. Sometimes it is almost easier without them to let the gut lead the way. Continued here � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium How to Prepare to Live to 100 - TIME    It’s a startling projection that conveys an astonishing new American reality: One in every two five-year-olds alive right now will live to 100. That’s according to researchers at Stanford University’s Center on Longevity, who believe a century-long life expectancy will be the norm for all newborns by 2050—less than three decades from now. Not to mention, more than kindergarteners can anticipate a triple-digit life span. Propelled by aging baby boomers and continued medical advances, the number of centenarians worldwide is expected to increase eightfold. Twenty-five years from now, there will be 3.7 million of us aged 100 or older—roughly equivalent to everyone now living in Connecticut or Los Angeles. The United Nations declares this a “longevity revolution,” and it’s going to challenge everything we thought we knew about health care, personal finance, retirement, politics, and more. If we get it right, our 100-year lives will hold the potential for far more brightness than bleakness. Imagine an extra decade or two (or more) to continue creating and contributing—think 101-year-old television producer Norman Lear or 102-year-old fashion icon Iris Apfel—or simply enjoying an extra 20 or 30 vibrant years spent in the company of those we love the most. Continued here � � � � � � Want To Get Into A Top College? Better Crush The Essay - Forbes    Seventeen-year-old senior Ethan Rivera is finding the college application season at his Livingston, New Jersey high school stressful—and competitive. “It’s very hostile,” he says, “everybody’s on top of each other about their own process.” One question students pester each other with: What did you write about in your essay? It’s with good reason that students are particularly focused on the personal essay this year, because some of the most desirable colleges are, too. When the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in June, Chief Justice John Roberts left open one window through which colleges can still consider race in their admissions decisions—if a student chooses to write about “how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.” In response to the ruling, highly selective colleges are putting more stock in the application essay this fall, reports David Hawkins, chief education and policy officer at the National Association for College Admission Counseling. “Most of what we’re hearing comes from that highly selective group that they are going to lean more heavily on the essays, whether it’s redesigning the [essay] prompts or giving them added emphasis in the review process,” Hawkins says. Continued here � � � � � � Japanese firms are leaving Tokyo for the sticks - The Economist    WHEN WATANABE KOTA was young, he moved to Tokyo hoping to make a name as a musician in the big city. He failed, eventually returning to his native Yamanashi, an area west of Tokyo known for farming and Mount Fuji. But decades later, Mr Watanabe found himself reacquainted with his passion in an unexpected way. In 2021 Amuse, a big entertainment firm that manages top-tier Japanese artists and singers, moved its headquarters from Tokyo to Yamanashi. Mr Watanabe now works there. “I couldn’t believe a famous company like Amuse would move to such a sleepy place,” he says. A growing number of Japanese companies are leaving Tokyo for the sticks. Last year 335 companies moved out of urban areas to the countryside, an increase of nearly 40% from 2019. The trend got a boost during the pandemic, as remote work boomed and cheap land prices in rural areas started to look increasingly attractive to employers who found that their pricey offices were half-empty. Executives at Amuse also decided to move to Yamanashi in the hope of improving employees’ work-life balance and boosting their well-being in a place with lots of nature. The decentralisation of corporate Japan has long been a national ambition. During Japan’s post-war boom, many of its citizens flocked to the growing capital. The authorities eventually started to view that as a problem, especially in the 1990s when the economy entered a period of stagnation. With depopulation a growing problem in rural areas, the government started to promote outward migration from Japan’s cities, hoping to disperse employment and corporate-tax revenue. Under the banner of “regional revitalisation,” central and local governments offer tax incentives and subsidies to encourage companies to move their headquarters or some office functions to less populous areas. Continued here

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