Hello there, it’s been a while. A few month, some days. I’ve been absent from here for quite some time. I could use the excuse “I’ve been busy,” but then again, haven’t we all? While I’ve been away, I’ve dabbled in a few shiny new toys, a book club, different communities, and attempted challenges all […]
Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in something known as a Brain Trust. During a weekend earlier in February, Six diverse people (with little to no previous relationship) gathered together to ask for and provide candid feedback over the course of two days. What this means: you enter the arena with a challenge you’re […]
Hello, Thank you for stumbling onto my little corner of the internet, www.yinahuang.com. Please note I am currently “out of office” on hiatus until the end of February as a form of active rest and recovery. If you are looking for some of my writing in the meantime, here are a few key pieces that […]
Two weeks into January, I burnt out. Does any of this sound familiar: being constantly close to tears, switching between moments of intense rage and paralyzing sadness, fighting extreme mental, emotional and physical exhaustion while attempting to suppress the consistent pressure in your chest that keeps balling up tighter, like a neutron star collapsing into […]
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World is Cal Newport’s ode to productivity focusing on one key premise — the prioritization of deep work as a way to live a fulfilling life. “Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It’s a skill that allows you to quickly […]
What is your reaction when your internet goes down? And how is your relationship with technology overall? Not sure how to answer? Or better yet, don’t want to? Here is a useful proxy instead: How far away is your phone from your hand right now? What is your relationship with technology? According to a 2019 Nielson […]
Want to finish the end of the year feeling dejected and depressed, feeling bad about yourself and like you pummeled yourself in the face? If so, do an annual review. And do these following things: Spend all day on the couch binge watching TV for multiple hours instead of doing anything productive beforehand as a […]
I’ve been staring at this blank page for several minutes now, running off every so often to pet my pup, check email, or scroll through Twitter. As someone who has an extreme allergy to Twitter, I can tell this is my body’s sign that I really don’t want to do something. In this scenario, I […]
Synopsis Author and Stanford Professor, Kelly McGonigal continues the conversation from her TED Talk ‘How to make stress your friend‘ and challenges the conventional negative perception towards stress. She shares research behind how leveraging positive psychology creates the right mindset towards stress and actually enriches our day to day life instead of taking away from […]
I’m an extremely competitive person. In our household, I am still banned from playing Settlers of Catan because of my intensity levels. Don’t even get me started on my Chess ban — I have nowhere to channel my Queen’s Gambit energy. With COVID and lockdown, unfortunately these days my partner gets the brunt of my […]
