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Ponder Session: Rediscover Songs You Forgot
Kelli Dolan
About a month ago, some friends and I were making an exhaustive playlist for a party I was having. We were trying to come up with a good mix of current songs and throwbacks we all loved at one point in our lives. We ended up coming up with some forgotten gems that would get each one of us excited in turn as we shouted out each one. There was one artist whose music was escaping me, nagging at ... ...more
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Ponder Session: Instant Gratification and Your Brain
Kelli Dolan
It's funny to think about how antsy and bored we get when we don't have stimuli 24/7. We need to be watching a movie, reading a book, playing a video game, or on our phones to not be totally driven mad by inactivity. Most of us probably can't even just sit and listen to music without doing something else at the same time. And this isn't just younger generations, so we can't even say it's a ... ...more
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Ponder Session: Are Traits or Values More Important?
Kelli Dolan
In the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, there are quite a few more wizarding schools besides Hogwarts. But in looking at Hogwarts house sorting methods in comparison to the American wizard school Ilvermorny, it got me wondering about the nature of what we deem important in ourselves. At Hogwarts, students are sorted based on their most prominent personality trait. Bravery and loyalty is ... ...more
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Ponder Session: Having Hobbies
Kelli Dolan
Do you ever find yourself just wanting to do something new? I feel like as we get older we stop trying as many new things. As a kid, we try out new sports or take up new hobbies pretty consistently as we're figuring out who we are and who we want to be. But once you settle in to your hobbies and preferred sports as an adult, most people tend not to branch out and try something new. I want ... ...more