As a student, multi-tasking seems like the ideal way to get things done, and more significantly, not get too bored whilst working!

Until reading an article about it, I never realised how much we, as humans, are not built to be able to effectively multi-task.

Social media has become somewhat of a habit in many of our lives, with our phones being a go-to in so many situations. Namely, when youre awkwardly standing and waiting for someone, walking somewhere, or bored of studying. But when is it necessary to stop and focus on the task at hand?

Our brains dont work like that the storage of information

Earl Miller from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and others has shown that the human brain is not cut out for multi-tasking.

The brain sees different tasks as separate projects and they are processed by different lines of thought in the brain. Regardless of trying to see ourselves as completing one joint task, our brains are, in reality, trying to do two things at once.

Pay more attention to one for a moment and youre automatically paying less attention to the other

By lines of thought it means the way we process information.

From my limited knowledge, the way I understand it is that various tasks require different parts of the brain to operate and deal with that information.

Studies have shown that by multi-tasking, information gets stored in the wrong parts of the brain; as noted by Russ Poldrack from Standford.

It was evidenced if students study and watch TV at the same time, the information from their coursework goes into the striatum, a region specialised for storing new procedures and skills, not facts and ideas.

This means that the brain struggles, and fails to categorise information in the way that it should, making it much harder to access at a later date.

The ability to focus what actually happens in your brain

In the brain, neurones are used to transfer information and instructions, and glucose (sugar) is needed to make this function happen properly.

When we are constantly switching between tasks, we are using up these sources of brain power, until, when we finally decide to focus on the task, we cant. Our brains are tired and out of energy, literally.

Another factor raised in the research is the effect of dopamine.

We encounter something new every few seconds through multi-tasking, and we release dopamine, which makes us want to encounter something new, which releases dopamine, and so on, until were exhausted.

What this seems to suggest to me is that when we switch between tasks, we get rewarded and our brains are stimulated, however, this is not a sustainable process. The more we switch between tasks, the more tired our brains get from the boost in function, and the more we use up the resources that aid thinking and neurological mechanisms.

The result of all of this is the deterioration in our ability to focus. Essentially you will get less work done, and it will be of a lower quality due to your brains depletion in concentration. Not to mention, the information that you do take in may be stored in the wrong place in the brain, making it harder to retrieve, seeing as everything is usually stored in the most effective place for us to access and use it. Interrupting this process only means that we have to work harder to get to that information in the future.

Netflix and study wasnt such a good idea after all, was it? 

Is there an alternative?

Instead of having a scroll through Facebook or Twitter, decreasing our ability to do work effectively, research shows that we should take more constructive breaks.

Healthy breaks can his the reset button in your brain, restoring some of the glucose and other metabolic nutrients used up with deep thought.

This means that breaks should allow your brain to unwind, and not have to focus so diligently.

Anything from reading literature, going for a walk, exercising, or listening to music, are hugely restorative.

If we want to be able to work efficiently and effectively, we need to allow our brain function to the best of its ability. This may well include forming new habits of learning to be less dependent on our phones. However, if we put all of our mental energy into just one task, you will undoubtedly succeed far more than if you try to half-heartedly attempt two.

A lecturer a few weeks ago alluded to multi-tasking, which initially prompted me to look into this topic further.

She was having a dig at the people on their phones in the lecture, and of course we all rolled our eyes!

Nevertheless, what she said next really stuck with me. It was something along the lines of:

You think youre doing well, multi-tasking, doing everything at once. You think thats a smart move. But youre not multi-tasking, youre multi-failing.

-Scarlett ∞

All information based on The Guardian article by Daniel Levitin. Source: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/oct/24/want-to-learn-faster-stop-multitasking-and-start-daydreaming?CMP=fb_gu

When life is so full of twists and turns its hard sometimes to see the lighter side of things. Therefore, I like to take positive lessons from as many ordinary happenings in life as possible. One of them being my favourite word.

I love words, so much, they really capture the world and are honestly, underrated. Hence, to choose my favourite one of them all is quite a feat.

Apricity.

A word, which commonly comes with a red jagged line underneath when you type it in on most devices. Its that old. But nonetheless, still a word!

The dictionary definition being;

The warmth of the sun on a cold winter’s day.

I first heard about this archaic word in an English lesson, from my education-obsessed teacher (which wasnt a bad thing because my vocabulary definitely benefited).

This term really stuck with me as it branched into encompassing really strong memories, and a brilliant new concept.

As depicted below, this is what I imagine apricity to be like. When youre standing outside in the bitter cold, in the snow, and then the sun comes out and glows brilliantly, warming you.

The reason I took to this phrase so much is because of the way it is so beautiful if you conceptualise it.

Think of it in the way that life can be bitter, and things dont necessarily go the way that you want but there are always happy and promising opportunities around the corner. Be optimistic!

The sun will come out in your life again, shining through the clouds and the cold snow.

Take every opportunity

It sounds so odd, to some maybe, to take such a profound meaning from such a small and relatively insignificant word. However, I dont think anything in life should be wasted.

No matter how small the word, the experience, the quote or the lesson if you can learn something positive from it, do it! We are given hundreds of opportunities every day to enrich our lives and to learn lessons from a multitude of mediums, and we shouldnt let them go to waste.

I guess thats what this blog is all about; taking a small piece of information and turning it into something meaningful and useful.

However you choose to interpret this metaphor for life, I hope it brightens your day. I hope you decide to believe in positivity prevailing. And I hope that next time you experience apricity remember that good will always triumph, no matter how great the adversity.

-Scarlett ∞

As children, we all have an implicit racial bias towards our own social group. It is something we instinctively do. This post elaborates on why that is, and crucially how we can all overcome it; since recognising our subconscious biases moves us closer to not acting on them.

The most salient point to be noted is that, once again, our bodies are engineered to do everything for a reason even though in todays world it creates a problem.

Children: Racial biases and stereotyping

Racist stereotypes, at their root, come from quite a fundamental learning mechanism.

When we are born, research has found that we learn so quickly and efficiently because we make stereotypes and generalisations. Hence, something that society now deems as quite a damaging habit is a process that our brains do to help us acquire information when we are young.

Take dogs, for example a toddler might reasonably conclude after meeting just two or three that all dogs are furry, bark and have tails that should be treated with some caution.

Therefore, if children have limited interaction with people from other cultures then what they see and hear about them may be based on what the people around them say, or from the news. Moreover,  if these pieces of information are not the whole truth, or slightly skewed then a child would turn this into a generalisation of the whole group of people. This can then shape a childs perception of an entire race if they firstly, do not have enough contact with other groups, and secondly if other sources give a niche picture of what that group is like.

This becomes an issue when this learning mechanism is applied to human beings and more significantly, the grouping of people based on skin colour, and other such traits.

Babies are not born believing that any group is better than another but they do attend to race surprisingly early. From about 9-months, babies show a general preference for what is familiar: they are quicker to recognise faces and facial expressions of their own race than of other races.”

In this way, it is a survival mechanism in order to fit in and be accepted into our own group more efficiently. It has also been shown that children children remember more positive things about members of their in-group and more negative things about members of the out-group.

If we can recnogise our own group members, and see them more positively, it makes sense that it would give us more chance of being liked and accepted by them.

We also end up having a tendency to think of members of the out-group as being all much the same while members of our in-group are all unique; which allows us to categorise. However, creating such steretypes and seeing an out-group more negatively is an issue when it comes to equality in our society.

When does this become a problem?

Explicit (conscious) racial biases start at about 5-years of age but, where they are not supported, tend to peter out from about 10-12 years.

Therefore, since children, due to their learning mechanism, already show explicit racial biases, it is something that needs to be challenged. So as long as we are careful not to encourage racism in children, they will not hold on to conscious racism due to their increased knowledge about fairness and equality.

The problem therefore remains in the unconscious racism that does not subside. As discussed, it is something that begins as soon as we start to learn when we are born! But we implicit bias begins to influence behaviour as young as 3 years of age.

Worryingly, implicit racial biases usually remain consistent through to adulthood.

What can be done?

Now there are obviously many studies into this dilemma, and progress still needs to be made.

One interesting study done at Zheijiang Normal University in China found a way of stopping the implicit racial bias in children.

The method used was to give the Chinese children photographs of faces which had been altered to be a mix between a Chinese and African face with various facial expressions.

The children had to name which race the face was.

The results found that Chinese adults and children tended to say that the happy faces were Chinese and the angry faces were African. This is the same pattern as for white American children and adults who tend to say that happy faces are white and angry faces are black. Which now seems unsurprising considering the learning process, aforementioned.

Nevertheless, there is hope!

When presented with a number of African faces, the Chinese children were asked to remember which number corresponded with which face. The effect was that the children would have to look closer at the faces and see them as individuals, instead of a generalised out-group.

The outcome was that when the original test was repeated with the morphed faces, the children were just as likely to say that the sad faces were Chinese.

The effect being that it altered the childrens perception of another group by having to see them objectively, and ungeneralised.

This study raised many questions as to how long the results would last but now we know that the unconscious biases can be undone, this method could be turned into a game or an app!

But for now

In the meantime, I truly believe that understanding this information is crucial to combatting racism in todays society, on an individual level.

You can go forward with the knowledge that your brain is programmed to favour people like you so fight it! Obviously dont go over the top and start favouring out-groups, but just be mindful that sometimes you might stereotype or  overlook a person because they arent part of your group.

We can make sure that all people, especially children, get as much information about other groups as possible to discourage stereotyping. I implore you to try and see other racial groups as individuals instead of generalising. Be conscious now that your mind will probably remember more negatives about other groups; so dont let it affect their lives in an unfair and detrimental way.

Armed with this insight, we can further equality in a way we never realised was possible. 

-Scarlett ∞

All information based on The Guardian article by Nathalia Gjersoe: http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2015/jul/08/how-can-we-fix-unconscious-racism?CMP=fb_gu 

Now, one of my favourite sources of information a the moment is a series of articles by The Guardian, which answers the most Googled questions! The questions that we ask the internet, but never get a definitive answer to. Fantastic!

This blog will feature many such articles by The Guardian and unpack the issues covered, as well as explain my take on them!

First up, dreams!

Dreams are one of my favourite phenomenons. They can be crazy, strange, or be an epiphany-like experience. The real question is, why do we have them? Every inch of the human body has a purpose; from having eyelashes to when we get goosebumps. All of these mechanisms are in order to keep us alive, and keep our body functioning. Hence, if every intricate design within our body comes with an explanation what is the practical purpose of dreaming?

That is what I will be exploring today.

The facts

First, we have to understand what happens while we dream to then uncover why we do it.

So, a little bit of background information.

A hugely important part of sleep is the rapid eye movement (REM) phase (flickering of the eyes beneath closed eyelids).

The Guardian states Under normal circumstances, it recurs every 90 minutes or so, and takes up around 25% of our total time spent sleeping. It quickly became clear that people woken during REM had much better recall of their dream. The scientific community began to think of REM as the outward manifestation of the dream state.

So, thats when we dream.

During non-REM sleep DNA is repaired and the organism replenishes itself for the day ahead. So we know the purpose of the time we sleep, but the reason behind why we dream is still being investigated, even today.

But why?

Not all dreams are meaningful; a common misconception. And this has been the view for centuries! As I will explain, this is not entirely untrue, but is not always the case.

There are two types of dreams

As stated by psychologist Linda Blair:

First we will deal with the purpose of the first type of dream, the one that is purely for the purpose of your brain letting off steam.

So when you get one of those really odd dreams where you wake up and are extremely confused there may not be any meaning there! Which sometimes, is a relief!

For example, last night I had a dream that I was getting driving lessons again and I just couldnt drive at all and my driving instructor, Steve, was appalled at my driving! And then I had to go to the shops to buy gin for one of my uni friends with really small change

Now, we all have those weird ones and because we dont fully understand the nature of dreams, try to put meaning to them when we shouldnt. So for this particular dream, it was a mix of real-life thoughts and memories that had been on my mind lately! Someone nearly crashed into me the other week and I questioned whether it was my fault, my cousin is getting lessons from my old driving instructor, Ive been talking to said friend from university (and he loves gin), Im excited to get back to uni, and yesterday in Tesco I got a lot of small change after a purchase.

As you can see, it wasnt the most profound of dreams.

Like most of the processes that our bodies go through, its purpose is to help us function better and to survive. Hence, by letting off steam through dreams it seems to almost help to clear our minds of less relevant information by processing it in our sleep.

Whats more, meaningless dreams may also merely be a representation of something happening to you whilst you sleep. John Aggleton, professor of cognitive neuroscience at Cardiff University, says that he has a recurring dream about his teeth falling out. Depending on the person, and only you yourself can decipher this, it could have some subconscious meaning. However, it could be you dreamed you’ve lost your teeth because you’ve put your hand across your mouth and made it feel uncomfortable. Therefore, in order to decide which dreams are meaningful we must relate them to our own lives at the time to see which we need to pay attention to.

However, by having this information we can differentiate between meaningless and meaningful dreams in order to understand our minds better.

“There’s pretty good evidence now that dreams are functional” Patrick McNamara, director of the evolutionary neurobehaviour laboratory at Boston University

Looking into the more interesting side of the two functions is meaningful dreams.

There has been significant evidence to suggest that meaningful dreams purpose is to help us problem solve.

In the Guardian article it was said that

This can mean gradually coming to understand metaphors that are the subconscious’s way of bringing difficult issues to our attention.

Meaning that when we dream about issues that are significant to us, it is the brains way of bringing them from our subconscious mind, to our conscious mind in order for them to be dealt with.

Linda Blair explains There are no universal dream symbols. Each person has their own symbol system, their own special private language. Hence, we all dream about the issues in our subconscious and they are brought to our attention in ways that only we ourselves can decipher. Therefore, it is for you to find the true meaning of the issues that your brain has brought to your attention.

Blair also believes that dreams are attempts to deal with issues in our lives that we have been unable to resolve consciously. So we try to work them out in our dream-state by playing out the scenario, sometimes in an abstract form. They travel down into our unconscious mind to be worked on, where they don’t distract us and distress us so much.” But it seems that we are not only trying to problem-solve in our sleep and unconscious mind, but it seems that dreams function is to bring these problems back to our conscious minds to be taken action on. Dreams may reveal what the problem is, or how our subconscious wants to solve it.

What they predict is what you’re going to be solving soon in terms of problems.” Blair explains.

Therefore, I feel that it is extremely important for our mental well-being and having a happier life that we try to recognise when our mind is trying to bring a troubling issue forwards, in order for us to solve it. To solve the subconscious problems our dreams bring about, you could talk to someone about the issue, act differently, or it may influence a life decision.

How should we utilise this information?

Although we do not fully understand the complexity of the brain yet, and there is still so much research to be done; I feel like this takes huge steps in explaining many of our dreams. Not only that, but practically applying this theory of the two types may help us to understand why we have been dreaming about certain things. In turn, this may make us less concerned about some dreams, and help us to uncover subconscious thoughts in others.

I, personally, have found it extremely useful to understand what my brain is trying to achieve, and interesting to understand my mind a little better! And when I can distinguish a letting off steam dream from a meaningful dream, those issues may be ones I need to talk about, or act on; so it keeps me informed about my subconscious. I think its extremely useful information since being able to differentiate means we can be more perceptive of what is going on in our mind! In turn, possibly helping our mental well-being and happiness.

So give it a try! Figure out which of your dreams mean something, and which are just an echo of everyday life, which your brain is simply processing. It may just help you to resolve some hidden issues.

Happy dreaming!

-Scarlett ∞

All information based on The Guardian article by David Shariatmadari. Source: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/03/why-do-we-dream-you-asked-google-heres-the-answer

Are you an authentic person?

As strange as that may seem, it wasnt until I read Gone Girl that I realised how much of an issue this is in todays society.

Of course I have recognised the sheep culture where people follow the crowd, but never had it occurred to me that this may affect our personality too.

This rather long extract from Gone Girl, from Nicks perspective this time, I find very insightful, and somewhat chilling.

Seeeen it. I’ve literally seen it all, and the worst thing, the thing that makes me want to blow my brains out, is: The secondhand experience is always better. The image is crisper, the view is keener, the camera angle and the soundtrack manipulate my emotions in a way reality can’t anymore. I don’t know that we are actually human at this point, those of us who are like most of us, who grew up with TV and movies and now the Internet. If we are betrayed, we know the words to say; when a loved one dies, we know the words to say. If we want to play the stud or the smart-ass or the fool, we know the words to say. We are all working from the same dog-eared script.
It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless Automat of characters.
And if all of us are play-acting, there can be no such thing as a soul mate, because we don’t have genuine souls.
It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I’m not a real person and neither is anyone else.
I would have done anything to feel real again.

The first point Id like to make here is about the line If we are betrayed, we know the words to say; when a loved one dies, we know the words to say. If we want to play the stud or the smart-ass or the fool, we know the words to say. We are all working from the same dog-eared script.

How much of what we say is actually coming from us?

Of course, sometimes it is inevitable we only have a finite amount of words and phrases. But how much of it is just coping? This parrot-like life leaves little room for true quirks and charisma.

When someone says something odd, or strange, we should celebrate it! How much fun is it when someone comes out with something new and original, and funny? If we keep aspiring to be like a TV star, or other celebrities, or anyone other than ourselves, wouldnt the world be so predictable and mundane?

Nick has it quite right; It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless Automat of characters.

Dare to be real. Be the biggest weird in all of weird town (to quote my favourite YouTuber, Grace Helbig oh, how ironic).

Be someone that isnt just a mere imitation.

The secondhand experience isnt always better

The other issue Nick touches upon is the fact that a lot of what we experience nowadays is secondhand.

Seeeen it. I’ve literally seen it all, and the worst thing, the thing that makes me want to blow my brains out, is: The secondhand experience is always better. The image is crisper, the view is keener, the camera angle and the soundtrack manipulate my emotions in a way reality can’t anymore.

It is a very relevant point to raise in the era of technology. But it doesnt have to be this way. We can still appreciate the world in all its magnificence, if we want to.

But why let that slip away? I dont think anything can compare to seeing a view and experiencing the atmosphere of the place, instead of a mere photograph.

Should we spend more time not listening to music? We are surrounded by all of these artificial sounds, and maybe that has taken the magic out of the world as it is.

Obviously, a lot of this is unavoidable in todays society; but in a world with so much to offer, I think we should try to properly appreciate it.

Well, thats just my view. When I first read Nicks extract it really struck a chord with me about how we go about our lives, and how we can enrich them.

I hope I havent seen it all.

-Scarlett ∞

I was playing the girl who was in style, the girl a man like Nick wants: the Cool Girl. Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like she’s hosting the world’s biggest culinary gang bang while somehow maintaining a size 2, because Cool Girls are above all hot. Hot and understanding. Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go ahead, shit on me, I don’t mind, I’m the Cool Girl.

Here, is Amys description of a Cool Girl. The girl who doesnt mind, who does whatever she thinks a man will like.

The first issue with this concept is the fact that it is true.

Many women, and girls, (as well as men, I might add), pretend to be something and someone that they are not in order to impress the opposite sex.

Men actually think this girl exists. Maybe they’re fooled because so many women are willing to pretend to be this girl. Amy explains.

Its a deception and helps no-one.

The whole point of a relationship is that someone likes you for who you are. Not who you are pretending to be in order to please them.

They’re not even pretending to be the woman they want to be, they’re pretending to be the woman a man wants them to be.

And, although in the book Amy is a psychopath, she makes some very good points. In the start of their relationship she, as some people do,  was pretending to be the Cool Girl. The girl who didnt care. But as time went on she started to let her guard down to Nick, her husband, and started becoming less care-free. It seemed, as I perceived it, that Nick stopped trying in their relationship as he didnt want the extra effort that comes with someone not being a Cool Girl.

The point here is, if you love someone, you should accept them for all of their slightly negative traits, or when they get more up-tight about things. Or when they feel comfortable enough to speak up about the things that annoy them. You should keep trying if you want to be with them.

who is basically the girl who likes every fucking thing he likes and doesn’t ever complain. This isnt the way to build a stable and sustainable relationship because you cannot keep the facade up for long. And when the guard comes down, if they love you even when you have differences- that is sustainable. That has a hope of lasting.

There should be no such thing as a Cool Girl

The even bigger point is the fact that this persona shouldnt even exist in the first place. The fact that we (men and women), should conform to this unrealistic, uniformed ideal, is wrong.

women across the nation colluded in our degradation! Pretty soon Cool Girl became the standard girl. Men believed she existed—she wasn’t just a dreamgirl one in a million. Every girl was supposed to be this girl, and if you weren’t, then there was something wrong with you.

This concept of a Cool Girl erodes our personalities. The quirks that make us real people. Human.

If we continue to perpetuate this lie, then what Amy said will be true it will be an expectation that it is how every woman should be. And in a world that is socially progressing we should not have to conform to other peoples likes and personalities in order to be loved or accepted.

Our individual traits should be celebrated! We should try to veer away from the Cool Girl model, and into a place of acceptance where we are upfront about who we are, and if people like it great! If not, we will find someone else.

But it’s tempting to be Cool Girl. For someone like me, who likes to win, it’s tempting to want to be the girl every guy wants.

It is easy to do. It is tempting, as Amy puts it. But why do that to yourself? Why put a value on your self-worth and personality?

We should believe in who we are as a people, and not try to hide in order to conform to other peoples likes and dislikes. [it] made me realize that there was a Real Amy in there, and she was so much better, more interesting and complicated and challenging, than Cool Amy.

It doesnt benefit anyone for long

Not only does this damage the person that is pretending, but the person they are pretending to. If we continue this trend then people will be getting into relationships without realising that the person in-front of them isnt who they are portraying themselves to be.

Nick wanted Cool Amy anyway. Can you imagine, finally showing your true self to your spouse, your soul mate, and having him not like you?

It is a huge problem for both parties. One person is encouraged to be someone they are not, and the other is left with someone who will, sometimes, turn out to be someone they do not like.

Luckily, in Nick and Amys case, they were perfect for each other, albeit in a really strange and twisted way. But with Amy being herself it meant Nick stopped trying, which caused resentment and a huge breakdown in their relationship.

However, if people realise that they need to encourage people to be who they really are, and that people dont need to put up this facade to get someone to love them, we would have more transparent and therefore sustainable relationships.

Being a Cool Girl is sometimes inevitable 

In the beginning of a relationship, the honeymoon phase, I guess everyone tries to be Cool. They try hard to impress the other person, to like what they like, and to not disagree or cause an argument through fear of scaring them off.

As much as I disagree with this notion in theory, it seems that it may be unavoidable to an extent because we always want to put the best version of ourselves forward in order to impress someone.

However, there is a line that must be drawn. When this want to impress crosses over into misrepresenting who you are, that is when it must stop.

Whats more once you are out of the need to impress stage, it must stop altogether. We must let the other person know who we really are, no matter how slowly, before people commit to the wrong person.

We need to promote a culture of acceptance and openness to prevent relationships that are bound for disaster.

So, my message here, based on Amy/Gillians very interesting theory of the Cool Girl is that there is no such thing as a Cool Girl. A completely Cool Girl that will go along with everything you want does not exist. She will have different opinions or likes sometimes, and thats is okay. More than okay! Its human and its brilliant! So if you dont like someones quirks, find someone else.

Dont hide who you are, be open about it, celebrate it, and find someone who loves it.

Dont try and be a Cool Girl, theres no such thing.

-Scarlett ∞

A week ago I finished reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.

INCREDIBLE.

I tried to read the book a year ago but got bored after the first few chapters. I dont think I was mature enough to appreciate how important the fine detail in the book was. The entire first half of the book consists of heavy explanation and setting the scene with very in-depth description. It took a lot of patience to get through because it wasnt the most riveting thing to read.

However, once you hit the second half, it was definitely worth it. All of the intricate information that Gillian had been meticulously laying out for half of the book was pivotal to the story being so mind-blowing in the second half.

To explain further, the book was written so cleverly. The story is about a husband and wife and its is written from their point of view, in alternate chapters. So, chapter one is Nicks perspective, and you hear from him in the first person day by day. However, his wife, Amy, the reader gets her first-person perspective from her diary, in alternating chapters; but her side is from a day of each year of their relationship.

Hence, this intricately builds two one-sided stories of the relationship in the past, and in the present. This ingenious technique may have taken a while to get through, but was integral to the understanding of the complexity of what is human relationships.

Therefore, I shall be writing a few posts about the theories on relationships and life that were raised in Gone Girl.

Enjoy!

-Scarlett ∞

So, Ive never had a blog before so well see how this goes.

I decided to start this because I find myself reading various things, explaining how the world works and I absolutely love it!

WHY?

Thats my favourite question.

Therefore, from all of the articles, books, and TV shows that I stumble upon, I will share my various theories concerning The Whys About Everything with you.

Personally, I am interested in pretty much everything. Hence, the scope of this blog will be quite broad; from Economics, to Politics, to relationships, to psychology, and science. To name but a few!

I love having all of this random knowledge, which I think is really useful in order to fully understand life and the world we live in- so we can make informed decisions! I adore sharing this information with people, and hate forgetting it myself, so this blog will keep track of all of it.

I hope you enjoy my collaboration of theories and hypotheses about why everything is the way it is.

-Scarlett ∞