“There’s no other place like home.” We’ve heard this saying time and time again. And it’s timeless because it’s true. Our idea of home is usually attached to fond memories of our families. We know our homes better than any other place that we go to on a daily basis. But do we really know it-the bits and pieces that it’s made of and keep it whole? There are many …
We live in the age of remote work. As the pandemic has swept across the world and upended traditional ways of working and living, many businesses have survived by enabling a remote workforce. The widespread adoption of such arrangements has also allowed employers and workers to discover other benefits. Both sides end up with substantial cost savings, and employees, in particular, can enjoy better work-life balance. Remote work had already …
In the modern world, we’ve managed to somehow lead ever-busier yet increasingly uneventful lives. Our jobs put us under pressure and create a heavy burden of chronic stress. Meanwhile, the pervasive influence of technology fills our leisure hours with all manner of distractions. And that was all happening before the pandemic. Covid-19 brought upheaval and uncertainty to our world. Those effects are known to make people seek out nature as …
Technology has established a big part of our lives. The coronavirus pandemic restrictions have heightened its essentiality when it comes to how we manage our jobs, our homes, and our personal relationships. The possibility of homes being controlled by a central technology seemed too futuristic to even think about in the past. Today, we can opt to have everything-our kitchens down to our garages-controlled by technological innovations. What are smart …
Where would we be without the sun? Indeed, harnessing its power through solar power offers a lot of benefits for humanity. And true enough, over time, solar energy has given humanity more than anything we ever expected. Through solar, many amazing devices such as calculators can now function, making our lives a lot easier. Over the past ten years, solar energy has been waxing strong. So much, so that solar …
When we’re sick or injured, we usually use the medication in the form of synthetic pills and drugs to numb much of the pain or to treat a specific type of illness. However, most people living in remote areas or from centuries past don’t have access to such advanced medicine types. But there’s one tried and tested way of treating wounds without the need for medication, and this is in …
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is living in what seems like an episode straight out of the dystopian series Black Mirror: streets are bare, supermarkets are emptied, people are told to stay at home and practice social distancing, etc. The new reality has affected the way people live in even the smallest of ways – even their residential and commercial plumbing is not safe. Apparently, quarantine has had …
Have you ever moved from your living room to the bedroom, and your whole body went from freezing to sweating just like that? It’s an uncomfortable feeling that can be hard to manage if you can’t find the cause for such unbalanced temperatures in the house. Not only does this usually result in putting more power to the HVAC to cool down or heat a particular part of the house …