I don’t know about you, but coming up with a new password always feels like a burden. Not only does it have to have a minimum number of letters (upper and lowercase, of course), digits, and special characters, but I also need to have it memorized from that point...
Remote Schooling During the Pandemic, Part 3 – Getting Students Back on Track
This final article in the series on the challenges for children's education during a virulent pandemic is about getting students back on track with their education. Based on my research and interviews with many students on what they are experiencing with remote...

Multitasking: A Blessing or Curse to Mental Health?
I’ll be honest: Asking myself whether multitasking is a blessing or a curse to my mental health is not a question I could’ve asked a year ago. As an active teenager involved in sports, clubs, journalism—you name it—I told myself that multitasking is one of my greatest...

Living Authentically, not Vicariously
Living vicariously—through social media or by any other means—instead of authentically are worlds apart in the happiness they can bestow. I don't know if these questions ever enters your mind, but: Do you feel left out when you see those perfectly framed glamour...
Remote Schooling During the Pandemic Part 2 – Digital Security
To educate students in the age of COVID-19, schools are relying heavily on technology during the pandemic—from videoconferencing programs to teaching tools and to temperature-taking apps. Fortunately, the physical distancing measures have slowed the spread of...

Taming FOMO Part 1: Understanding the Problem
In Part 1 of this two-part series, I explore: What the fear of missing out (FOMO) isThe ways can social media reinforce this FOMOThe joy of missing out (JOMO) The developments in social media and other consumer technologies outpace some serious very questions about...

Taming FOMO Part 2: Steps and Resources for Changing Your Life Experience
“Years ago, we used the internet to escape reality. Now we use reality to escape the internet.” In Part 2 of the series on taming the fear of missing out (FOMO) and increasing the joy of missing out (JOMO), I describe three tasks that build on each other to help you...
Remote Schooling During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Part 1
Part 1 of this series is about the response of the world’s unprepared educational systems to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first in a three-part series about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education around the world. The second article is about the...

The Cyberbullying Crisis Part 2—the Resources
It has been said that people are not motivated to look at cyberbullying until they or loved ones become a victim of it. This article contains links to general resources mentioned in Part 1 of Cyberbullying Crisis and additional links for looking deeper into the...

The Cyberbullying Crisis Part 1—Take Action to Protect Loved Ones
A part of our mission at Presence Global is to use our technology and voice to promote solutions to the disease of cyberbullying. This two-part series of articles is about cyberbullying and what you can do to protect against it or correct the situation if...