A Little Pinch of Anything

Time flies!!! Work gets piled up. Have you noticed how your work speed increases when you are about to go for a lunch break or before going home? Has it happened that you had to work extra hours and you could not complete the work within the stipulated time because you were distracted?   If the answer is YES? I have a solution to your problem. What is the Pomodoro Technique? Pomodoro is an Italian word for Tomato. Francesco Cirillo named the system “POMODORO” after the tomato-shaped timer he used to track his work at the university as a student. The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Cirillo in the late 1980s. The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks.  Pomodoro is a cyclical system in which the work is broken into short sprints and taking breaks to prevent the mind from exhaustion. The only resource needed is a timer.  For every sprint of 25 minutes, we are re...

When I need a mood boost, tea always comes to my rescue. The awareness while preparing a favorite cup of tea and tasting it truly brightens the soul.  I believe there is tea for all the emotions and seasons. If you are sad, have the milk tea. If you are stressed, have chamomile tea. If it is summer and you feel hot, have green tea. With the right ingredients and methods, one can actually gain a lot of health benefits from tea. Before I start, I will mention that I am neither a health expert nor a dietician, but I love to read and research about tea. Born in Assam, famous for Tea worldwide, played an important role in my life. I have inherited the tea-drinking habits from my family. ***** Disclaimer: Amazon links for the tea attached at the end***** All types of teas are produced from Camellia Sinensis plants using different methods.  If you are drinking something that does not come from this plant is not tea. Period. Do you know that tea has a shelf life of two y...

When I was in school, I remember planting saplings almost forced by the teachers to do so. Then the words trending were afforestation and deforestation. Nowadays, houseplants have taken a massive trend on the internet. “The millennial version of 2.5 kids and a picket fence is six houseplants and no roommate," @tinygorgon  wrote in twitter which broke the feed with likes and followers. People are rewinding back to getting connected with nature. Now almost every third person aims to have houseplants at his/her home. [As you gradually move forward you will come to know the reasons] (********Disclaimer: Links to buy from Amazon at the end of the blogpost********) "While there has been a big focus on what we are putting into our bodies, there is now an increasing number of people considering what they are putting in their homes to make themselves feel better". This mindset is gradually increasing and influencing people towards houseplants.  Millennials (The...

If you are cold, tea will warm you If you are too heated, it will cool you If you are depressed, it will cheer you If you are excited, it will calm you - By William Gladstone A little bit of history, you may skip if you want (History is always boring  😉 )  Referring to the history of tea, I have to mention about Chinese whose culture is consort to the origin of tea. (A monk, who founded the Zen Buddhism discovered tea during his fifth year of contemplation.)  It is claimed that the most obsessed drink of India was alien to Indians until the 1920s. During this period advertising and distributing free samples of tea leaves to local vendors steeped the curve of tea lovers in India. Henceforth, mass production of tea leaves started in regions like Assam, Darjeeling, and Nilgiri.  Drinking tea is healthy!!! Tea contains theophylline which does not elevate the central nervous system as much as caffeine. It is also an alternative for those who a...