REM atonia works by inhibiting your motor neurons. It does so by raising the bar on the amount of electricity the brain

I know my old crappy work has value. If nothing else, it is a stepping stone to where I am today. A little higher. A little better. So I won’t hate it. I’ll value it for providing me the opportunity to get better. I’ll respect it. I’ll be grateful for it.,Part of the mystery is also what the rock is trying to depict. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati assume that it may have been a legend from that time with the closest description of a Griffin warrior fighting against a foe. Researchers say that they want to see this seal be included in the forthcoming history art textbooks as this is a finding which changed the way prehistoric art is viewed.,TD Ameritrade investors “have been doing a pretty good job choosing technology stocks,” said Kinahan. “In this last month, Apple was one of the stocks that stood out in terms of millennial clients compared to our overall client base and Apple performed pretty well in that time frame.”,In May of 2020, CNBC published one of dozens of stories detailing the millennial move into the stock market. They were doing — no doubt — some dumb things, such as day trading, chasing momentum stocks, and speculating on bankrupt or near-bankrupt stocks:,In a time when most people are held down by the weight of their anti-anxiety comforters and an all-consuming sense of existential dread, be the person who actually attempts to get out of bed in the morning. You don’t even need to leave the bed — just tease the fantasy that you might finally be doing something with your Blursday.,I know my old crappy work has value. If nothing else, it is a stepping stone to where I am today. A little higher. A little better. So I won’t hate it. I’ll value it for providing me the opportunity to get better. I’ll respect it. I’ll be grateful for it.,I started today hating everything I’ve written. I wrote this article and now I’m feeling better. Sometimes just starting to write is all it takes to break out of that funk a writer can sometimes get.,Nope. The person sharing the bed with you doesn’t get pummeled because when you’re asleep, your body is paralyzed. This is called REM sleep atonia and it prevents you from acting out your dreams.,The young acquire wealth by inheriting or earning it. Already more than a third of America’s labour force is millennial and they have been the largest cohort since 2016 (even though some are still in education). Bank of America Merrill Lynch reckons that, worldwide, their earning power will rise by nearly three-quarters in 2015–30 as more start work and others gain seniority.,Talking about yourself will barely impress people. Yet, that’s what most people do. As a result, they end up being the most boring instead of interesting person at the dinner table.,As a proud member of Generation X (I missed being a millennial by six years), people in their 20s and 30s generally inspire me. They keep me focused on the present and what I want to accomplish in the future, using the past as little more than an informed lens into how to be better and help make it all happen.,“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”,I regret briefly jumping on the bandwagon that lamented a surge in millennial interest in the stock market this past Spring into Summer. I reconsidered my position and realized that this dissing of young people by mostly older people (white men, in particular) isn’t helpful or nuanced.,Young investors took some fliers. But they also bought pandemic plays — from Apple to Amazon and Peloton to Zoom — that will stand the test of time and, by and large, turn out to be solid long-term investments. It’s no different, in theory, than your baby boomer parents buying companies such as Coca-Cola and Emerson Electric 50 years ago.,You don’t need to be great at something to be interesting; you have to be curious and open-minded. Once you try new things, you can ask people for advice and support. This will make you much more interesting than being lazy.