Losing weight doesn’t mean that you should start starving yourself. This will only make you weak and inactive. Many people want to lose weight to impress someone, well you don’t need to change yourself for others. Lose weight to become fit not to impress others. Others don’t care if you lose or gain weight but still they will belittle about you.
Easy steps to lose weight are:
1.Do not skip breakfast
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You could miss out on essential nutrients and may end up feeling more hungry all day.
2.Eat regular meals
Eating at regular times during the day helps to burn calories at a faster rate. It likewise lessens the compulsion to nibble on food sources which are high in fat and sugar.
3.Get more active
Being active is important to getting in shape and keeping it off. Just as giving loads of medical advantages, exercise can burn more calories as compared to dieting.
4.Drink a lot of water
People sometimes confuse thirst with hunger. You can wind up burning-through additional calories when a glass of water is truly what you need.
At last don’t force yourself to lose weight if you’re not comfortable now. Do it when you’re prepared. Try not to be in a rush to shed pounds.
This is the second time I’ve read this book. The first was a copy I borrowed a few years ago, and now I’ve purchased one for my own library. I try to collect good books I really loved reading, and “War an peace” easily falls into this category.
It is an epic novel in the truest sense of “epic”. Stretching over a period of several decades, it masterfully describes the history of Russia from the end of the 18th century and into the first third of the 1800s. At more than 1600 pages, it is definitely one of the longest novels out there, but unlike many much shorter books, its length is well justified. I can barely count on the fingers of one hand the amount of times I felt some section is too long. Although Tolstoy is very thorough, his writing is easily readable and the pages just fly.
The books focuses on two main topics. One is the Russian-French wars of 1805 and 1812. Tolstoy describes the wars, and in particular the battles of Austerlitz (1805) and Borodino (1812) in vivid detail and apparently very accurately from a historic point of view. The characters of Napoleon and Kutuzov (the Russian army leader) take active part in the narration, with the lesser leaders (Bagration, de Tolli, Davoux) also getting enough attention to build a complete and interesting story. Specific events of the war are highlighted with the participation of the book’s main characters, like Andrey Bolkonsky, Nikolay Rostov and Pierre Bezoukhov.
The other is the high Russian society of that time. The book provides a very interesting and in-depth glimpse into this unusual society by today’s standards, somewhat modeled after, and thus similar to, other European societies (French, British, etc.). Tolstoy also presents the life in rural Russia a little, and the interrelations between the rich and the serfs, although he doesn’t spend on this topic nearly as much as in Anna Karenina.
The characters in the book are various and present the different ideas Tolstoy tries to infuse into his narration. They are all, without exception, extremely believable and well developed. I can’t think of many authors who know how to present and develop their characters as well as Tolstoy.
Additionally, the book presents plenty of interesting philosophical and scientific (“science of history”) ideas. The chief one is undoubtedly the question “What causes and shapes historical events?”. Contrary to the popular dogma that historical events are the result of actions of single notable persons (such as Napoleon or king Alexander), Tolstoy believes that such persons don’t really cause events, but rather can only affect them in some ways once they are already in existence. He claims that what really changes history is the amalgam of human actions, built from thousands, nay, millions of small decisions, desires and ambitions of the people. A historical version of chaos theory.
Well, this review can be arbitrarily long, and I have to wrap up at some point. I just want to address one important issue – the book’s name. In Russian, the book’s name is “Voina i mir”, which may mean “War and peace” but may also mean “War and society”, since “peace” and “society” are homonyms in Russian. There are differences of opinion as to which Tolstoy actually meant when he authored the book, as you can read here or more at length here (Russian). Personally, I firmly believe that the “War and society” translation is more correct. It is very obvious that Tolstoy places a lot of emphasis on society in the book. Pierre compares his experiences in the society with his war adventures to form philosophical opinions. The same for Andrey. I can barely see any mention of peace in its “non-war” sense in the book.
These days, everyone from small business owners to some of the biggest companies in the world is using social media to spread the word about their brands, products, and services.
Whether it’s Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook, companies use these low-cost tools to combine technology and social interaction with the use of words, images, and video. Social media gives marketers a voice and a way to communicate with peers, customers, and potential consumers. It personalizes your brand and helps you to spread your message in a relaxed and conversational way.
The downfall of social media, if you could call it that, is that it must be a part of your everyday life to keep the momentum and attention you need for it to be successful. Let’s look at who is using social media to promote their brand—and what you can learn from them.
Companies That Use Social Media
Here are just a few examples of brands you may have seen actively using social media:
Absolut Vodka: The popular vodka brand has used online videos on YouTube and hosted bartender fan pages on Facebook.
BMW: The iconic car brand has turned to Facebook to promote its 1-Series Road Trip and created a Bimmerfest Page for fans.
Dunkin’ (formerly Dunkin’ Donuts): The ubiquitous doughnut brand is now everywhere online, with its microblogging Twitter account and National Donut Day social media blasts.
The Benefits of Social Media Marketing
What role should social media play in your marketing? Marketing is a tool we use to inform consumers about our products, who we are, and what we offer. Social media accomplishes all of these goals. Here’s how:
You can use social media to define your brand identity and the products or services that you offer.
Social media allows you to create relationships with people who might not otherwise know about your products and services or what your company represents.
Social media can make you “real” to consumers. If you want people to follow you, don’t just talk about the latest product news, but share your personality with them.
You can use social media to associate yourself with peers that may be serving the same target market.
Social media makes it easy to communicate and provide the interaction that consumers look for.
How to Use Social Media for Your Marketing
Social media clearly carries a lot of potential value for your business. But gaining that value isn’t guaranteed unless you do it right. Here are a few tips:
You cannot just depend on social media; you must integrate it with other vehicles of marketing. While social media will create awareness, it won’t usually help you sell $1 million worth of products right out of the gate. That’s not to say that it can’t one day, once you’ve built up your social media “stardom,” but it probably won’t happen tomorrow.
Be yourself and reflect your personality. There are no written right or wrong rules when it comes to social media. Only you can determine what will work for you and fits your brand.
Be consistent. Social media requires ongoing engagement. If you don’t plan on being consistent, don’t do it at all.
Social media success stories are abundant, from headhunters that find job applicants to new businesses that want to introduce a new product, as well as established Fortune 500 companies that want to strengthen their brand.
It is just a thread, but it can hold so many emotions and feelings representing the unbreakable bond of sister and brother. The ancient root of this festival is deeply rooted in the idea of the all-life protection of sisters from every evil out there by their brothers. The tying thread on the wrist of the brother is the symbol of his blessing and a promise which they service throughout their lives in every up and down of the sister’s life.
As the auspicious day of Rakhi is celebrated today on this very day of Purnima, let’s find out its importance and a glance at its past.
History
The history of any festival is very enriched and secures great importance in today’s life. As we are pacing fast with the changing time, we are somewhere just enjoying the festival. We are so not into why and when of their origins.
But don’t worry with few incidents which can show how important the tying of the thread is in our culture I have written them in this article.
Draupadi:
Once when Krishna Ji was using his Sudarshan Chakra on the King Shisupala, during the time he injured his finger which Draupadi Ji tried to treat by wrapping the piece of her cloth around Krishna Ji’s finger and that time Krishna Ji vowed to always protect Draupadi from all the evil.
That is the importance of tying thread around the wrist on the festival of Rakshabandhan nowadays.
A Peace Offering
During the time of the Britishers, they believed in the rule and divide policy which did have many severe effects on the relationship of the mostly Hindu and Muslims,
To overcome this difference between themselves our freedom fighters tried to mend the relationship between the two by saying we are brother and sister of the same mother nation and that is why many women of both sides at the time tied the Raksha thread to ensure and again build the trust and love of brotherhood and sisterhood between two different mindsets.
This is the last article in this series. This article is about another pre-trained CNN known as the ResNet along with an output visualization parameter known as the confusion matrix.
ResNet
This is also known as a residual network. It has three variations 51,101,151. They used a simple technique to achieve this high number of layers.
The problem in using many layers is that the input information gets changed in accordance with each layer and subsequently, the information will become completely morphed. So to prevent this, the input information is sent in again like a recurrent for every two steps so that the layers don’t forget the original information. Using this simple technique they achieved about 100+ layers.
ResNet these are the three fundamentals used throughout the network.
There are many bottlenecks like these throughout the network. Hence by this, the ResNet is able to perform well and produce good accuracy. As a matter of fact, the ResNet is the model which won the ImageNet task competition.
There are 4 layers in this architecture. Each layer has a bottleneck which comprises convolution followed by relu activation function. There are 46 convolutions, 2 pooling, 2 FC layers.
There is a particular aspect apart from the accuracy which is used to evaluate the model, especially in research papers. That method is known as the confusion matrix. It is seen in a lot of places and in the medical field it can be seen in test results. The terms used in the confusion matrix have become popularized in the anti-PCR test for COVID.
The four terms used in a confusion matrix are True Positive, True Negative, and False positive, and false negative. This is known as the confusion matrix.
True positive- both the truth and prediction are positive
True negative- both the truth and prediction are negative
False-positive- the truth is negative but the prediction is positive
False-negative- the truth is positive but the prediction is false
Out of these the false positive is dangerous and has to be ensured that this value is minimal.
We have now come to the end of the series. Hope that you have got some knowledge in this field of science. Deep learning is a very interesting field since we can do a variety of projects using the artificial brain which we have with ourselves. Also, the technology present nowadays makes these implementations so easy. So I recommend all to study and do projects using these concepts. Till then,
This article is about one of the pre-trained CNN models known as the VGG-16. The process of using a pretrained CNN is known as transfer learning. In this case, we need not build a CNN instead we can use this with a modification. The modifications are:-
Removing the top (input) and bottom (output) layers
Adding input layer with size equal to the dimension of the image
Adding output layer with size equal to number of classes
Adding additional layers (if needed)
The pre-trained model explained in this article is called the VGGNet. This model was developed by the Oxford University researchers as a solution to the ImageNet task. The ImageNet data consists of 10 classes with 1000 images each leading to 10000 images in total.
This is the architecture for VGGNet. This has been found for the CIFAR-10 dataset, a standard dataset containing 1000 classes. This was used for multiclass classification. Some modifications are made before using it for detecting OA. The output dimension is changed into 1*1*2 and the given images must be reshaped to 224*224 since this dimension is compatible with VGGNet. The dimensions and other terms like padding, stride, number of filters, dimension of filter are chosen by researchers and found optimal. In general, any number can be used in this place.
The numbers given below the figure correspond to the layer number. So the VGGNet is 13 layered and is CNN till layer 10 and the rest are FNN.
Colour index
Name
Grey
Convolution
Red
Pooling
Blue
FFN
Computations and parameters for each layer
Input
224*224 images are converted into a vector whose dimension is 224*224*3 based on the RGB value.
Layer 1-C1
This is the first convolutional layer. Here 64 filters are used.
Wi =224, P=1, S=1, K=64, f=3*3
Wo =224 (this is the input Wi for the next layer)
Dim= 224*224*64
Parameter= 64*3*3= 576
Layer 2-P1
This is the first pooling layer
Wi =224, S=2, P=1, f=3
Wo=112 (this is the input Wi for the next layer)
Dim= 112*112*3
Parameter= 0
Layer 3-C2C3
Here two convolutions are applied. 128 filters are used.
Wi =112, P=1, S=1, K=64, f=3
Wo=112 (this is the input Wi for the next layer)
Dim= 112*112*128
Parameter= 128*3*3=1152
Layer 4- P2
Second pooling layer
Wi =112, P=1, S=2, f=3*3
Wo =56 (this is the input Wi for the next layer)
Dim= 56*56*3
Parameter= 0
Layer 5- C4C5C6
Combination of three convolutions
Wi =56, P=1, S=1, K=256, f=3*3
Wo = 56 (this is the input Wi for the next layer)
Dim= 224*224*64
Parameter= 64*3*3= 576
Layer 6-P3
Third pooling layer
Wi =56, P=1, S=2, f=3*3
Wo =28 (this is the input Wi for the next layer)
Dim= 28*28*3
Parameter= 0
Layer 7-C7C8C9
Combination of three convolutions
Wi =28, P=1, S=1, K=512, f=3*3
Wo =28 (this is the input Wi for the next layer)
Dim= 28*28*512
Parameter= 512*3*3= 4608
Layer 8-P4
Fourth pooling layer
Wi =28, P=1, S=2, f=3*3
Wo =14 (this is the input Wi for the next layer)
Dim= 14*14*3
Parameter= 0
Layer 9-C10C11C12
Last convolution layer, Combination of three convolutions
Wi =14, P=1, S=1, K=512, f=3*3
Wo =14 (this is the input Wi for the next layer)
Dim= 14*14*512
Parameter= 512*3*3= 4608
Layer 10-P5
Last pooling layer and last layer in CNN
Wi =14, P=1, S=2, f=3*3
Wo =7 (this is the input Wi for the next layer)
Dim= 7*7*3
Parameter= 512*3*3= 4608
With here the CNN gets over. So a complex 224*224*3 boil down to 7*7*3
Trends in CNN
As the layer number increases,
The dimension decreases.
The filter number increases.
Filter dimension is constant.
In convolution
Padding of 1 and stride of 1 to transfer original dimensions to output
In pooling
Padding of 1 and stride of 2 are used in order to half the dimensions.
Layer 11- FF1
4096 neurons
Parameter= 512*7*7*4096=102M
Wo= 4096
Layer 12- FF2
4096 neurons
Wo= 4096
Parameter= 4096*4096= 16M
Output layer
2 classes
non-osteoarthritic
osteoarthritic
Parameter= 4096*2= 8192
Parameters
Layer
Value of parameters
Convolution
16M
FF1
102M
FF2
16M
Total
134M
It takes a very large amount of time nearly hours for a machine on CPU to learn all the parameters. Hence they came with speed enhancers like faster processors known as GPU Graphic Processing Unit which may finish the work up to 85% faster than CPU.
Diamonds are allotropes of carbon like graphite. But, the difference between them is tremendous. What makes diamonds so costly ? Well some might say that the extraordinariness, challenges in mining, toughness, cut, clearness, shading, and carat of diamonds make them costly and popular. Gold and silver are likewise uncommon, mining them is additionally troublesome however why just diamond is so costly ? Why people give diamond ring when they propose one another ?
A few years ago it was not a trend to give diamond rings while proposing. There are many stones rarer than diamonds. They are costly as a result of a company called De Beers. Each diamond you find in this world comes from this company not because diamonds are very rare to find. There are numerous diamond mines in this world however this organization don’t let those diamonds to arrive at the market.
At the point when supply of a specific item is less however demand is high, this outcomes in making that item more costly. This company made the stock of diamonds exceptionally less. But, how ? Few years back diamonds were found only in India and Brazil. But then it was also found in Africa and that too in very large quantity. De beers was also one of the company which found a lot of diamonds in Africa. But the other mines company started selling diamonds because the supply of diamonds were increasing which can make them less expensive. They were in loss. De beers would have also done that but instead it started buying those diamonds by taking loans and because of that it became the owner of all mines in Africa. It became a monopoly and a monopoly does what it wants. Soon when other mines company discovered diamonds in Serbia and other countries De beers bought all of them. It became owner of all the diamonds in the world.
Yet, De beers never let people to realize that they have diamonds in exceptionally huge amount because then people won’t buy it. They restricted the stock of diamonds which made them uncommon. They further began promoting diamonds by giving statements like “A diamond is forever”. Because of this, the interest of people towards diamonds increased and they became expensive.
Rising up early not only gives a good start to your day but also make you more concentrated. Many of us want to wake up early in the morning but we can’t because of our laziness. We always make commitments at night that we will wake up early in the morning to complete our work but we can’t. And when we wake up late in the morning we feel lazy and dizzy which affect our work. We keep procrastinating our work saying that “I will start it fresh from tomorrow”. But the same thing happens tomorrow and we keep saying this phrase. This same thing happens every single day and we start questioning “What’s wrong with my life ?”.
This can be avoided if we wake up early in the morning. Some tips to wake up early in the morning are:
1.Get on a sleep schedule
Figure out how much hours of sleep you require to feel fresh and active in the morning.
2.Improve your bedtime routine
It is advised to sleep early in order to wake up early. Even if you can’t fall asleep early, try to sleep. You will become habitual of sleeping early if you continue.
3.Move your alarm to avoid hitting snooze
Keep your alarm away from your bed. If possible keep it in other room so that you have to walk to snooze it.
4.Eat better and get regular exercise
Eating lots of fruit and vegetables can help you getting good sleep. Regular exercise can keep you healthy and you will feel less lazy in the morning.
A very much known form of energy nowadays. Today’s article is about solar energy and it’s science and technology. As we all know the fact that Sun is the ultimate source of energy for every organism present on Earth. Sun provides the required energy to all and nourish them in the form of sunlight rays radiated on the Earth. For the balance of life, to make it happen sunlight is the most important part in the ecosystem.
The concept of solar energy evolves around trapping the light and utilising it in the form of energy that can be used by the people. Earth is blessed with biodiversity and the main sources are sun, air and water of this system. To live life every organism need these sources. Energy can be renewable and non renewable. Sunlight is such an example of renewable energy resource.
In context to India we see that India is a country where there is ultimate sunlight present. For understanding this, think on the facts that are as follows – We know that North India receives maximum sunlight in the month of April to June whereas Southern part of India receives sunlight all throughout the year, the desert areas are also an source to this. The conversion of sunlight into the form of electricity will be useful to the population of India as the demand of electricity is increasing day by day and will not harm the environment or increase the global warming.
For this government and environmental activists have given suggestions and a way to generate solar electricity by installing solar panels on the rooftop or on the land wherever they are comfortable with. It not only reduces the cost and demand of electricity but also creates a source of income for them. The implementation of this scheme will create new job opportunities also.
This concept has also been discussed at national and international conferences and many have supported it. By 2024 we’ll be generating solar energy at huge level. Solar energy is the future in the upcoming years and many have already started working on it. So what are you waiting for ,just try to get acknowledged with the facts and do it once, it will be a long term benefit. It can be proved as a major transformation in the field of science and technology.
Basically, let us consider the term Insurance, what it is? And yes, you all do have a general idea of what it is or how it helps your family as we all pre-admit that events happen suddenly and nothing can be stopped.
To make our family and our future generations secure, these are made at the earliest years by the respective applicant whether on his name or on some of his family members.
You get an insurance plan from a reputed organization so you are safe and secure financially for any circumstances in life. Always take measures to check whether you are applying under the right authorized place of issuer from the policy banks as fraudsters may consume your savings and cheat your whole money entirely.
Gradually a kind of general insurance is in boom these days as they provide support vitally under various criteria of your life including foreign travels and motor vehicles.
Furthermore in simple terms I can recite as considering law facts, it is a kind of savings or asset that banks offer you to safeguard your money without losing it. In return to those benefits, they help you out if you are critically affected under the terms, I have mentioned below as you get a guarantee of payment from them.
Based on the needs we can classify them under five essential categories and they are:
Health/Medical Insurance f) Marine Insurance
Family Insurance g) Fire Insurance
Travel Insurance h) Liability Insurance
Vehicle Insurance i) Social Insurance
Property Insurance j) Guarantee Insurance
Various researchers say that these policies always benefit a whole generation even if the person who has the payment responsibility proves death. It is like a gift you leave to your children even if you die. About 3 out of 4 have secured their own and family life by taking up these premium plans, what about you?
These policies are long-term or short-term contracts based on the amount and number of years you wish to pay for. As they provide reimbursement against your precious losses from a company or even from banks. The company takes into account the client’s risks in life thus making payments as a bit higher than they have invested/insured.
Certain people may have an opinion of why it is important but literally it is because you safeguard your family without some financial earnings of yours to run their life even after not with them. Just think about the situation: if there’s nothing left for them after you, what will happen? Life will become miserable and has to be left stranded without any support or protection from anyone.
And make sure you opt for Term Life Insurance as it covers up greater periods kind of a life insurance totally under a specific life cover obviously. Also updating them on a monthly/yearly basis becomes necessary to make the flow of your premium continue until it ends and matures till the selected duration.
Also, you might face some additional charges if you discontinue it after certain months and you don’t gain any benefit at all. So, it’s better to drop out if you try to discontinue your current plans in those premiums.
So, if you are reluctant about these plans or with a mind that these won’t work, I literally call you a mad person as you didn’t know or better consider only about you in better terms. Try to take into account the factors in reality as anything can happen.
And please don’t make you left-stranded as it is like you push them into a pit with your own hands which is really a heart-melting situation for anyone. Kind of a pin pricking our souls when we are supportless among others.
Pets come with some powerful health benefits. Here’s how caring for a dog, cat, or another animal can help relieve depression and anxiety, lower stress, and improve your heart health.
The benefits of pets
Most pet owners are clear about the immediate joys that come with sharing their lives with companion animals. However, many of us remain unaware of the physical and mental health benefits that can also accompany the pleasure of snuggling up to a furry friend. It’s only recently that studies have begun to scientifically explore the benefits of the human-animal bond.
Pets have evolved to become acutely attuned to humans and our behaviour and emotions. Dogs, for example, are able to understand many of the words we use, but they’re even better at interpreting our tone of voice, body language, and gestures. And like any good human friend, a loyal dog will look into your eyes to gauge your emotional state and try to understand what you’re thinking and feeling (and to work out when the next walk or treat might be coming, of course).
Pets, especially dogs and cats can reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, ease loneliness, encourage exercise and playfulness, and even improve your cardiovascular health. Caring for an animal can help children grow up more secure and active. Pets also provide valuable companionship for older adults. Perhaps most importantly, though, a pet can add real joy and unconditional love to your life.
Any pet can improve your health
While it’s true that people with pets often experience greater health benefits than those without, a pet doesn’t necessarily have to be a dog or a cat. A rabbit could be ideal if you’re allergic to other animals or have limited space but still want a furry friend to snuggle with. Birds can encourage social interaction and help keep your mind sharp if you’re an older adult. Snakes, lizards, and other reptiles can make for exotic companions. Even watching fish in an aquarium can help reduce muscle tension and lower your pulse rate.
Studies have shown that:
Pet owners are less likely to suffer from depression than those without pets.
People with pets have lower blood pressure in stressful situations than those without pets. One study even found that when people with borderline hypertension adopted dogs from a shelter, their blood pressure declined significantly within five months.
Playing with a dog, cat, or other pet can elevate levels of serotonin and dopamine, which calm and relax.
Pet owners have lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels (indicators of heart disease) than those without pets.
Heart attack patients with pets survive longer than those without.
Pet owners over age 65 make 30 per cent fewer visits to their doctors than those without pets.
One of the reasons for these therapeutic effects is that pets fulfil the basic human need for touch. Even hardened criminals in prison show long-term changes in their behaviour after interacting with pets, many of them experiencing mutual affection for the first time. Stroking, hugging, or otherwise touching a loving animal can rapidly calm and soothe you when you’re stressed or anxious. The companionship of a pet can also ease loneliness, and most dogs are a great stimulus for healthy exercise, which can substantially boost your mood and ease depression.
Ultimately, when choosing a pet, be honest with yourself about the lifestyle you enjoy and the kind of pet you’d like to care for. If you’re in doubt about caring for a larger animal, start small, get a fish or a smaller, caged animal. See how it fits and go from there.
Everyone gets 24 hours a day but those who have ability to get maximum out of these 24 hours are classified as successful. Time management is the key to convert 24 hours into 25 hours. In simple words time management is process of organizing and dividing your time into various activities.
It’s about simplifying how you work and getting things done better and faster. It’s about working smarter. It is a game of choices. You have to make a choice about how you want to use your precious time. So if you are interested in improving your time management skills, check out these cool techniques.
Eat that frog
Brian Tracy says “You cannot eat every tadpole and frog in the pond. But you can eat the biggest and ugliest one, and that will be enough, at least for the time being.”
Identify your most important task of the day, this is your frog. It is the most impactful task of your day so begin your day by tackling this frog. Start this work and do this without any interruptions. This will bring an early win in your day which will build the momentum and sense of accomplishment.
But what if you have multiple frogs? Eat the biggest frog first. So instead of doing easy tasks first, do the difficult ones.
The Pomodoro technique
It is one of the most simple yet effective time management technique. This technique forces you to do single task so that your brain can focus on only one thing at a time as switching between tasks reduces productivity.
According to this technique turn off all distractions and set a timer for 25 minutes. During that time you will only focus on that work. After 25 minutes take a break of 5 minutes. After repeating this process for 4 times, take a long break.
The reason why it is successful is that it creates a sense of urgency as you have only 25 minutes to make as much progress as you can. Also it forces you to take a break which keeps you fresh throughout the day.
The Eisenhower Matrix
Prioritizing your tasks is a crucial part of time management as you may be spending hours doing useless things. The Eisenhower Matrix( urgent-important matrix) helps you in discovering your important tasks.
This matrix divides all your tasks into 4 quadrants:
Urgent and important: These are the most important tasks of your day. You have to do these tasks at any cost. This quadrant include crisis and deadline driven tasks.
Not urgent and important: These are important tasks but can be delegated like business planning, building relationships. As these tasks are not urgent you can schedule them in near future.
Urgent and not important: These are tasks like interruptions, non important email etc. As these tasks are not important delegate them instead of completing them now.
Non important and non urgent: These tasks are distractions and time wasters like playing video games. Just eliminate these tasks and focus on important ones.
To make this matrix, write down all your task and insert each task in respective quadrant. To be more productive spend more time on Not urgent but important activities as these tasks are meaningful to you but not urgent.
So these are some time management techniques, try to implement them every morning and get the best out of your precious time.
There are very less people in this world who will stay by your side always or help you always. But still, they exist. I’m glad that I had encountered with such person. So, when I was in 8th grade I shifted to a new school in a different city. Being a quite introverted person I always had problems while meeting new people or adjusting to new environment. I always take time to get comfortable with new people.
That same thing happened on my first day in the new school. I was not able converse with other students. Some even made fun of me. I almost believed that this is worst day of my life. I was feeling humiliated but then a girl approached me and tried to talk to me. At first I thought she must be here to make fun of me like others but she just wanted to be friends with me. I accepted her offer and slowly we become close.
She was very good at studies so she helped me with my studies and she often provided me with notes if I was absent in school. We used to play many games during our free time. She also helped me with my projects and assignments. Slowly we became best friends, we would often visit each others’ houses. I felt no longer lonely with her. On days, when I felt miserable and giving up she would motivate me and helped me to stay calm.
She was literally the best person I’ve ever met. Her interests were in literature so she used to write a lot about various topics and things. She was very ambitious towards her goal which used to inspire me a lot. Whenever someone tried to break our friendship She always stayed my side and never left me. Even after so many years when I think about our friendship, I feel really blessed to have such friend.
Eduindex 
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