LifeOPedia

20-20 began with smiling faces but just as soon as it began, we wished for it to end. It has with no doubt been a year of downs and ups. Tragedy struck but miracles happened too. This year has helped many learn so much about not taking things for granted. Spending every living, breathing moment with family, for me, has had its whole different rollercoaster ride. Still, as this year ends, I have understood how important family is, now I can't imagine my parents leaving for work, I don't want them to either. This year, scientists and researchers worldwide have made many life-changing discoveries, all amidst a global pandemic.  We sequenced the coronavirus just a few days after learning about this illness, and we developed its vaccine in under a year; that's record time! NASA launched a new mars rover, a probe to the sun, and the first-ever crewed commercial astronaut mission.  There are so many more incredible things that we have been able to achieve this year. No matter our ...

First, let's start with the word 'Think'. How and what we think determines how we act, talk and what we do. It shapes and makes our reality. Thinking that a book is going to be boring before reading it will make you believe that the book is boring while reading it.  Now, "Thinking Differently". Since no two humans are the same, does that mean we all think differently? No. Our thinking is very much influenced by the people surrounding us.  I wanted to start a blog since I was very young. I had millions of ideas flowing in and I couldn't stop writing. But people told me I was too young and that I wouldn’t know how. So for two years I didn’t try. I have finally started writing a blog, and it’s very overwhelming. I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything.  How many 12-year-olds that you know have written a blog or started a podcast, maybe even joined a band or taken a sport that they like, more seriously? I believed that you are never too young to chase your g...

 We are re-branding! Not sure if that is what you call it but we are no longer going to be "Wonderwithannie" instead, we will go as "LifeOPedia". I have been wanting to change my blog name for quite a while now, and I thought LifeOPedia fits perfectly with my content! Plus, It's catchy! Love, Annanya.

Practice doesn't make perfect. Just reading that line makes us uncomfy, right? I have been brought up being told one line, and one line only: " Practice makes perfect." As I was thinking of topics to write about, I started second-guessing this statement and a quote came to my mind almost immediately.  You see, just practicing isn't the full story...  "Perfect Practice makes Perfect" ... Practicing properly is.  If we practice poorly without corrected our mistakes, we will just get better at making those mistakes.  Practice makes habits. Not Improvements.   Practicing perfectly, on the other hand, improves our performance in any skill. It corrects our mistakes and all in all, makes us better. This is one of the most important things that my ballet teacher has ever taught me. Several factors go into dancing perfectly. In ballet, all of them come with perfect practice. Something as simple as pointing your feet can go wrong in many ways if not paid proper atten...