2. PICK A PILLAR Psychologist and The Power of Meaning author Emily Esfahani Smith spent five years researching what constitutes a meaningful life. Strengthening even one of the resulting “four pillars” will support the quest for greater meaning in anyone’s life, she says. Belonging: This comes from our relationships, from feeling valued for who we are and from valuing others. “It’s a choice—you can choose to cultivate belonging with others.” Purpose: Without something worthwhile to do, we flounder, Esfahani Smith writes....

Now, Google is updating its Google Phone app with the Material You design on Android 12. According to a new report by XDA Developers, users on Android 12 are seeing the design revamp introduced for the Google Phone app. The Google Phone app version 70 brings a couple of new Material You design theme elements. Notably, the changes are evident on floating action buttons (FAB) and the bottom tab. For some users, the new design also brings dynamic theming features to the Google Phone app....

Sipping on mindfulness Sipping on mindfulness What would you do for a cup of tea? San Francisco’s Samovar Teahouse offers “mindfulness tea” at no charge, if you agree to drink it mindfully. That means no using your phone and no chatting, and simply sipping for 60 whole minutes. Owner Jesse Jacobs, a longtime meditator, says he sees it sparking curiosity around mindfulness, though not all customers are eager to dive in and try it....

To people who’ve already been practicing, this may not be such an unusual story; they’ve likely sensed such effects in themselves. What is unusual is that this story’s caught the attention of news sources like Boing Boing (one of the most-read and linked-to blogs in the world), Business Week, and even the gossip site, Gawker. This means that more and more people will be looking for more information on bringing the benefits of mindfulness into their lives....

Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro X specifications Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro X specifications The Ticwatch Pro X is a flagship smartwatch powered by the Snapdragon Wear 4100 chipset. Mobvoi is packing the device with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. It sports a 1.39-inch AMOLED display, along with a secondary FSTN LCD screen for low-power usage. The latest Mobvoi smartwatch runs on Google’s Wear OS platform, the older one. The new Wear OS, which Google has co-developed with Samsung will remain exclusive to the latter’s Galaxy Watch series smartwatches until late next year....