Wisdom I Pondered This Week

• “What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.” — Brené Brown
• “Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.” — Mary Oliver
• “Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.” — Georgia O’Keeffe
• “It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.” — Roald Dahl
• “Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god?” — Virgil

Things I Learned This Week

• “Off-brand (雜牌；未註冊商標的)” refers to products that are not made by well-known or major brands. These items are often produced by lesser-known companies or generic manufacturers, and are typically sold at a lower price than name-brand products. People sometimes associate off-brand products with lower quality, but this isn’t always true—many generic or store-brand items are nearly identical to their branded counterparts.
• 鯰魚效應（Catfish Effect） 指的是在團體或市場中引入強而有力的競爭者，以激勵其他成員提升表現、避免懶散或停滯不前。這個概念源自於挪威漁業的故事：據說，挪威人運送沙丁魚時，發現如果將幾條活潑的鯰魚放入魚群中，沙丁魚會變得更活躍、更願意游動，減少死亡率。這是因為鯰魚的存在迫使沙丁魚時常保持在警戒狀態。
• An accordion (手風琴) UI component is a vertical stack of interactive headers that users click to expand or collapse, revealing or hiding content panels. It serves as a space-saving design pattern for displaying large amounts of information, commonly used in FAQs and documentation to reduce visual clutter.
• 鑽轎腳 是台灣民間信仰中的祈福儀式，信眾透過彎腰或跪爬穿過神轎底下，象徵讓神明「從自己身上經過」，接受神力加持，達到消災解厄、去除穢氣，並祈求平安順遂之目的。
• 瓜拿納（Guaraná）是一種原產於巴西亞馬遜流域的植物，以其天然咖啡因含量極高聞名（比咖啡豆還高，約 2–4 倍）。主要利用其可食用的種子製作成飲料與保健產品。