Who isn’t angling for a few more years above ground? Anatole France wisely said, “The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever” — and I dare you to tell me that’s not at least 76% true for you. Today we’re diving into “how...
You know how some quotes can paradoxically stop you in your tracks yet also jolt you into action? Still your beating heart in one moment, yet also quicken your pulse in an "I'M SO ALIVE" kind of way? Take your breath away yet simultaneously breathe oxygenated life into you? (I really hope you know what I mean.)...
There has never been a day like today, nor will there ever be another day like this one — and I’m not just saying that in a motivational speaker-y kind of way. Monday, September 20th 2021 has come, and if you let it, it will go like any other unremarkable second-last-day of summer, like any...
When work sucks, life sucks. Even the best compartmentalizers can’t box their work woes up tight enough to keep them from tarnishing the untarnished parts of their lives. One-off moments of frustration in an otherwise life-enhancing job can feel lousy, but we’re not here together on the auspicious occasion of Labor Day to talk about...
Tell the truth: you underestimate the well-being impact of the great outdoors, right? You might think being outside is nice, but not necessary, like appetizers — we all love them, but the entrée is usually enough. (The entrée plus dessert is enough, to be clear.) You’re not alone; research shows that we systematically underestimate the...
If you were hypothetically asked to sit down and list 30 things that make you happy, what would your immediate response be? A) “.....................................” (← for the record, that’s no response, other than the sound of crickets chirping in the distance as you sit wide-eyed with a mild bit of panic going on under the surface.)...
Do any of these statements sound familiar? "I’m waiting for things to die down at work to start my side hustle" "We’ll travel to the Azores when we retire" "I’m going to start dating after I lose these 19lbs" "I’ll start networking for a new job when I have a little more experience" "I only...
Buckle up for a wee bit of positive mental time travel, friends. Reflect back on the years you’ve been alive so far. (For some of you this’ll take just a jiffy, and for the rest of us we’ll exhaust ourselves scanning through multiple decades. It’s okay; take a break if you need to, Myrtle.) So...
So here we are in August, and summer, like us, isn’t getting any younger. Here’s a pop quiz to determine where you sit on the continuum of savoring <———> squandering the most sacred season of all. What statement sounds most like you? “Summer is slipping through my fingers, like grains of sand at the beach...
If you, too, have a small (and when I say small, I mean significant) problem with buying more books than you will ever live long enough to be able to read, then I’m about to make your problem worse. But it’s a pretty decent problem to have, right? The stack of books beside your bed...
Let’s face it: we are all headed for the same place (well, that’s not entirely true — some of you will burn in the flaming embers of hell for all of eternity — fingers crossed I don’t see you there), and we can either do this Totally Inevitable Death thing like gold medalists, or do...
It might be because we watch a lot of prison shows, but I think a lot about what it would be like to be locked up. Would they serve me gluten-free food in the joint? Would I get to use the satin pillowcases I’ve grown quite fond of? What would it take to get the...
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