Of all the things I fear (spiders, needles, people seeing my toes, rejection... the list goes on but I’ll spare you the gory details here), regrets are what strike the very most fear into my chickenhearted soul. I have a not-inconsequential sense of mortal dread about getting to the end and feeling ruefully disappointed —...
This is it, friends. We made it to the final installment of “ways to start living as though you gave a shit were actually alive,” and I’m not going to lie to you. I’m feeling a little hyped up over here. We covered a lot of bases (well, three, to be exact) in Part 1...
You’re the right person to be reading this article if: You just can’t get enough out of life. You’re the “suck all the marrow out of life” kind of person, and while you’re probably annoying everyone in the wake of your new recipes and travels and articles and hard to pronounce new workouts, you’re always...
Looking to live a livelier version of your life, now that the stranglehold of COVID is feeling a little less strangle-ey? Yeah, me too. So I consulted science on the matter and whittled the research down to the best of the best ways to un-dead ourselves. As a refresher, we’re talking about vitality here —...
Where would you plot yourself on this highly scientific vitality spectrum? Do you ever come across a quote so soul-stirring that it inexplicably jumps off the page, grabs you by the shoulders and slaps you in the face? In a good, “wake up to your life” kind of way? Here’s a personal favorite I’d like...
Not if — but when — you are unhappy at work, what — if anything — do you do about it? a) Nothing... work is supposed to suck, and then we die. b) I quit... burning all the bridges behind me with strange satisfaction. c) I try to make it right... looking inward first to...
Gratitude. It’s a heavy hitter in the positive psychology world — in fierce competition with optimism as the most scientifically studied well-being construct out there. We’ll let the researchers duke it out in the lab, and in the meantime we’ll all benefit from the abundance of studies that tell us how thankful we need to...
Let’s be clear on a few things before we get to today’s little listicle: Vitality is defined as a positive sense of aliveness and energy. Some call it our health of spirit which just sounds cool, right? This subjective feeling of aliveness is a big deal for our personal well-being, because the polar opposite sure...
Now that you’ve faced the facts of life that you will, in fact, kick the bucket one day, we can shift to the practical topic of what to actually do with yourself once you’ve expired. Statistically speaking, more than half of you will opt for the cremation route when it’s “your time,” so if you’re...
The facts of life when we’re kids are pretty tame compared to the facts of life for adults. As kids we learn about the birds and the bees who get to fly around and make whoopee all day (hopefully not with each other — those poor bees), whereas the adult facts of life are a...
Admit it — you got sucked in by the f-word. Fear. Dogs can smell it on you, and so can I. It’s not really hard to do — not much of a parlor trick at all, really (bucket list item #340: come up with a parlor trick before I die). You don’t need to be...
When are you at your best in the day? Pick the best answer that applies to your life: a) I’m a morning person b) I’m a night owl c) I’m amazingly productive all day + night long d) I never really manage to click into gear at all e) I don’t know; is that bad?...
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