The Atlantic
The Free-Time Paradox in America
The rich were meant to have the most leisure time. The working poor were meant to have the least. The opposite is happening. …
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Studio D
10 Tips for International Relocation
The US is now the fifth country I’ll feel comfortable calling home — after the UK, Germany, China and Japan, each time …
LifeHotjar Blog
The Passion Fallacy (or, Why You Need More Than Passion to be Successful)
For starters, you need to stop thinking about what you enjoy, and instead - start thinking about your strengths and the …
LifeBBC
Why you feel busy all the time (when you're actually not)
It’s become a status symbol to be busy, which is absurd when you consider its effects on well-being.
LifeDebarghya Das
Why are Adults so busy?
I’ve always wondered growing up - what makes adults so busy? Sure, you’re working a 40 hour a week job but the …
LifeFoundation for Economic Education
Why I Rent a Tiny Apartment Rather than Buy a Big Home
I’m not saying that you should never buy a house. Just don’t make it your life ambition, much less try to fit …
LifeThe Wall Street Journal
Design Your Way to a Happier Life
Don’t worry about finding your ‘passion.’ Think like a designer: Try out quick prototypes of multiple ideas …
LifeThe Spectator
Why can't we see that we're living in a golden age?
If you look at all the data, it’s clear there’s never been a better time to be alive.
LifeWhat's an item on your bucket list that's off the wall unique, but still realistically achievable?
What’s an item on your bucket list that’s off the wall unique, but still realistically achievable?
LifeHacker News
What was your why didn't I start doing this sooner moment?
What was your “why didn’t I start doing this sooner” moment?
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Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social
“Loneliness is a warning system,” says Louise Hawkley, a psychologist at the University of Chicago. It is our …
LifeBBC
How to be mediocre and be happy with yourself
In the novel Catch-22, the author Joseph Heller famously wrote: “Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve …
LifeWhat did you learn too late in life?
What did you learn too late in life?
LifeHacker News
How do you find friends after moving to a new city?
How do you find friends after moving to a new city?
LifeHacker News
Out of ideas, what to do?
I am having a lot of free time during this period but I don’t seem to get any good ideas into my head like it used to …
Life WorkWhat was your why didn't I start doing this sooner moment?
What was your “why didn’t I start doing this sooner” moment?
LifeSingularity Hub
Why the Cost of Living Is Poised to Plummet in the Next 20 Years
But what people aren’t talking about, and what’s getting my attention, is a forthcoming rapid demonetization of …
LifeSignal v. Noise
I've never had a goal
I do things, I try things, I build things, I want to make progress, I want to make things better for me, my company, my …
LifeHacker News
When you feel stuck in life
You have the drive and motivation to get to your destination but once you are there – you’re left wondering …
LifeMedium
It's Not What You Want to Be When You Grow Up — It's Who
What should I be doing with my life? That’s when I (finally) started to recognize the pattern. If I always asked myself …
LifeAeon
Why exhaustion is not unique to our overstimulated age
What often goes unnoticed, though, is that anxieties about exhaustion are not peculiar to our age. Those who imagine that …
LifeI am Werner Herzog, the filmmaker. AMA.
I’d like to add that when I travel by foot, I don’t do it as a backpacker where you take all your household items …
Life TravelMedium
How I Became My Own Boss By Side Hustling and Doing What I Love
I believe in the side hustle 100%. It’s unrealistic to think that you could ever reach a moment where you can just cut …
Life WorkThe Conversation
What's lost when we photograph life instead of experiencing it?
Indeed, the compulsive urge to immediately, electronically exhibit one’s self is a phenomenon made uniquely possible by …
LifeAeon
The meanings of life
Happiness is not the same as a sense of meaning. How do we go about finding a meaningful life, not just a happy one?
LifeHacker News
How Did You Start Over?
Have you ever just said F@#%k it? ..Wiped the slate clean? Just dropped the mic…and walked away into a whole new …
LifeTeleport
Packing for a move - 8 tips for staying sane
Packing is one of the scariest things about relocating. The idea of moving all of your belongings from point A to point B …
LifeThe Atlantic
The War on Stupid People
American society increasingly mistakes intelligence for human worth.
LifeQuartz
The solution to just about everything: working less
A 21st-century education should prepare people not only for joining the workforce, but also (and more importantly) for life.
LifeThe Guardian
Has convenience turned you into a monster?
Like me, you might be a liberal who loves Uber and Airbnb. But the darker side of the new economy isn’t something we …
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