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What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?
If given the opportunity to work remotely from anywhere in the world where would you go? Or if you’ve recently …
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What's life? Across our curated articles and stories, you'll find a 21st Century perspective on topics such as life lessons, creativity, mindfulness, self-improvement, and much more.
The Atlantic
The Hidden Costs of Living Alone
In ways both large and small, American society still assumes that the default adult has a partner and that the default …
LifeCBS
Why some young workers are leaving their office jobs to work on farms
“We all kind of felt like we’re cogs in the wheel of this larger system that we didn’t really want to be a …
LifePhys.org
Getting beyond small talk: Study finds people enjoy deep conversations with strangers
People benefit from deep and meaningful conversations that help us forge connections with one another, but we often stick to …
LifeIvaylo Durmonski
Why Obsessively Following Successful People Online is Dangerous
Why do people keep following other people online? Why do people voluntarily disturb their attention by creating an insanely …
LifeIvaylo Durmonski
My Life After Quitting Social Media
Social media is like cigarettes and alcohol. Toxic. Addictive. Yet widely accessible. Everybody knows it’s bad. …
LifeBBC
How finger counting gives away your nationality
Many people around the world learn to count on their fingers, but we don’t all do it in the same way. Could there be a …
LifeThe Wall Street Journal
A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: 'I Just Feel Lost'
The number of men enrolled at two- and four-year colleges has fallen behind women by record levels, in a widening education …
LifeThe Wall Street Journal
New Life and Work Choices Revitalize Exurbs, Bringing New Strains
Lower costs and the ability to do jobs remotely draw throngs from cities and close-in suburbs, in particular to the …
LifeThe Founder Coach
The Art of Not Taking Things Personally
Why other people’s emotions might not be about you — and your emotions might not be about them.
LifeVox
The complicated reality of doing what you love
I lost my hobby and gained a revenue stream.
LifeCounter Arts
You are Not Lazy or Undisciplined. You Have Internal Resistance.
You are not lazy. You are not undisciplined. You are not irresponsible. You are not suffering from mysterious ‘Just …
LifeAeon
We're all teenagers now
Adolescence isn’t a time of life so much as a frame of mind. Liberating yet damaging, it’s transformed the US and …
LifeBusiness Insider
Meet the typical 40-year-old millennial, who has $128,000 in debt, is not nearly as wealthy as their parents were, and is known as 'geriatric'
“Millennials have lifelong damage, given the severity of the Great Recession ,” Mark Muro, a senior fellow and …
LifeThe Economist
The vital art of talking to strangers
Three books explain why it matters—and can easily be lost.
LifeOutside Online
The Mental Benefits of Being Terrible at Something
The 80/20 rule is interesting to consider, but it can also be misleading. That’s because both the early and the late …
LifeThe Cut
The Clock-Out Cure
For those who can afford it, quitting has become the ultimate form of self-care.
LifeThe New York Times
How the Pandemic Did, and Didn't, Change Where Americans Move
But about 30 million change-of-address requests to the U.S. Postal Service in 2020 show that with these two very visible …
LifeThe Atlantic
'Smart' Cities Are Surveilled Cities
Notwithstanding global enthusiasm for hyperconnected cities, this futuristic wired urban world has a dark side. What’s …
LifeThe New York Times
There's a Name for the Blah You're Feeling: It's Called Languishing
The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.
LifeBloomberg
Let's Get Rid of Time Zones, Not Just Daylight Savings
There’s biological time and global time, and we need to sync with both. That means rethinking our clocks.
LifeGregory Alvarez
Living Like It's 99: No Social Media, No Smartphone
At the time of writing this article, I’ve been living without social media for 3 years and without a smartphone for 2 …
LifeOff Grid Permaculture
Free Land — Living Off Grid With No Money
If you are like me, the biggest obstacle to the dream of living off grid is money. Today, I thought I would help out wannabe …
LifeInsider
Japan has appointed a 'Minister of Loneliness' after seeing suicide rates in the country increase for the first time in 11 years
Japan has appointed a “Minister of Loneliness” to take try and reduce loneliness and social isolation among its …
Health LifeMainichi Japan
'Rent-a-person who does nothing' in Tokyo receives endless requests, gratitude
A 37-year-old Tokyo man who says he rents himself out to other people “to do nothing” has been inundated with …
LifeMark Manson
1,273 People Share Their Best Life Lessons from 2020
Even if 2020 was one long dumpster fire of a year, we sure learned a lot about ourselves. Here’s what nearly 1300 …
Lifeideopunk
100 Tips For A Better Life
The other day I made an advice thread based on Putanumonit’s from last year! If you know a source for one of these, …
LifeBBC
How busyness leads to bad decisions
When we’re under pressure our mental bandwidth narrows – and that means we focus on the wrong tasks. So what’s …
LifeThe New York Times Magazine
Does Who You Are at 7 Determine Who You Are at 63?
In 1964, with “Seven Up!” Michael Apted stumbled into making what has become the most profound documentary series …
LifeOur World in Data
The rise of living alone: how one-person households are becoming increasingly common around the world
In the US, the share of adults who live alone nearly doubled over the last 50 years. This is not only happening in the US: …
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