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The 2-Word Trick That Makes Small Talk Interesting
While listening to my favorite podcasts, I’ve noticed a two-word phrase that hosts often use with their guests to cut …
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The Secret to Enjoying a Long Winter
In winter 2017-18, I was depressed, anxious, wasn’t getting out of bed in the morning, spent endless time on my phone …
LifeHacker News
What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?
A lot of what hackers do takes years of building knowledge upon knowledge. That’s also true for physicists, marketers, …
LifeCal Newport
If You're Busy, You're Doing Something Wrong: The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers
This analysis leads to an important conclusion. Whether you’re a student or well along in your career, if your goal is …
LifeThe Outline
We were supposed to be living in pod houses
Introduced in the late ’60s, the Futuro house was shaped like a UFO, contained built-in shag carpet, and could be …
LifeThe New York Times
Why You Should Find Time to Be Alone With Yourself
Don’t confuse loneliness with time by yourself.
LifeSoaring – Chess in the Air
The Risk of Dying Doing What We Love
Many of us participate in activities and sports that are at least somewhat dangerous. However, most of us also do not have a …
LifeRhys Lindmark
Personal Wednesday: Using "I Am" Statements to Make Your Identity Large
In general, it’s powerful to keep your identity small. But it’s also helpful to have a clear sense of self …
LifeBuzzFeed
I Thought Wilderness Was A Place To Find Myself, Until I Spent Four Months Living In It
A summer working on trails in the burned-out Oregon backcountry taught me that while humans may find profound beauty in …
LifeThe New York Times
Why Don't Rich People Just Stop Working?
Are the wealthy addicted to money, competition, or just feeling important? Yes.
LifeTIME
Niksen Is the Dutch Lifestyle Concept of Doing Nothing—And You're About to See It Everywhere
First there was hygge, the Danish concept that made staying in and getting cozy cool. Then there was lagom, the Swedish …
LifeWorld Economic Forum
10 ways to handle toxic people
To deal with toxic people effectively, you need an approach that enables you, across the board, to control what you can and …
Life WorkJustin Jackson
Out of Office
Often, we don’t make progress because we’re stuck in the regular rut of commuting, working all day, and coming …
Life WorkPersonal Growth
I Meet Dead People Every Day: How to avoid becoming one yourself
Travel is a necessary evil because the payoff is worth all the trouble. Travel broadens our perspectives and educates us …
Life TravelBBC
What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?
Many modern urban areas have been built around cars, with huge amounts of space set aside for roads and parking. But what …
LifeThe Atlantic
Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore
Our unpredictable and overburdened schedules are taking a dire toll on American society.
LifeThe New York Times
I Used to Fear Being a Nobody. Then I Left Social Media.
My wanting to share every waking thought became eclipsed by a desire for an increasingly rare commodity — a private life.
LifeBYU
Impostor Syndrome is more common than you think; Study finds best way to cope with it
The impostor syndrome, a phenomenon that manifests when people feel like frauds even if they are actually capable and …
LifeThe New York Times
Young People Are Going to Save Us All From Office Life
Gen Z-ers and millennials have been called lazy and entitled. Could they, instead, be among the first to understand the …
Life WorkQuartz
Photographer removes our smartphones to show our strange and lonely new world
Are you reading this on a handheld device? There’s a good chance you are. Now imagine how’d you look if that …
LifeUp and to the Right
Journaling
Many of my anxieties, worries, and decisions tend to get warped, distorted, and intermixed in my mind as I sit there mulling …
LifeThe Guardian
Underpopulated Italian region offers visitors €25,000 to move in
An underpopulated region in southern Italy is offering newcomers €700 per month for three years to live in one of its …
Life TravelCNBC
These are the world's most liveable cities in 2019
The top 10 most liveable cities in the world, and their scores according to The Global Liveability Index 2019, are:
- Vienna, …
Stanford
Meeting online has become the most popular way U.S. couples connect, Stanford sociologist finds
Matchmaking is now done primarily by algorithms, according to new research from Stanford sociologist Michael Rosenfeld. His …
LifeBuzzFeed
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation
I couldn’t figure out why small, straightforward tasks on my to-do list felt so impossible. The answer is both more …
LifeFarnam Street
The Danger of Comparing Yourself to Others
The most important things in life are measured internally. Thinking about what matters to you is hard. Playing to someone …
LifeHuman Parts
The Art of Waking Up Earlier Than Everyone Else
I’ve read several articles about the productivity benefits of waking up early — and I’m sure you have, too. These …
LifeAeon
Why speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser
Imagine, for instance, that you are arguing with your partner. Adopting a third-person perspective might help you to …
LifeTravel + Leisure
Would You Rather Travel With Your Phone Than a Friend? Maybe It's Time for a 'Mobilemoon'
Last month, the travel company issued the results of a survey which said, given the ultimatum, 33 percent of American …
Life TravelJustin Jackson
How to be more social at events and conferences
Too often, we think about networking in terms of what we can get. We’re doing it for ourselves; to fill our emotional …
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