Short Exercise Stints Can Help You as Much as Long Ones
“If people walked continuously for five minutes or longer, meaning in exercise bouts, they lowered their risk of dying young. But they gained the same benefit i...
Category: Self Improvement
How Having a Day Job Can Help You Make Better Art
“Sometimes the artist needs to turn off, to get out in the fray, to stop worrying over when her imagination’s pot will boil — because, of course, it won’t if sh...
The 101 Most Important Dishes in the History of American Food
“We looked for dishes that have been endlessly adopted or outright copycatted on other menus, kicked off a lasting trend, or became staples that still define th...
Gratitude Comes from Noticing Your Life, Not Thinking About It
“Gratitude, when we do genuinely feel it, arises from experiences we are currently having, not from evaluating our lives in our heads.”
How to Figure out What You Want
“Every time I gave my attention to anything besides myself, I was actually telling myself, ‘This random thought is more important than you are.’”
10 Hidden Gmail Productivity Hacks
“If you find yourself typing certain replies or phrases over and over, then you would benefit from Gmail’s Canned Responses feature. This lets you create saved ...
How to Create a Reverse Budget
“Reverse budgeting simply figures out how much you need to save, makes those savings automatic and then you spend the remaining amount of money as you please.”
Nine Scientists Share Their Favorite Happiness Practices
“We become so obsessed with accumulating that we forget about enjoying. It’s often on my mind, as I think about what is worth accumulating in life — and what is...
You Have to Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
“Comfort is overrated. Because being quiet is comfortable. Keeping things the way they’ve been is comfortable. And all comfort has done is maintain the status q...
Why We Worry and How to Worry Less
“The disaster we fear is going to unfold is actually behind us.”