Everybody wants something.
To get somewhere, accomplish something, or become someone.
But to do that, they need to figure out how. That’s where your content comes in.
The Two Secrets To Creating Content People Love
10 Writing Tips from the Founding Editor of the Onion
“Sometimes, after you’ve cut everything, you could realize that you weren’t really saying anything at all — and while that realization might be sad, it’s also very valuable.”
Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week
“Untouchable Days have become my secret weapon to getting back on track. They’re how I complete my most creative and rewarding work. To share a rough comparison, on a day when I write between meetings, I’ll produce maybe 500 words a day. On an Untouchable Day, it’s not unusual for me to write 5,000 words. On these days, I’m 10 times more productive.”
Eight Ways to Beat Burnout
“A huge source of burnout is the feeling that we’re not accomplishing the things that we want to accomplish — we’re pushing and pushing and pushing, but somehow getting less done. To correct for this, try evaluating your activity based on impact, rather than effort for effort’s sake.”
Three Ways to Be Happy Based on Scientific Research
“Becoming acutely lonely, the experiment found, was as stressful as experiencing a physical attack. It’s worth repeating. Being deeply lonely seemed to cause as much stress as being punched by a stranger.”
How Quitting Everything Daily Improves Your Creative Work
“With a clean slate in front of me, I reevaluate. I decide whether I still want all these elements in my life. If so, I think about why and I recommit with clearer purpose. If not, I decide when and how to make my resignation permanent.”
Five Ways to Figure out How You Waste Your Time
“Progress gets harder to measure the closer you get to the middle of a project. In that nebulous middle zone, the finish line is still too far away to see.”
How to Sit
“You probably didn’t realize this, but we have been sitting incorrectly the majority of our lives. And it’s making our bodies stressed.”
16 Things Andrea Zittel Knows for Sure About Life and Creativity
“What makes us feel liberated is not total freedom, but rather living in a set of limitations that we have created and prescribed for ourselves.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.” — Helen Keller