Priceonomics
How Young Adults Spend Their Time: 2004 vs 2014
For all the changes that we observed over the past decade, much has also stayed the same. Twentysomethings are spending …
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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.
Medium
Don't Edit Your Imagination
As children, we have vivid imaginations. We stay up late waiting for Santa Claus, dream of becoming President, and have ideas …
LifeQuartz
You probably know to ask yourself, What do I want? Here's a way better question
If I ask you, “What do you want out of life?” and you say something like, “I want to be happy and have a …
LifeNir Eyal
Can't Kick a Bad Habit? You're Probably Doing It Wrong
When it comes to gaining control over bad habits, like eating food we know isn’t good for us, I shared with her the …
LifeThe Atlantic
Stop Being So Self-Conscious
Yesterday, I gave a great talk; today is a real bad hair day. This year I worked hard on my introductory psychology class; …
LifeMedium
On Quitting: Part II
I said in my last post, “You will never figure out what’s right until you fix what you already know is inherently …
LifeBBC
Your life on earth
How you and the world have changed since you were born.
LifeNautilus
What I Learned from Losing $200 Million
The 2008 financial crisis taught me about the illusion of control, and how to give it up.
LifeJon Kuperman
They Rejected Us
Everyone’s been rejected - these are our stories.
LifeBrain Pickings
The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and the Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long
“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today… The whole future lies …
LifeMedium
Why I Stopped Helping People And You Should Too
My mother taught me never to give unsolicited advice, nor try to help anyone unless they ask you for it. I always thought …
LifeThe Roam Diaries
As We May Live
Nearly 100 years after our modern idea of home was invented, we started a company that aims to create something better. …
Life WorkStumbling and Mumbling
Costs of under-confidence
This reminds me that one of the under-rated skills in life is the ability to know one’s skill.
LifeMedium
How I became a morning person (and why I decided to make the change)
I traded a typical night-owl schedule—up ’til midnight or later, staring at a screen, writing, doing design work, …
LifeTeleport
Five people with extremely unconventional homes
Housing can be a lot more difficult than just choosing a place and moving in. Sometimes, when the situation calls for it, …
LifeBrain Pickings
How to Be Alone: An Antidote to One of the Central Anxieties and Greatest Paradoxes of Our Time
“We live in a society which sees high self-esteem as a proof of well-being, but we do not want to be intimate with this …
LifeThe Art of Non-Conformity
Don't Pursue Something that Someone Said You Should Want
Don’t commit to one idea of the future but instead, commit to a problem that you want to solve. Then you can stay …
LifeMedium
How to NOT take a photo
Next time you encounter something truly breath-taking, stop yourself from grabbing the closest image-capturing-machine. …
LifeThis Is What Happens When You Try To Do the Impossible
For 5000 years or longer, humanity has driven forward with story-telling. Too many people forget that but the only way to …
LifeThe New York Times
Born to Be Conned
Stories are one of the most powerful forces of persuasion available to us, especially stories that fit in with our view of …
LifeQuartz
To extend my life, I changed my perception of time
A cool thing about moving to another country is that your life gets longer. Last year I calculated, that I should move to …
LifeSlate Magazine
The World Is Not Falling Apart
Never mind the headlines. We’ve never lived in such peaceful times.
LifeNautilus
The Science of Gratitude
Research suggests saying thanks regularly can benefit your health.
LifeZen Habits
How to Want Very Little
Imagine a life where we could enjoy simple, free pleasures like going for a walk in nature, meditating, reading a book, …
Life MinimalismMedium
The day I became a millionaire
Once you’ve taken care of the basics, there’s very little in this world for which your life is worth deferring. …
LifeMedium
AI will reorganize the human population
Our vision is to make moving so easy and information about life quality so transparent that we would end up with a world …
Life WorkBBC
Viewpoint: How creativity is helped by failure
The problem in the world today is that we only see the final product - the amazing movie, the super-efficient vacuum cleaner, …
Life WorkZen Habits
A Healthy Way to Aspire to a Better Life
I have a friend who is unhappy with his life — being in debt, lonely, with a job he doesn’t like, in a town he …
LifeSignal v. Noise
Give it five minutes
There are two things in this world that take no skill: 1. Spending other people’s money and 2. Dismissing an idea. …
LifeZen Pencils
Alan Watts: What if money was no object?
So I always ask the question: What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your …
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