Manoj Surya
Loneliness – [How to identify and deal with it]
Stats show people are becoming more and lonelier. Loneliness can bring you closer to death than your drinking friends, obese …
LifeLife
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.
Bennett Notes
People Who Are Obsessed With Success and Prestige
What does it look like to be obsessed with success and prestige? It probably looks a lot like me at the moment. A guy who …
LifeDerek Sivers
Time is personal. Your year changes when your life changes.
A new day begins when I wake up, not at midnight. Midnight means nothing to me. It’s not a turning point. Nothing …
LifeThe New York Times
When Humans Learned to Live Everywhere
About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for …
LifeClearer Thinking
Believing you only have one option is dangerous
Often when we only see one option, there really are others that we’re not considering. So, read on to find out some of …
LifeThe Guardian
Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds
Half of 16- to 21-year-olds support ‘digital curfew’ and nearly 70% feel worse after using social media.
LifeHarvard Kennedy School
The Friendship Recession: The Lost Art of Connecting
According to the American Perspectives Survey, the percentage of U.S. adults who report having no close friends has …
LifeSimon Späti
Finding Flow: Escaping Digital Distractions Through Deep Work and Slow Living
A personal guide to reclaiming focus in the age of endless temptation.
LifeHarimus blog
Kakizome, Japanese way of new-years resolution
Instead of “I’m going to read one book at least, per week” you can do “It’s the year of reading”. Instead of X days per week …
LifeArchitectural Digest
Should More of Us Be Moving to Live Near Friends?
For these six people, the realest consideration in real estate acquisition was the friends they made along the way.
LifeHarvard Business Review
Will You Make Good on Your New Year’s Resolution?
We all tend to make resolutions that are aspirational—and thus quickly abandoned. And when societal systems are failing—in …
LifeThe Times
Why conversations are better with four people
Three might be a crowd but four appears to be the magic number when it comes to conversation. And, according to an academic …
LifeCNN
Tokyo government gives workers 4-day workweek to boost fertility, family time
The Japanese capital is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees, in its latest push to help working …
Life WorkGizmodo
'Enshittification' Is Officially the Biggest Word of the Year
That rage you feel as you deal with every single piece of tech in your life? It’s caused by enshittification and the …
LifeAdam Grant
My Social Anxiety Cheat Sheet for Mingling
I’m not here to cure social anxiety, but I have managed to empower myself enough in social situations that I got to …
LifeThe New Yorker
Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds
New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.
LifeThe Guardian
The big idea: should we be thinking about luck differently?
We tend to focus on good or bad fortune, successes and failures. But what about the fact you’re here at all?
LifeHarvard Business Review
We're Still Lonely at Work
Many aspects of modern life contribute to loneliness, including cultural, economic, demographic, and technological factors …
Life WorkThe Guardian
Europe beats the US for walkable, livable cities, study shows
Cities such as Zurich and Dublin found to have key services accessible within 15 minutes for more than 95% of residents.
Life TravelCBC
Cities are overheating. How do we cool them down?
It’s possible to plan for heat in cities, with more trees, better windows and even daylighting streams.
LifeThe Wall Street Journal
Gen Z-ers Are Computer Whizzes. Just Don't Ask Them to Type.
The ‘digital natives’ baffle teachers and parents with their lack of typing skills.
LifeJerry Liu
Use Your Potions and Scrolls
In fact, it’s far more important in life that you use the resources available to you, because you’re on a clock. …
LifeWired
People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One
Removing cars from urban areas means lower carbon emissions, less air pollution, and fewer road traffic accidents. So why are …
LifeNess Labs
Rediscovering Ikigai: What We Got Wrong and How to Find Meaning in Life
One unique Japanese concept is the idea of ikigai, which can be roughly translated to reason for being (or “raison …
LifeThe Wall Street Journal
What Gen Z Will Lose if They Don't Have Friendships at Work
As more young people work remotely, they aren’t forming close relationships with colleagues. That will have a profound …
Life Remote WorkThe Atlantic
Overwhelmed? Just Say 'No.'
The science of how to stop saying yes to everything—and be happier.
LifeThe Guardian
My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also changed my life
Constant connectivity is a new expectation, exhausting to meet. My worst fear about turning my phone off has been missing a …
LifeCNBC
Why can't today's young adults leave the nest? Blame high housing costs
Nearly one-third, or 31%, of Gen Z are living with their parents because they can’t afford to buy or rent their own …
LifeLars Yencken
The fresh start effect
People have been doing New Years Resolutions forever. You’re more likely to run a marathon at a milestone age like 30, …
LifeCraig Mod
The Walk and Talk: Everything We Know
A walk-and-talk is a moveable salon. A small group of people walk together for a week, having casual conversations …
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