At my core, I have always been the kind of person who wants to do more, achieve more, and experience all that life has to offer. This part of me is driven by a…
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Something I really hate is the feeling of lying in bed at night, thinking back through my day, and knowing I really blew an opportunity to be present with my kids. I love being…
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I hate to admit that I don’t always focus on the good things in my life. I get used to them as a baseline, and then take them for granted. It’s the things I…
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I was angry enough to rip the closet doors off the wall and smash them to pieces with a hammer. Rewind about 2 hours and my wife kindly asked if I could fix the kids'…
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Like anyone, I occasionally fall into the self-pity trap. And when you’re caught in that trap, it’s kind of embarrassing to ask for help. On top of whatever disappointing thing happened to cause the original…
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Google has an amazing tool that lets you see the frequency of a word’s usage over the years across a sample of 8 million books. From the year 1800 until about 1985, the word “success”…
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While some people have grown jaded by the use of the word “life hack” in internet culture, I’ve always seen them as a modern adaptation of a time-honored practice. They serve a similar role…
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Walking, one of life’s simplest pleasures, has somehow become underrated. How do I know this…
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In my eyes, the problem is only trying to satisfy ourselves with mental junk food and shallow alternatives to the real thing…
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Some of the best-selling books over the past few decades fall under the broad topic of productivity advice. The popularity of titles such as “Atomic Habits,” “Getting Things Done,” and “Deep Work” suggest that many…
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Let’s face it: algorithms are good and getting even better. Everything from what you see on your Instagram feed, the product recommendations you get on Amazon, the videos you're shown on YouTube, and the specific…
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My relationship with taking action has changed in the past several years. Around that time, my wife and I decided to start a blog to document all that we were learning and experimenting with in…
