All Posts By

Mike Donghia

  • The Less Traveled Path to Riches

    Some ideas remain massively undervalued, even while they are widely known and generally accepted to be true. To me, daily exercise is one of those ideas.…

    June 17, 2021
  • Minimalist Self-Improvement

    I think of self-improvement as a subcategory of philosophy. It deals with some of the most practical questions of life.…

    June 11, 2021
  • The Optimal Amount of Chaos

    For a while I’ve been tracking 12 daily habits with an app. The impact on my life has been significant. So positive, in fact, that you know what my greatest temptation has been? Wanting…

    June 4, 2021
  • A Fun, Simple Way to Build Relationships

    In college, our school’s soccer team was one of the best in the country. Over a 14 year stretch from 2000-2013 they won 10 National Championships. One of the keys to their success was…

    May 28, 2021
  • How to Love a Human

    To ask why you should love another human might be one of those questions where the answer is either self-evident, or else no amount of reasoning in the world will convince you.…

    May 20, 2021
  • Life’s Free Pleasures

    I went outside this afternoon to sit and work at the picnic table in our backyard. It turned out to be the perfect spring day— cool air, warm sun, birds chirping, and the sound…

    April 22, 2021
  • 11 Ways to Be Kind to Your Kids

    As humans, the pursuit of happiness lies at the forefront of our very nature. Don’t we all desire to be happy in some sense or another? We can seek happiness through any number of…

    April 19, 2021
  • In Defense of Leisure

    One way to categorize time is into two buckets: work and leisure. When we’re doing an activity that requires effort and achieves a clear purpose, then we’re doing work. Pretty much everything else is…

    April 15, 2021
  • The Joy of Serendipity: 3 Things I’ve Learned

    There are some moments in life that feel like heaven on earth. The particular experiences I’m thinking of can’t be manufactured or demanded, and so they always arrive as a happy surprise. I call…

    April 8, 2021
  • Reflections on a Month-Long Toothache

    In the past month I've been to the dentist 5 times and have lived with a level of tooth pain ranging from constant throbbing to sharp sensitivity. Despite being a twice-a-day brusher and daily…

    March 18, 2021
  • Turning Mundane Tasks Into Acts of Compassion

    Whether you are naturally curious or easily distracted, you’ll probably agree that it can be challenging at times to focus on the normal, everyday tasks that make up life. Every time we start one task,…

    March 11, 2021