The Lazies: The Two-Minute Rule to Get Out of a Slump, Beat Procrastination, and Build New Habits
A slump. This is what we’ve come to call the sudden decline in our activity, motivation, energy, and in severe cases, the will to shower.
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“Beware of Idiots” and Six Other Things a 20-Year-Old Should Hear At Least Once a Year
One evening, as I was preparing to fall asleep, my brain decided it was the perfect time to go full gear with crazed thoughts of the what was and what will be. And in the middle of all that—the ‘what is’ was up to the neck with self-inflicted worry. As you may know, dear reader, things like this never …
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The Joy of Killing Automatic Negative Thoughts
Time to kill ANTs. No, I don’t mean those ants. I mean this: Automatic Negative Thoughts. Before the pandemic made hanging out with other human beings feel illegal, I spent a lot of time with people—people who wore socks with little Pikachus on them, people who listened to rap music, people whose laugh you could …
Why Do You Do What You Do?
Why do we read the books we read? Or hang on to the words of a mentor? Or even listen to hours’ worth of motivational speeches? This is an easy one. We do it to draw inspiration. Not like role models, but something more intimate, like looking at another self—a better self, through someone else. …
To All My Dudettes Dealing With Burnout—Say No More (Good Stress, Big Foot, and Solutions)
Dear reader, if you ever find yourself hiking through the woods and a rustling in the trees urges your curiosity to pluck from the chest of your memories the old myth of Big Foot, and your hiking buddy tells you the creature isn’t real, your friend has a fair chance of being right. At least …