“The dream of my life / Is to lie down by a slow river,” wrote Mary Oliver, poet and unfaltering guide to the natural world. Oliver is described by one equally enduring presence in American poetry, Maxine Kumin, as someone who stands quite comfortably on the margins of things, on the line between earth and …
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Journaling is a way to keep in contact with your own thoughts, improve your writing ability, and develop disciplined writing habits. Effective journaling practices will help you meet your goals or improve your state of mind. This can look different for each and every person, and the outcomes can vary widely, but they are almost always …
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Hi, reader! Here’s the drift: A new study from psychologists at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, found that, on average, humans have 6.5 thoughts per minute. If we do the math, that’s around 6 000 thoughts per day. Now whether you have 6 000 or 60 000 thoughts (turns out, the latter figure may be …
Suffering Inside Our Own Mind: Seneca, Perception, and Reality Read More »
In 2010, scientists Matthew Killingsworth and Daniel Gilbert asked 5 000 people of ages 18 to 88 a straightforward question that was key to their work’s deconstruction and understanding of the happiness equation. The question: How are you feeling right now? Nervous? Intrigued? A little hungry? How happy are you right now? According to Google …
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