7 Morning Habits That Can Affect Your Entire Day
Mental Floss · 3 minIt can be easy to fall into a morning routine without considering how it impacts you later in the day.
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How psychology can help you change someone’s mind
Fast Company · 5 minChanging your mind (or someone else’s) is a complex process. But understanding how your brain works can help.
Why We Need Rituals, Not Routines
Vox · 8 minHow rituals can help you approach basic tasks more mindfully. Mason Currey’s interest in rituals grew out of his inability to write without distraction.
How to set yourself free with ritual
psyche.co · 14 minFor a life of harmonious ease, find the rhythm in the everyday: make your world your temple and submit to its sacred ritual.
6 Decluttering Strategies Minimalists Swear By
Domino · 4 minIt’s time to tackle that junk drawer.
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7 Unhelpful Habits Everyone Should Quit
goodhousekeeping.com · 5 minWhen it comes to self-improvement and that ever elusive sense of self-love, many rush to think of all the things they should start doing for a better, healthier routine—but rarely think about tendencies they can stop for their immediate wellbeing.
I took a free Udemy course on 'creating your dream life,' and it was a game changer. The 2-hour session felt like reading 15 self-help books — here are my biggest takeaways.
Business Insider · 4 minMany of my habits and hobbies changed during the pandemic. I found myself spending too much time alone and didn't have a lot of plans or events to look forward to. In April, I decided I needed a self-help activity that I was excited about to help get my life and personal goals back on track.
The Fittest People I Know Maintain These 4 Habits
Medium · 4 minWe all know that one person who’s in amazing shape. You know who I mean. They rock a beach body year round, train 5–6 days a week and have energy coming out of their ears. We’re tired just thinking about them.
15 Unbreakable Rules of Driving Etiquette, According to Lifehacker Readers
Lifehacker · 1 minEarlier this week I asked you for your unwritten rules of driving etiquette. After all, we could all be a little bit better drivers. Out of the nearly 200 comments, three major topics sprung up again and again: 1.
7 Ways to Know Your Worth and Shake the 'Poverty Mindset'
Entrepreneur · 6 minMy name is Ashely Smith. It's one of the most common names in the United States (especially if you were born in the 80s), except my first name is misspelled on account of my dad, who just couldn't spell so good. I'm a middle child of five siblings. Pale-skinned, freckle-faced and ordinary.
Why Ambivalent Relationships Are Terrible for You (And How to Deal With Them)
The Art of Manliness · 15 minThere are people we really love — friends and family we consistently enjoy and feel strong affection for. There are people we completely despise — folks we positively can’t stand.
10 Extremely Simple Habits To Get 1% Better Everyday!
Medium · 4 minThe very first question you will ask is: Why one should get just 1% better every day? As mentioned in the bestseller book, Atomic Habits: growing just 1 percent every day, makes you 37.78x times better at the end of the year.
Do not bring your whole self to work
The Economist · 4 minA phrase that first became fashionable a decade ago is everywhere. “Bring your whole self” is one of four values that British Land, a property developer, trumpets on its website. Quartz, a publisher, ran a workshop last year called “How to navigate the whole-self workplace”.
3-2-1: Small habits with big plans, the shape of genius, and advice to a younger self
James Clear · 2 min“Build small habits. Make big plans. 1) Keep your daily actions small. Strive to get 1% better every day.
Four science-backed strategies to stop a vicious cycle of self-defeating thoughts
Inverse · 5 minRumination is associated with a number of mental health issues.
5 Stoic Habits To Eliminate Procrastination From Your Life
Medium · 5 minAs Seneca said, “Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the future. The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
5 Common Morning Habits That Actually Ruin Your Sleep
huffpost.com · 4 minGetting enough sleep is critical for physical and emotional well-being, but so many people fall short. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that a whopping 1 in 3 Americans don’t get enough sleep on a regular basis.
Dear Therapist: My Daughter’s Boundaries Are Preventing Us From Having a Relationship
The Atlantic · 8 minMy daughter is in her late 20s and I am 65. She was married last summer and has no children. I have felt for many years that she has kept me at arm’s length, starting in her early teens, and it seems to have worsened in recent years.
A psychotherapist shares the 3 exercises she uses every day to 'stop obsessing about the future'
CNBC · 3 minStress is a natural response to uncertainty, and it's normal to find yourself worrying about future events every now and then. But excessive thoughts about the future can be a sign of anticipatory anxiety — a fear of unpredictable future events, which is sometimes a symptom of anxiety disorders.
Why You Can’t Remember Being Born: A Look at ‘Infantile Amnesia’
Scientific American · 5 minThe following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Whenever I teach about memory in my child development class at Rutgers University, I open by asking my students to recall their very first memories.
When to Just Quit Already
The Cut · 7 minNot to brag, but I’m pretty good at sticking with things even when they get hard. Bad relationships, toxic workplaces, demanding sports — I’ve hung on for months and even years longer than I should have, convinced the situation would improve if I refused to give up.
The secret to saving your relationship: eight lessons from a couples therapist
The Guardian · 7 minSusanna Abse is the marriage counsellor’s marriage counsellor – 30 years in practice giving her peerless insights into the challenges couples face without making any dent in her curiosity and originality.
The art of listening
Aeon · 17 minTo listen well is not only a kindness to others but also, as the psychologist Carl Rogers made clear, a gift to ourselves.
The Scandinavian Sleep Method Could Be the Key to Saving Your Sleep (and Your Marriage)—Here's How It Works
Real Simple · 3 minThe Scandinavians have done it again—this simple bedroom tweak could put an end to your nightly battle of duvet tug-of-war.
Keep Forgetting Things? Neuroscience Says These 5 Habits Improve Memory and Leadership
Inc. Magazine · 4 minWhen you forget things, you fall short:What time was that meeting tomorrow? Was it April who said she might want to become a customer in August, or was it August who said to call him next April? Wait, what was the third thing?I joke, of course, but if there's one thing many business leaders worry ab