Chip Conley's daily blog:
Thoughts on the art of living
Hi. I am Stephanie. I’m a middle-aged, straight woman, and I’m obsessed with reading gay male romantic fiction. My obsession started in 2022 when I discovered BookTok, a community of mostly millennial women on TikTok who were sharing the books they loved with an emotional vulnerability that has captivated me to this day. The books ...
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Now, as I hastily texted my family’s group chat, explaining that I’d miss today’s family Zoom call because of this trip, I thought “gee, I didn’t see this coming”. Here’s
February 15, 2022
“We so badly want the people we love to get their spark back when it burns out, to become speedily found when they are lost. But it is not our
February 14, 2022
But then Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO of AARP, wrote a book called “Disrupt Aging,” and the old-school organization started to think a little more disruptively. Recently, one of my senior
February 13, 2022
Fashion models: 30 years old (unless you’re Maye Musk or Jeff Hamaoui). Pro athletes: 35 years old if they’re lucky (unless you’re Tom Brady). Software engineer: 40 years old (unless
February 12, 2022
Walking through a forest cathedral with all of its rich scents reminds me of how I felt when I first walked into some of Europe’s ancient chapels during services where
February 11, 2022
I had my own experience with an NDE (Near Death Experience) when I flatlined nine times in ninety minutes when I was 47 years old in 2008. My life hasn’t
February 10, 2022
Search for the mentor of someone you admire, and then do a little deeper research on their relationship. For example, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Brokaw, and the late Maya Angelou all
February 9, 2022
Barb and Bernie Silver specialize in cases, as their motto states, “where age is an edge.” For example, in their first investigation—“The Mystery of the Missing Reading Glasses”—they went undercover
February 8, 2022
Seneca the Younger (son of his father, Seneca the Elder) lived till the ripe old age of 69 during Jesus’ time. He was a Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist who
February 7, 2022
While we were in my hometown of Long Beach, I wasn’t giving a speech to my family and friends. I was about to completely screw up my first TED talk
February 6, 2022
Friends, daycare staff, an abundance of literature, and shared stories normalized my fears and provided guidance. They taught me a vital lesson about separation anxiety: The more comfortable I was
February 5, 2022
The role of art or artistry has little to do with functionalism or the creation of artifacts. It has to do with changing one’s experience of what seems real. Artistry,
February 4, 2022
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