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I keep two invisible columns in my head, and you probably do also. One is labeled IGID — I’m Glad I Did. The other is IWIH — I Wish I ...
Pat Whitty
Twenty years ago, I was working the graveyard shift at a homeless shelter for mentally ill women in Santa Monica. My paycheck was $740 every two weeks. I took the ...
Ann Randolph
Rilke, Longevity Literacy, and Full Force Living Not Too LateYou are not dead yet, it’s not too lateto open your depths by plunging into themand drink in the lifethat reveals ...
Ben Katt
There are times in one’s life, many if you are lucky, when the journey takes you to an abrupt right-angle turn in the road. A decision is made. An insight ...
Kelly Wendorf
Everyone craves pleasure, but few know how best to obtain it, and at what cost. Surprisingly, some of the most useful advice comes not from modern psychology but from a ...
Eric Weiner
I have a big fear: not living up to my potential. Of sitting on my deathbed questioning if I made my one shot at life count. The fear motivated me ...
Brian Dubow
“There’s a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” -Leonard Cohen There’s a crack in many of our lives today. It’s a feeling of purpose anxiety ...
Richard Leider
Haircuts, the True Self, and the Call to Adventure Now’s the time to cheaton all the namesyou’ve taught the world to call you.James Pearson, from The Wilderness That Bears Your ...
Ben Katt
For decades, “empty nesting” has been shorthand for a moment of closure — the kids are grown, independent, and out in the world. But today’s reality is far more complex. ...
Kari Cardinale
According to the US surgeon general Vivek Murthy, there’s a loneliness epidemic. The data for loneliness for men, for youth, and for aging people is abundant and being revised, replayed, ...
Jeff Hamaoui
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