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How to Make Your Mind Maybe One-Third Quieter
Recently the New York Times published an article titled “The Beauty of the Silent Walk,” about an emerging wellness trend among TikTok influencers. I was excited to read it, because I assumed this...
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Personal Goals Have to Happen Now
Personal goals are generally expected to happen later. If you’ve always wanted to make short documentary films, for example, or zero all your inboxes, or write a detective novel, it probably doesn’t...
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Nobody Has Seasonal Affective Disorder
Several billion years ago, a cosmic accident occurred that would eventually make some of us periodically unhappy. According to scientists, an gargantuan space object hit the earth during its...
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Appreciate What Happens, as a Rule
One time my friend came over with a candy thermometer and we made homemade fudge. I remember eating a lot of it. At one point my friend was telling me an anecdote, and while I was listening I was...
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When You Go Straight Towards Your Kryptonite
The first time I tried an oyster, I was six or seven and my parents had company over. I immediately gagged and spit it out on the plate. It was the worst thing I ever had in my mouth. A few months...
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The Two Ways of Doing
Imagine two friends, Steve and Fred, chatting at a New Year’s party. Both of them resolve to abstain from alcohol for January, and attend the gym regularly. They shake on it. They don’t want to let...
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There is No Future, and That’s Good
Next month I’m going on a trip to the US, but I won’t know the destination until I’m in the cab on the way to the airport. A friend and I hatched this “surprise trip” idea a few years ago. One person...
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How to Feel 20 Percent Better
On a whim I decided to commit to three small changes for the remainder of Lent, not because I’m religious, but because I like the idea of temporarily renouncing things. I kept the changes small...
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The Shortcut is Probably Too Long
For a few years in my 20s I was determined to learn French. This endeavor began one day when a friend and I were camping, and our campsite was sandwiched between those of two German backpackers and a...
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Where All the Time Went
Time always feels like it’s speeding up, but you might feel like time has been going exceptionally quickly these past few years. The first few days of a new month quickly become the 11th, then the...
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