16 Things I Know Are True But Haven’t Quite Learned Yet
The sooner you do something, the more of your life you get to spend with that thing done.
Accept It Whether You Can Change It Or Not
The most valuable part of my post-secondary education happened during the ten hours a week I spent riding the bus between…
Why The Minimalists Do What The Minimalists Do
very month I buy a bag of bulk steel-cut oats, a bag of trail mix and a six-pound bag of Royal Gala apples. Every morning I make a heaping half-cup of the oats and cut an apple into slices. About six months ago I added a cup of Ceylon tea to that.
Whatever Becomes Normal Becomes Invisible
I spent Friday cleaning out my desk and leaving instructions for my successors.
6 Helpful Reminders For The Overwhelmed Person
One maddening tendency of any small electronic device is that whenever the battery is low, it wastes most of its remaining power beeping and flashing to tell you that battery is low.
This Will Never Happen Again, But It Happened
Since very early in my blog’s life, fans have been bugging me to both release a Best-Of compilation and give them a way to read Raptitude articles on their Kindle. The time has come.
We’re Quite Different, But We Still Sleep Together
No matter the setting, all these people are doing the same thing: just closing their eyes and letting themselves disappear.
Other People See Your Problems More Clearly Than You Do
My problems are always simpler in the eyes of others, just like other people’s problems seem simpler to me than they make them out to be. If a friend came to me today with a dilemma and he didn’t know what to do, I’d have no problem telling him “What I’d do.”
5 Steps To Stop Worrying What People Think Of You
The times in my life I’ve been most self-conscious have been the times I’ve been most judgmental of others. These two qualities seem directly tied to each other, and may even be the same thing.
You Don’t Want To Be Typical
The typical level of fulfillment in a person’s life is far below where it could be with some self-examination and habit overhauls.