Wellness Overload: The Stress of Always Being Well
Prelude 6 am, alarm rings. Amy promptly raises her head from the silk pillowcase and with a choreographed move, one that would make even a Russian ballerina jealous, she stops the jingle…
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In Defense of Getting Attached To Material Things
“Let me show you something,” she said, as if she was going to let me in on a secret. Brimming with excitement, her eyes alight with anticipation, my mom opened an overhead…
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Reading Fiction: What You Lose If You Don’t
Reading fiction usually doesn’t make the list for “[insert number] things you need to do to get your life around,” but maybe it should. If you spend enough time in some corners…
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Is Liberal Education A Waste Of Time?
If you don’t think a liberal education would be of value to you, you’re precisely the person who needs it the most. It is said that one of the greatest displays of…
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Find What To Read Next: How To Never Run Out Of Book Recommendations
In my quest for knowledge, I’ve observed a puzzling behavior: although I have more than 300 books on my “to read” list, I never cease to search for new reading material. I…
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Quiet Luxury And Its Problematic Roots
I don’t have a TikTok account and I don’t keep up with all the ridiculous trends that are unraveling on that platform. But inevitably, the tidal wave of the internet washes the…
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15 Non-Trivial Ways To Simplify Your Life (Without Being A Minimalist)
The messiness of life is part of its charm. As much as we’d like to tame the erratic flow of events and have it under control, we can’t guarantee a smooth sailing.…
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Spiritual Bypassing: The Elusive Trap Mindfulness Advocates Fall Into
A person boasting about how he doesn’t even notice other people’s skin color. Another one proposing that all we need for a better world is love. And finally someone claiming that we…
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The Magic of the Unoptimized Life
Over 2 millennia ago, Socrates declared that the unexamined life is not worth living. If we were to adapt this maxim for the 21st century, a good candidate would be “the unoptimized…
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The Lost Art of Commonplace Books: How a Commonplace Book Can Help You Learn and Create
I recently stumbled upon the practice of keeping a commonplace book and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind since. I was struck by how it seems to…