Many people find it difficult to be optimistic, especially when things go wrong. But there are steps tostart seeing the glass as half full. According to experts, here are ways to break out of your pessimistic thinking habits and start seeing the world in a more positive light: Stephanie E....
Building a habit of meditating every day isn’t too hard. What if the thought of sitting still for even a couple of minutes is too painful? Try walking meditation. Lots of people find this approach far easier than the regular sitting meditation approach, and as effective as calming the mind...
Short story writing helps you keep up yourwriting habit, or develop one, and they make for a nice break in between larger projects. I always write short stories between novels, and even between drafts of my novels. It keeps me going and puts use to all the random story ideas I had whi...
So stop. Stop trying to write a good essay (or even a “good-enough” essay). Instead, write aninterestingessay, write an essay you think is fascinating. And when you're finished, go back and edit it until it's “good” or “proficient” according to your teacher's standards. You d...
But we can break free from them, and use the mechanics of habit formation to make doing good things feel effortless. Dr Laurie Santos meets a scientist who sleeps in her running gear and a former army doctor who went to Vietnam to fight a wave of heroin abuse in the military and ...
When researching how to create a blog, one of the biggest questions people have is how much does it cost to start a blog. On many platforms, starting a blog is completely free. You can decide at any point whether you’d like to upgrade to a variety of different plans, depending on yo...
Is learning how to become rich and not having to worry about money a dream of yours? I’ve talked to a lot of people who have this dream (including myself). After working with many successful millionaires and talking to hundreds of people, I’ve come up with a plan. ...
Although she's returned to a corporate job, Deb's kept up the habit, posting her intentions at work in a shared Slack channel: "If I tell people I'm going to complete something by a certain date, I'm much more likely to do it." 4. Hire someone (or act like you're going to...
Like you, I have wandered these paths and have, at times, wound up lost and confused. For this reason, I find it useful to map out the spiritual journey in a way that helps the human mind know where it is and where it will go next. My Andean ancestry speaks of three worlds that ...
If there is no gap, you may find yourself living paycheck-to-paycheck or relying on credit cards to get by. Pro tip “In times like this, it is more important than ever to have a strong awareness of your cash flow. You must be mindful of what you are spending money on and how ...