How four creative approaches can give you the life you’ll love — Emilie Wapnick is well known for her TED Talk, “Why some of us don’t have one true calling”, and her website, PuttyLike.com. …

The simple daily habits that have the capacity to make you great — I may not be a morning person all of the time, but I know that almost everything is better in the morning. My childhood is littered with beautiful memories of waking up early on a camping trip, running on occasion before the sun came up or driving to an early…

And the compelling arguments for why you should — It’s hard to believe that social media didn’t exist some ten years ago. In the average lifespan of a canine, our world has become carnivorous when it comes to what most researchers term “fast media”. Similar to fast fashion, this concept of “fast media” is a term that refers to…

How to get through the painful process of “no” with your identity and future intact — Rejection is difficult no matter how you slice it. Oftentimes I’ve found myself repeating Stuart Smalley’s tried and true affirmations: “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it people like me.” But even sometimes that isn’t enough to fix the aching feeling inside of being turned down for something…

How to keep your head above water when you start believing you and your life aren’t enough — I, like any good writer and scholar, when I decided to put together my thoughts on comparison found it necessary to research the definition. I ended up being surprised by what I found. ‘Comparison’ did not originally mean to measure yourself up in a negative way, as we use it…

And why it’s perfectly reasonable to consider a later start to your work and life — There’s been quite a bit of talk on the internet both for and against waking up at 5 AM in the morning, for years now. As someone who has religiously woken up early and also outright avoided the practice, I have arguments on both sides of the divide. …

How focusing too intently on one area might be ruining your productivity. — Let’s be real y’all — being an entrepreneur isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. As Thomas Frank pointed out in one of his videos, 5 Things I’d Tell My 19-Year-Old Self About Running a Business, every entrepreneur has to wear several hats. …

How to make things that matter and communicate the deeper beauty of the world — I will be the first one to say, art is hard. Art is the painstaking act of bringing forth into the world that which was already there, but in a new form that will somehow change the heart and mind of the one experiencing it. Art is hard. It’s difficult…

What habits to do when you’re crunched for time — I get it, no one has time. At least, not enough to do the morning routines that every self-help podcast, YouTube video, book, and article have to suggest. …