“Happy people remember more good events than actually happened, and they forget more of the bad events,” Martin Seligman wrote in his book “Authentic Happiness.” Reading news, however, can have an opposite effect. A quick glance at today’s headlines can leave you feeling angry or depressed. That’s why your information diet needs to be balanced … Read more
. Technically speaking, a writer’s block can’t stop you in the age of AI. Just ask ChatGPT to write something for you, and it will produce a better result in a few minutes than an average human can produce in a few hours. You’ll not do it, however, if writing helps you enter the state … Read more
. Scrolling through Reddit last night, I came across a post titled “Isn’t This the Real Dream?” where a Redditor described a carefree lifestyle of working 30 minutes a day and then spending the rest of their free time playing games, watching movies, staying fit, buying random useless stuff, and being “happy forever.” Pretty nice, … Read more
If you ask Buddhist monks — who are known for their cultivated disposition toward good behavior — how to handle insults, they will reveal an approach that is equal parts paradoxical and profound. Whenever you’re insulted, they would say to you, steer your mind toward this wholesome thought: “There is no person insulting me but … Read more