Nearly every culture around the world encourages sacrifice today for a better tomorrow. So why is delayed gratification so hard?
There's a lot to like about stoicism, but it falls short in some key areas for me. Here's my take on it and the other influences on my personal philosophy.
Setting goals points us in the right direction and helps us clarify our values. But hanging on to goals when they no longer serve us is a recipe for misery.
Social media is the latest scapegoat to be blamed for all our social ills. Not only are these claims overblown, they're just wrong.
Even if 2020 was one long dumpster fire of a year, we sure learned a lot about ourselves. Here's what nearly 1300 people had to say about it.
Most people can't just sit with uncertainty, with not knowing what will happen. And this fear of the unknown makes us do some strange things.
The Dunning-Kruger effect stems from the ignorance of our own ignorance. But how do you fix something if you don't even know it's broken?
Creative people are anything but boring, but the creative process itself involves a lot of mundane work and boring consistency.
Therapy, journaling, and meditation have all been shown to improve mental health. When you look a little closer, they all share one thing in common.
Our beliefs can put healthy boundaries on questionable behavior. But limiting beliefs hold us back from what we want in life.