By Leo Babauta I spend a lot of time dreaming about things — incredible adventures I want to go on, self-improvement projects, all those books I plan on reading! And there’s nothing wrong with that. Dreaming is wonderful. What I’ve noticed, though, is that sometimes I get stuck in the thinking and dreaming mode, and […]

Leo Leos know their worth, no question about it. While they still want validation from others, it’s not a desperate plea. They don’t need someone to tell them they are doing well to know it for themselves. They will put in the work, socialize, and spend their time to get to the places they want […]

Don’t go by the myths. Know the facts. The truth is that living a sober life brings good health and happiness. Quash your myths and get your doubts cleared.

Do you want to know if you have a toxic personality? Nobody wants to be labeled as toxic, but different circumstances in our lives leave their mark on our personalities. Some of these circumstances influence us to have toxic tendencies. But first, what is a toxic person? Obviously, we’re not talking about someone who has […]

“Intelligence asserts itself above all not in art, nor in science, but in intuition of life.” In her spare, stunning poem “Optimism,” Jane Hirshfield reverences the “blind intelligence” by which a tree relentlessly orients toward the light to survive — a kind of unreasoning, life-hungry intuition distinctly different from the way we humans define and […]

Tummy issues can ruin your night, weekend, or even week. From beginning to end, the digestive system can be up to 30 feet long in adults, so there is a lot of room for something to go wrong. If you are having discomfort anywhere from the beginning to the end of your system, these are […]

If you could snap your fingers and create a picture-perfect future for yourself, what would it look like? Look beyond your initial thoughts of being a gazillionaire and owning all of the things. But if you can’t quite put those thoughts aside, with whom are you sharing that life? And how did you get there? […]

While I know I didn’t arrive in this world as a cynical baby, I still don’t know the exact moment when I adopted the belief that the world is filled with selfish, self-serving people that should never be trusted. All I know is that by the time I started college, my cynical beliefs were deeply […]

Aries You’re outdoorsy and adventurous, so you would be considered a physical threat. Everyone would worry you’d win endurance competitions, so they’d cut you sooner rather than later. Taurus You would be a meh player. People wouldn’t mind keeping you around for your cooking and cleaning skills, but you would get evicted due to some […]

The Guest List by Lucy Foley “Old friends. Past grudges. Happy families. Hidden jealousies. Thirteen guests. One body. The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped.” The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz  “When editor Susan Ryeland […]