Over the past 4 years, I have been reading the Stoics and sharing their wisdom in my LIFEies. If you are still not convinced to learn more from them, maybe today will tip you over the top. Below you’ll find 50 rules for a good life from the Stoics. Here are a few of […]
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I have eating issues. If you’ve been following for a while, you know that’s nothing new. I am always on the lookout for ways to change my eating habits. I ran across the article below that I found enlightening. Here is the quote that got my attention: Self-control is about our battle with our urges
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Most of the ideas I have for LIFEies come from my own failings. My own weaknesses. Today is no exception. I have GREAT routines when I am at home. Then I fall apart when I travel—and I travel a lot. So I started looking into how I could keep my habits when I was on
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I had to send this article JUST for the first quote: “It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.” Marcus Aurelius. Building on this quote, here are three stoic habits to develop. Read more in the article below. –Stop obsessing about
Following up on the previous LIFEies, I took a little deeper dive into self control. Working on my weaknesses is a regular thing for me — I wonder if it’s because I have so many? {Click to Tweet } Below is an article from Psychology Today on self-control. Here are some things I am good at doing and others I
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I’ll confess — I’ve never had a problem with speaking honestly. I’ve never shied away from a hard conversation, and sometimes that’s to a fault. In grad school, I learned from Professor MaryAnne Jennings that getting to issues when they were small gives you lots of options. Waiting until they become bigger issues is when
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More and more these days you hear people talking about anxiety. As we emerge from over a year of the Covid-19 pandemic, anxiety became a prevalent part of our lives. But, as the article below shows, anxiety isn’t always bad. Sometimes it’s the very thing we need to make a change. Short-term anxiety is often
If you have Twitter, you should be following @naval. His tweets are fantastic, thought-provoking, and simplify complex concepts easily. If you are cautious about who you follow, read below for more on Naval. Here are some of my favorite Twitter threads from him. –His thread on meditation is genius. –His thread on getting rich is genius: Below there is more including: –Wealth
I saw the below article and had to get the book, The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self. Inside is a chapter on how humans are uniquely built to cover long distances with weight on our backs. Good to know because over the last 25 years I have backpacked in something like
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