Happiness & Habits
From happiness to productivity, from meditation to self-organization. Insights, research and life hacks on how to live a more fulfilling life.
Collection by Katja Evertz
Farnam Street
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day: Arnold Bennett on Living a Meaningful Life
8 min · · Arnold Bennett’s How to Live on 24 Hours a Day explores a meaningful life by addressing the age-old question: how can we make the best use of our time? · Shared by 1184, including Gabriele, Tauno, Dez S. Papp, Sam Spurrell, hiten.eth, Jason Lauritsen, Katja Evertz, abdulla mohiddin, mdy, Matti Heubner
Big Think
Happiness and why “happily ever after” is a myth
8 min · · Happiness can never last "ever after." Positive psychologist Tal Ben-Shahar explains how happiness can grow from painful experiences. · Shared by 1545, including Katja Evertz
shonda rhimes
How to Stop Overscheduling Yourself
4 min · · And just like that, social butterflies are burning the candle at both ends again. Here’s how to slow down if you need to. · Shared by 821, including Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski
Big Think
Habits change your life. Here’s how to change your habits.
5 min · · Here's what research says are the most effective ways to get rid of bad habits and replace them with healthy ones. · Shared by 1576, including Ines Bieler, Katja Evertz
The Guardian
I interviewed hundreds of people in search of the perfect routine. I realised there isn’t one
5 min · · In our pursuit of improvement, we’re often told consistency is key. But obsessing over productivity means ignoring how our days vary – and how we vary within them · Shared by 422, including Arturo Rebolledo, Stephanie A Kowalski, Katja Evertz
Mindful
A Guided Meditation for Navigating Difficult Emotions
1 min · · It’s easy to get tangled up with sticky emotions. Sharon Salzberg helps us create space around our emotions by tuning in to our breath. · Shared by 96, including Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW, Katja Evertz
Ness Labs
TEA framework of productivity: managing your time, energy, and attention
4 min · · The TEA framework of productivity is deceptively simple but incredibly powerful. It stands for time, energy, and attention. · Shared by 511, including Slawomir Polanski, Ines Bieler, Katja Evertz, Vidya Pottabattula
thedolectures.com
100+ Tools for an Easy Life 2022
3 min · · Life is busy. There's no getting away from that. But there are ways to make our busy lives that little bit easier. We have put together a list of 100+ tools that do just that. We hope they help. · Shared by 1164, including ellie-kempton, Katja Evertz, Marc Gasser
Leo Babauta
Become Your New Habit
2 min · · By Leo Babauta Quitting an old habit or forming a new habit is fairly simple when it comes to the steps to doing it: find your trigger and do a new habit at that trigger over and over. Remind yourself… · Shared by 1684, including Arturo Rebolledo, Katja Evertz, Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW
mayooshin.com
The Beginner's Guide on How to Improve Your Focus and Concentration.
11+ min · · In today’s digital world filled with non-stop emails, information overload, mobile phone messages and social media notifications, it’s never been harder in human history to stay focused on our goals.… · Shared by 366, including Katja Evertz
Leo Babauta
Effortless Effort: Relaxing While Trying Hard
2 min · · By Leo Babauta I’ve noticed that a lot of us will be pretty wiped out at the end of a long day of work or social activity, to the point where we need time to recuperate from exhaustion. There’s… · Shared by 240, including Gabriele, Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW, Katja Evertz
Leo Babauta
How to Put Life on Easy Mode
6 min · · By Leo Babauta The other day I was having such a chill, easy day despite doing all of my usual work and chores and workout activities — the phrase, “Life on Easy Mode” came to me. The rest of the… · Shared by 987, including Mike Taylor, Katja Evertz
Leo Babauta
Destroy What You Know
1 min · · By Leo Babauta We are held back from creating the life we want, from our highest purpose, from our greatest growth and learning … by what we know. Destroy what you know. Once we feel like we’re a… · Shared by 489, including Gabriele, Katja Evertz
Nir Eyal
Don’t Write About What You Already Know — Instead, I’m “Writing To Learn”
2 min · · For me, writing is a wonderful way to go deep on a problem I’m struggling with. As my friend and fellow author, Gretchen Rubin told me, “Research is me search.” When I’m struggling with one thing or… · Shared by 903, including Katja Evertz
Big Think
How to manage life’s “inflection points” better
2 min · · Life's inflection points veer us in unexpected directions. While unnerving, they provide opportunities for those who can navigate them. · Shared by 441, including Katja Evertz, Alex Osterwalder🇨🇭
mysticalsilicon.substack.com
On morning routines, habit cues & remembering
5 min · · “Lose an hour in the morning chase it all day.” - Yiddish saying For most of my life I didn’t have a morning routine. It wasn’t really until my early-20s that I even made my bed every day. It wasn’t… · Shared by 2008, including Katja Evertz