The Best of Anne Helen Petersen
10+ most popular Anne Helen Petersen articles, as voted by our community.
I write Culture Study & also books — most recently, OUT OF OFFICE. Speaking: @prhspeakers IG: annehelenpetersen // email: annehelenpetersen @ gmail
Anne Helen Petersen on Career
Layoff Brain
Have you been meaning to subscribe and keep telling yourself you’ll do it the next time you’re at your computer or near your wallet or or or….I get it, I absolutely get it. But if you have the means,…
Anne Helen Petersen on Culture
The Age of Houseplants
Do you find yourself opening this newsletter every week? Do you value the labor that goes into it? Have you become a paid subscriber? Think about it! Many of the people who read this newsletter the…
Anne Helen Petersen on Habits
Anne Helen Petersen on Hobbies
what a hobby feels like
That shot was taken over the Clark Fork in Missoula, Montana, about halfway through my 12 mile marathon training run earlier this week. I used to be steadfast in my commitment to never run a marathon:…
Anne Helen Petersen on Personal Growth
Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
This is the Sunday edition of Culture Study — the newsletter from Anne Helen Petersen, which you can read about here. If you like it and want more like it in your inbox, consider subscribing. Here is…
«That term originated in China, where it’s known as 報復性熬夜, and can alternately be translated as “retaliatory staying up late.”»
Anne Helen Petersen on Relationships
You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You?
Shared by 345, including Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW
Against “Feel Free To Take Some Time If You Need It"
Malte Mueller / Getty Images This is the weekend edition of Culture Study — the newsletter from Anne Helen Petersen, which you can read about here. If you like it and want more like it in your inbox,…
«The more specific you can be about what you actually need with a communication, the better.»
Anne Helen Petersen on Time
Anne Helen Petersen on Women
Why Are (White) Men So Unambitious?
“Men don’t need ambition. They have privilege. They rise unless they work hard at sucking.”
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Wealth is the Missing Piece
If you want to talk about student loan cancellation, you have to talk about wealth
"Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women."
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / Getty This is the midweek edition of Culture Study — the newsletter from Anne Helen Petersen, which you can read about here. If you like it and want more like it in your…
Budget Culture and the Dave Ramseyfication of Money
How financial "experts" ruined our relationship with money
What If This Is Just the Way Things Are Now
One thing I’ve tried to get better at this past year: figuring out how to better acknowledge the labor that goes into work that I enjoy, that I find myself looking forward to, and that challenges me.…
How to Show Up For Your Friends Without Kids — and How to Show Up For Kids…
aka How to Be in a Community
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