The Best of Mashable
20+ most popular Mashable articles, as voted by our community.
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3 things I learned after meditating for 100 weeks straight
What happens when you make meditation a real habit.
«Being able to sit with your feelings, being able to regulate them in adaptive ways, are really cornerstone skills of being happy in life,»
Netflix is delving into fitness with Nike Training Club programs
Because binge-shaming you with those little pop-ups wasn't enough, apparently.
The subreddit replacing the banned ElonJet Twitter account is massively popular
r/ElonJet is Reddit's third-fastest-growing subreddit with over 67,000 members in 3 days.
Apple's long-awaited mixed reality headset might come in June
There may be fewer new iOS features this year, though.
Mashable on ADHD
Why ADHD and mindfulness make for unexpected but perfect bedfellows
Shared by 219, including Ceferino Díaz, Jane
«Mindfulness helps you monitor and refocus your attention away from distractions through non-judgmental acceptance of your moment-to-moment experience»
Privilege plays a huge role in getting an ADHD diagnosis
How social inequities feed into the under-diagnosis of ADHD.
Mashable on Brain
Everything you thought you knew about ADHD is wrong
Forget literally everything you thought you knew about ADHD.
Why everyone's talking about ADHD right now (and why it’s kinda annoying)
It can be a double-edged sword when ADHD is all over your feeds.
Mashable on Deep Work
Your attention span isn't dead — yet. These tips can help restore your ability to focus.
An expert who's studied the art and science of focusing shares her go-to strategies.
«47 seconds as the average 21st-century attention span on a screen»
Mashable on Education
ChatGPT essays and more: How teachers and schools are dealing with AI writing
Is artificial intelligence an academic tool for good or evil?
Mashable on Mozilla
Firefox calls BS on Google's full-page privacy ads in the Washington Post
Google took out some print ads. Firefox isn't feeling it.
Mashable on Podcasts
The 25 best educational podcasts for learning what you missed in school
Podcasts can be great teachers.
Mashable on Psychology
Every self-help book ever, boiled down to 11 simple rules
The basic advice in hundreds of bestsellers is older than you think.
Mashable on Relationships
How to stop caring what people think about you
It's not simple. But it's part of being human.
«Approval-seeking is usually a childhood-created coping strategy. Did you feel a need to get love from your parents and create ways to gain their approval? Did you struggle to make friends at school, and subsequently develop a fear of being rejected?" she said. "By identifying where the approval-seeking started, you can identify the types of situations that trigger your need for approval in your current life."»
How online dating impacts people with anxiety (and how to deal with it)
Social anxiety is in a love-hate relationship with online dating.
Mashable on Self Care
You've been getting self-care all wrong. It's a political act and always has been.
A brief history of self-care, and the OG (Original Guru), Socrates.
Self-care isn't enough. We need community care to thrive.
Self-care alone can't heal communities.
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Millennials destroyed the rules of written English
The spelling and grammar rules do not apply on the Millennial Internet™.
Racism thrives in the online dating world
Racial preferences on dating apps "reflect the shameful roots of racism in the United States.”
TikTok's search suggests misinformation almost 20 percent of the time, says report
Always remember to check your facts.
There were almost two internets. Then, the CIA destroyed one.
While America made the network that would become the internet, programmers in Chile were building a vision of their own.
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