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Transform the Daily Grind to Make Life More Interesting
"By shifting your mindset, you can make your day-to-day life more interesting and create psychological richness within your life." ...
How Midlife Became a Crisis
"If not a crisis, what else could midlife be? Perhaps the gateway to something universal." ...
This Valentine’s Day, Try Loving-Kindness Meditation
"If you’re feeling disconnected from others, ill at ease or just disenchanted with a holiday that has become overrun by capitalism on this Valentine’s Day, you might consider trying loving-kindness meditation." ...
Music Can Change How You Feel About the Past
"The next time you put on a favorite playlist, consider how it might be coloring not just your current mood but also your future recollections as well." ...
Your Next Favorite Story Won’t be Written by AI: But It Could Be Someday
"For now, screenwriters and novelists aren’t at risk of losing their jobs. AI can tell stories, but they aren’t quite on par with the best human storytellers." ...
Logging Off Life, but Living On: How AI is Redefining Death, Memory, and Immortality
"While the idea of a digital afterlife is fascinating, it raises some big questions. For example, who owns your online accounts after you die?" ...
This New Year –Rethinking Gratitude
"Practice the art of gratitude by imagining your life, and the world in which you live, as an opportunity, not a debt." ...
Santa Maybe? –A Man of So Many Names
"Whether it’s St. Nick, Santa or Kris Kringle who rides his sleigh into the holidays, the history of how he got his name is one that illustrates a wonderful melding of languages and cultures – a reminder of how differences can merge into a rich and varied part of a culture, celebrated by many." ...
Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost didn’t air −and Why it Endures
"Fortunately for the “Peanuts” franchise, when the special aired on Dec. 9, 1965, it was an instant success." ...
The 27 Club Isn’t True – But It Is Real
"Is there any truth to this phenomenon, or is it merely a story we tell ourselves and each other about fame and youth?" ...