Life Advice
We are all juggling so many balls. Differentiate between glass balls and rubber balls — and don’t be afraid to drop the rubber balls.”
The Morning: Your best advice of 2024
Nothing changes if nothing changes. — Kristine Tobin Balasz, Charlevoix, Mich.
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The fact that it is hard to do everything: It’s hard to be in a relationship, it’s hard not to be in one. It’s hard to have to perform at a job you love and are emotionally invested in, it’s hard not to be living your dreams by a certain age. Everything is hard; it’s just
Brianna Wiest • 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
The advice you don’t want to hear is usually the advice you need .
The Guardian • Oliver Burkeman's Last Column: The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life
It’s possible, instead, to make a game of gradually increasing your capacity for discomfort, like weight training at the gym. When you expect that an action will be accompanied by feelings of irritability, anxiety or boredom, it’s usually possible to let that feeling arise and fade, while doing the action anyway. The rewards come so quickly, in... See more
theguardian.com • Oliver Burkeman's Last Column: The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life
Don’t make what someone told you into your narrative.
The Morning: The best advice
In order to fall asleep, you pretend to fall asleep. Perhaps that’s how everything works ... cheers to faking it ’til you make it.
The Morning: The best advice
Write what’s bothering you down on a piece of paper; put it in a little box. A year later, read what’s in there and see if you don’t start laughing.
The Morning: The best advice
Every now and then, someone asks me what my goal is with After School, and my genuine answer is: you’re looking at it! I don’t want to be a girlboss, even though they do appear to be making a comeback in 2026. I don’t want to build a media company or manage anyone or delegate anything.