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I love finding a precise term for things I’ve observed in the word. It’s so satisfying to discover concepts like Schadenfreude, or “acting in reliance,” or wabi-sabi. One of my favorite parts of writing my book Power Money Fame Sex: A User’s Guide was making up new terms: platinum rule, eye stray, object lust, ubiniquity. Recently I had a conversation …
Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: 20 very easy tips for lowering your daily stress level. When we’re stressed, we tend to become more stressed. That’s because when we’re rushed and harried, we cut corners. We don’t take the time to do the little things that, though not difficult or time-consuming themselves, can end up saving enormous amounts of …
I was thrilled to be asked by RealSimple.com to post regularly as one of their new bloggers. I’ll be writing in the “Life and Soul” section, in a blog called Note to Self, about trying to remember my true priorities — while also trying to remember to pick up some milk. Check it out! * New to the Happiness Project? …
Most of us have a few pet peeves. My mother-in-law can’t stand to listen to people talk on their cell phones. The Big Man doesn’t like seeing dirty dishes on the kitchen counter. Don’t get me started on airport security or email spam. Or TVs in restaurants. One of my resolutions has been to stop myself from talking about my …
Sentimentality is a flaw in a work of art, certainly, but the word is often thrown at great and overpowering works of art that embarrass critics who live, emotionally, in St. Ogg’s, though intellectually they have journeyed south as far as Cambridge. The ending of The Mill on the Floss moves me to tears, though I am not an easy …
