“I have more pictures of my children than my father ever looked at me.”
– Jim Gaffigan
I do the grocery shopping in my house.
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Most of Us Will Never Live Out Our Dreams — and That’s Freeing
No one grows up dreaming of working a safe, mundane job. Nearly everyone in that position wants to be something else.
A musician. A painter. A crafter. An inventor. A brewer. A writer.
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If You Need Some Humility, the Universe Will Provide It
“And why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice!”
– Euripides
“Life is a long lesson in humility.”
– J.M. Barrie
Life is not easy. It’s also not fair. Often, it’s not even logical.
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The Ultimate Life Hack? A Dark, Quiet Room
“Anything in my life that I would recommend to someone else just to make their life better? An underrated thing that you can do that no one does anymore: just sit in a dark room. Give yourself, like, twenty minutes, don’t meditate, actually think about things, and I feel like…if you have a bunch of problems in your life, it’s amazing how twenty minutes alone in a dark room in the middle of the day can change everything.“
– Chuck Klosterman on the How To Be Amazing with Michael Ian Black podcast
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Dropping Out of Grad School [The First Time] Is the Best Decision I’ve Ever Made
I’m fortunate to be in the midst of a relatively successful career. And my college major has nothing to do with it.
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Acquiring Someone’s Phone Number – a Window into a Stranger’s Life
I started a new job last summer and one of the perks/drawbacks was a company iPhone.
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Our Memories Lie to Us
“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.”
― Marcel Proust
In a world of fake news, alternative facts, skewed polls, and misremembered anecdotes, it can sometimes be difficult to know what is real and what is not.
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A Story of How My 401(k) was Lost, then Doubled, then Negative – all in a Week [Updated]
Most financial advisors tell you that when you leave a job, don’t forget to take your 401(k) with you.
