What We Get Wrong About Emotions
Fear, excitement, disgust: These feelings don’t deflect us from good judgment. They help guide it.
Resolutions Are Not the Vibe for 2022
If we can’t let go of frantic self-improvement nearly two years into a pandemic, when can we?
These Long-Distance Friends Reunite Every New Year’s Like No Time Has Passed
“It’s a perfect combination of all the things that friendship should be, put into a tiny piece of space-time every year.”
I Have Some Questions About the World of Teletubbies
Where do they come from? Are they prisoners? Are we complicit in their captivity? Why do my children love them so?
Give Your Money. Give Your Time. Don’t Tell Anyone.
You can find deep, lasting happiness in a good deed that no one knows you did.
How I Demolished My Life
A home-improvement story
All Hail Dead Week, the Best Week of the Year
The week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is a time when nothing counts, and when nothing is quite real.
The Cure for Holiday Blues
You’ll enjoy the season more if you lower your expectations.
Superficial Interests Don’t Matter for Friends Who Agree on the Big Things
“Our friendship shows that if people have grace and compassion with one another, if that’s your priority in your relationships, then it doesn’t matter what you share. It doesn’t matter where you differ.”
Procrastinate This, Not That
Putting things off can improve your performance—if you do it right.
A Guide to Mixed-Vaccination-Status Holidays
We’ve broken down the chances of transmission at a gathering with one unvaccinated adult, multiple unvaccinated adults, and unvaccinated or semi-vaccinated kids.
The Future of Work Is a 60-Year Career
Humans may soon live to be 100, which likely means more years on the job. That could be a good thing, if we take the opportunity to redesign work.
Lessons From Succession for Non-billionaire Families
For one business professor, the show is a cautionary tale.
What You’re Really Worried About When You’re Worried About Money
Once you’ve met your most basic needs, an obsession with your bank account might be hiding deeper anxieties.
The Loss I Didn’t Have Words For
After two miscarriages I didn’t know how to grieve, poetry allowed me to ask: Who are you, who were you, who might you have been?
How to Socialize Safely in the Booster Era
This winter, there are many shades of what it means to be vaccinated. Here’s how to make everyday risk assessments.
Comics Made Them Friends. Their Friendship Made Great Comics.
“He writes things that I want to draw.” DC Comics’ Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Clay Mann, and Evan “Doc” Shaner on the friendship that helps them take artistic risks.
When You Can’t Change the World, Change Your Feelings
Adjusting your attitude is easier than you think.
Thanksgiving? In This Economy?
Crunching the numbers on how inflation will affect the price of a holiday meal
How to Be Thankful When You Don’t Feel Thankful
Even if you think you have little to celebrate this year, you can—and should—practice gratitude.