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How To Make Better Decisions
Easy techniques for making better decisions, from the book Decisive by Chip Heath and Dan Heath.
One Magic Question When You're Overwhelmed
In moments of stress, this can be one of the most empowering questions you can ask yourself.
Your Hobby Matters: 3 Questions to Help You Discover Your Next Hobby
Would you like more time for your hobbies? Do it. Make time. It really is important.
Now, For First Steps - A Practical Idealist's Guide to a New Year (Part II)
You’ve dreamed. You've drifted. Now it's time to call in your Practical side to take your first steps toward your goals.
First, Go Big – The Practical Idealist’s Guide to a New Year (Part I)
As you start planning for a fantastic new year, first call on your Idealist.
Best Life Hack of 2015: Audiobook Multi-tasking
Audiobooks helped me get caught up with all the professional reading I wanted to do.
Your Year in Review
Before you start planning what you’re going to do with a fabulous new year, how about taking some time to review how you did this past year?
How to Set Up an Accountability Partnership
If you've been stuck with one of your goals for a long time, get yourself an accountability partner.
When The News Makes You Ask "What Can I Do?"
Say with your actions what kind of world you want to live in. Right now, in your daily life.
Soak up the good stuff
Take 10-20 seconds everyday to savor the good stuff in life and it will re-program your brain.
¡Olé Olé! One Family's Adventurous Sabbatical in Granada
Learning a foreign language was so important to this Madison, Wisconsin, family that they are taking a two year sabbatical in Granada, Spain. ¡Qué fantástico!
Why You Should Make a Bucket List
The biggest, most amazing changes in my own life started with a bucket list.
How an Apartment Hunt Led me Closer to My Ideal Life
I didn't think I'd ever find an affordable apartment in Portland, Oregon, much less my perfect apartment. "Try setting an intention," my life coach told me.
A Quick Mind-Shift Trick to Boost Your Energy
We fall into some unhelpful mental habits when we think of our energy as unlimited. Here's what you can do instead.
Is lack of energy keeping you from achieving your goals?
Try this one-week experiment to boost your energy.