Have you seen After Life with Ricky Gervais? We whipped through seasons one and two recently and I was stunned by how deeply the show's premise—and even more, the show's characters—struck a chord in me. If you haven't seen it yet, all you need to know is that the main...

It's been said that if you're not outraged, then you're not paying attention. These days, if you are paying attention, then there is no shortage of things about which to be outraged. It feels like I'm in a boxing ring with an opponent in every corner. No sooner am I...

Have you ever experienced regret? Not just about falling for a then-trendy-but-now-what-was-I-thinking hairstyle, body piercing or unflattering pair of jeans, though, we've all been there. Junior high (aka The Nineties, in my case) was an awkward time for everyone and...

True story: when I was a kid, I was thoroughly convinced that as an adult I would need to know how to spot and avoid quicksand, and failing that, at least know how to successfully get out of it. In full disclosure, I also thought lava was going to be a prevalent issue...

Have you ever wished you had more discipline? Or known someone who seems to have the stuff in spades, and seems to be able to just get on with doing whatever they say they're going to do? What strange magic is that? Who are these herculean people who seem to have been...

Alright, so whether you feel like you're languishing or whether you feel like you're dormant, or whether you feel both—for what it's worth, I don't think they're mutually exclusive—you may be feeling a stirring of desire for change or action or just, I don't know,...

You know that feeling when nothing's technically wrong, but you just don't feel right? It turns out there's a name for this: languishing. When I read it in Adam Grant's recent article on the New York Times, I instantly felt my body relax as I recognized the feeling I...

E.B. White said, “I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.” I can 100 percent relate, E.B. I imagine he found mornings a bit of a trial, given his duelling objectives....

Here's a fact: you cannot be both off and on at the same time. You might want to argue with me, but I bet that's only because you really want it to be true. Me too. But hey, if wanting something to be true made it so, I imagine a whole lot of things in life would look...