9 Best Articles in 2020
Harvard Business Review
The Busier You Are, the More You Need Quiet Time
Harvard Business Review
3 min read · 4415 saves · From 2017 · It’s essential for strategic thinking.
The New York Times
Stop Trying to Be Productive
The New York Times
6 min read · 1126 saves · Apr 1st · Taylor Lorenz · The internet wants you to believe you aren’t doing enough with all that “extra time” you have now. But staying inside and attending to basic needs is plenty.
Entrepreneur
How Reading Books Helps Your Brain Recharge
Entrepreneur
4 min read · 824 saves · Feb 14th · It may seem counterintuitive, but absorbing information through old-fashioned books gives your brain a break.
Ness Labs
From FOMO to JOMO: the joy of missing out September 6, 2019 In Mental Health
Ness Labs
5 min read · 672 saves · 2019-09-06 · JOMO—the joy of missing out—is a way to live an intentional life. It’s realising that FOMO is distracting you from your life’s purpose.
New York Magazine
Andrew Sullivan: My Distraction Sickness — and Yours
New York Magazine
20+ min read · 636 saves · From 2016 · An endless bombardment of news and gossip and images has rendered us manic information addicts. It broke me. It might break you, too.
The Cut
How Neuroscientists Explain the Mind-Clearing Magic of Running
The Cut
5 min read · 618 saves · From 2016 · Research in neuroscience shows a solid link between aerobic exercise and cognitive clarity.
The Guardian
The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world
The Guardian
589 saves · From 2018 · Harriet Griffey · We check our phones every 12 minutes, often just after waking up. Always-on behaviour is harmful to long-term mental health, and we need to learn to the hit the pause button
Leo Babauta
Coming Back to Powerful Habits (plus 6 Powerful Habits)
Leo Babauta
3 min read · 512 saves · Feb 28th · I was talking with a client about how he felt constantly behind on his email, Slack and other messages and small tasks. I suggested having regular times to do those things: 15 minutes in the morning…
The Guardian
The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism
The Guardian
~15 min read · 446 saves · Jan 3rd · Kyle Chayka · The long read: From the ‘KonMari method’ to Apple’s barely-there design philosophy, we are forever being urged to declutter and simplify our lives. But does minimalism really make us any happier?
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9 min read · 87 saves · Dec 23rd · The other day I made an advice thread based on Jacobian’s from last year! If you know a source for one of these, shout and I’ll edit it in. Possessions 1 .If you want to find out about people’s…
Fast Company
See the hypnotic meditation rooms Google plans to add to every office
Fast Company
3 min read · 43 saves · Dec 14th · Nate Berg · When Google employees return to the office, many will have access to light-filled antechambers that are like personal James Turrell sculptures. It’s all part of a broader push to promote wellness in…
TechCrunch
Calm raises $75M more at $2B valuation
TechCrunch
1 min read · 17 saves · Dec 8th · Calm, a well-known meditation app, has raised new capital at a valuation of $2 billion. The round was anticipated after the company was reported to be hunting for up to $150 million at a valuation of…
