Spoiler alert: Our homes are not as clean as we think. Scrolling through Reddit is enough to make an organized person wish they could KonMari the entire internet. But if you fearlessly delve into the cleaning threads of Reddit (and trust us, there are many), you will be rewarded with nuggets of house cleaning wisdom you never knew you…
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If you want to avoid getting sick on a plane, the worst place to sit, according to Charles Gerba, is along the aisle. The issue is exposure—not just to other passengers, but anything they touch. That means obvious hot spots (arm rests, tray tables, in-flight magazines) and less-obvious ones like aisle seats, which people use to…
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How well do you recognize and understand your emotions? What about the emotions of those around you? You’re taught about history, science, and math when you’re growing up. Most of us, however, aren’t taught how to identify or deal with our own emotions, or the emotions of others. These skills can be valuable, but you’ll…
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Everyone is disliked by someone. Don’t let it slow you down. When I was in high school, I found out that my friends didn’t like me. One of the girls in my “group” told me I wasn’t invited to a birthday party because “everyone” thought I was annoying—which, to be honest, at 15 I probably…
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Lower back pain can be persistent and difficult to fix. These yoga poses can help. Lower-back pain plagues just about everyone at some point. A widely cited Canadian survey from the late 1990s found that nearly 85 percent of adults will experience some kind of lower-back pain in their life. Whether you’re recovering from an injury or…
In the last lesson, I showed why a lot of plans people make to avoid their work are misguided. Either the schemes don’t work at all (because they defy basic economic logic) or they result in escaping work only to leave a vacuum with nothing to fill it. Instead, I argued, the better approach is to…
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Chances are, your coworkers are better at rating some parts of your personality than you are. When Donald Trump tweeted that he was a “very stable genius,” he was accused of lacking self-awareness by journalists and comedians. But the truth is that no one has perfect self-awareness—you probably believe more than a few things about yourself that are…
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You could turn to a friend for advice. But you may want to keep your secret thoughts, well, secret. You could try talking to your doctor, but you might not feel comfortable unloading your emotions during a 20-minute office visit. Or you could try therapy. Just 3 percent of Americans seek the help of a…
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Tidying up our homes and lives is often promoted as a life-changing step, but for some people throwing away their belongings can trigger the same brain activity as physical pain. “Tidying can transform your life.” This is the beguiling promise from Japanese decluttering evangelist Marie Kondo. Around 11 million people have bought her book, The…
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We asked an expert to discuss the merits—and drawbacks—of repeatedly hitting the snooze button. In mid-May, Carolina Panthers running back and unbreakable bowling ball in a football uniform Christian McCaffrey told GQ that in a perfect world, he’d get at least nine hours of sleep every night. “I can wake up on my own,” he said of hitting…
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