“What makes for a perfect 'subway read'? Unlike the beach read, it cannot feel meandering. Like a train, the narrative must move with as few delays as possible, and also be transportive. When I’m packed into a musty, fluorescently lit rail car during rush hour, I want to be anywhere else, and fast.…”Tagged: Writers Reading
“The takeaway is simply this: We are inclined to assume that circumstances play the biggest role in our happiness, when research suggests they play the smallest role.”Tagged: How To, Happiness, How To Be Happy, Circumstances, Mindset
“Our minds, it turns out, are very good at persuading us to follow intuitions about happiness that turn out to be entirely wrong.”Tagged: How To Think, Happiness, Mind, delusions, Illusions
“So here’s a suggestion as to how you can spend the next National Middle Child Day: contemplating the extinction of the middle child. Because, like the mountain gorilla and the hawksbill turtle, the American Middle Child is now an endangered species. As the ideal number of children per family has…”Tagged: Family