Lifestyle
Alongside taking care of other people and the planet, make sure you take good care of yourself. The Lifestyle section at the Optimist Daily has solutions for everyday wellbeing on topics like food, beauty, fashion, and the latest trends. Curious about caring for houseplants, eating plant-based, or parenting tips? It’s all in there.
Belgium's "right to disconnect" protects workers from burnout
In November of last year, we shared a story about how Portugal has made it illegal for employers to contact workers outside of working hours in an effort to encourage a healthier work-life balance. Now, Belgium’s Minister of Civil Service Petra De Sutter has introduced a similar law for the Read More...
7 storage strategies for your leftover soup
When the winter cold is chilling you to the bone, there’s nothing more comforting than a tasty and nourishing soup. Yes, it’s soup season, and fortunately, most soup recipes yield quite large serving sizes, which means that you can have your soup now and store it away for an easy snack that Read More...
The Litterlotto app gamifies litter picking to trade trash for cash
Gamification is proving to be an effective strategy for mobilizing communities to build healthier, safer, and greener habits. We’ve shared stories about how gamification has been implemented to reduce traffic emissions, and how it’s being used to plant millions of real trees. Now, there’s Read More...
Bolt is the latest tech company to implement a 4-day workweek
In 2021, we’ve seen growing interest in the idea of a four-day workweek, with the governments of Spain, New Zealand, and Singapore openly considering adopting the idea and moving away from the traditional 40-hour working week. Companies across the world have also started showing more interest in Read More...
How to be a positive force in a negative workspace
From reducing your levels of stress to increasing your resilience against hardship, adopting a positive mindset within your day-to-day life has a multitude of benefits. But embracing more positivity is a whole lot easier said than done, especially if your work environment tends to be a negative Read More...
The perfect stretch to relieve lower back pain, according to a specialist
If lower back pain has been plaguing you, no matter what you try to do to relieve it, then we may just have the perfect stretch that will help bid lower back pain farewell. “One of the sneakiest muscles that no one talks about enough is the quadratus lumborum, known as ‘the QL,’” says Read More...
A neuroscientist's 4 favorite ways to decompress
Negative feelings have a way of creeping up on us, particularly if we find ourselves in an especially emotionally charged situation. If you find that these moments of negativity can worm their way into your mind and leave you drowning in an ocean of feelings, then you’re not alone. However, Read More...
The Optimist Daily guide to “Un-LANGUISHING”: Ideas on how to reconnect to thriving
“By acknowledging that so many of us are languishing, we can start giving voice to quiet despair and lighting a path out of the void.” - Adam Grant BY Kristy Jansen and Summers McKay This year, big, audacious, expansive resolutions seem a bit on the absurd side. Nearly the entire first week Read More...
US twins delivered minutes apart end up born in different years
Being a part of a set of multiples, like twins or triplets usually means that you must share your birthday with your siblings, whether you like it or not. However, a pair of twins born in Salinas, California, will not have to go through life sharing their birthday—or even their birth Read More...
The science-backed reasons to eat more arugula
Arugula, also known as salad rocket, garden rocket, roquette, and colewort, has even more benefits than it has names. This flavorful leafy green is part of the Brassicaceae (or “mustard greens”) plant family, along with other healthy veggies like cabbage, collards, and cauliflower. Arugula Read More...