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.
Happiness doesn’t change much in long marriages. But something else does
Every marriage is many marriages. A relationship feels different when experienced in different life stages, or when viewed through the eyes of one partner or another. But what does it look like as a whole? How do you chart the rise and fall of conflict, contentedness, and shared activities that Read More...
Musician Akon is creating a futuristic city and his own cryptocurrency in Senegal
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Rapper Akon is building a new futuristic 'Crypto city,' in Senegal, which will trade exclusively in his own digital cash currency called AKoin. The US-born singer, who is of Senegalese descent, says his futuristic city will be built on a 2,000-acre land gifted to him by the Read More...
We need quiet time to know who we are
The wired world is distracting and ultimately destructing our inner selves. We need not just minutes, but hours, away from our devices to make sure that we nurture ourselves and our ability to know who we are. That’s the message from physicist and writer Alan Lightman in this confrontational but Read More...
Senegal, the inspiration of the only team at the World Cup with a black coach
Many of the best athletes in the World Cup, as in other sports, are dark-skinned. And, yet, (almost) all coaches are white. Black players don’t make good managers, is the stereotype. The team of Nigeria, the most populous African country, is coached by a German. That’s why Senegal, a Read More...
After 25 years of being homeless, this man knows what you can do to help
Gregory Smith lived through 25 years of homelessness and ultimately found his way back into society. He wrote a book about his life. He also has heartfelt advice for all of us feeling powerless about making a meaningful contribution to the widespread problem: “Maybe you cannot make a difference Read More...
“Time banking” is catching on in the digital world
Uh oh. Your garbage disposal is broken. Time to call the plumber, and shell out for a couple hours of service, right? What if there was a different way? What if, instead of calling in a professional, you could simply call a plumbing-savvy neighbor with a bit of time on his or her hands. In return Read More...
The app that pays rent, tuition, and even taxes with a credit card
Bill pay with benefits. That is how the app Plastiq is described. The app makes it possible for business owners and savvy consumers to use a credit card for virtually any expense that normally requires a Read More...
How marriage can actually protect your heart health
Being in a healthy relationship has been shown to provide health benefits, including a longer life. Now, a new study reports that people who are married appear to have a lower risk of heart Read More...
Army study quantifies changes in stress after meditation
For a thousand years, people have reported feeling better by meditating but there has never been a systematic study that quantified stress and how much stress changes as a direct result of meditation until Read More...
Disabled refugee inventor builds an electric bike (video)
Many refugees who fled the violence in Syria struggle with disabilities. This disabled refugee in the Zaatari camp in Jordan where 80,000 people live, found a solution. He built an electric bicycle made from spare parts he found in the Read More...