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.
10 tips for improving your work-life balance
It can feel like the only way to have more fun is by sacrificing work, and the only way to do better at work is to sacrifice fun. No matter how trapped you might feel, however, there are steps you can take to enjoy the best of both worlds. Check out these 10 tips for enjoying life without worrying Read More...
Amidst ever more high-tech, the future of the bike is bright
The talk is about self-driving cars. However, when it comes to "personal mobility for the last mile", the more than a century old bike will prove unbeatable. Especially with bike-sharing becoming easier and more efficient. In 2010 Americans shared 320,000 rides; in 2016 to 28 Read More...
This man’s blood saved 2.4 million babies in 60 years
As a 14-year old Australian boy James Harrison, after major surgery, was saved by blood transfusions. In his gratitude, he pledged that he would donate blood as soon as he had turned 18--the required age at that time. In the 1960s, many babies in Australia were dying each year as a result of a Read More...
Here’s why you never seem to have enough time
If you feel like you never have time, that’s because you don’t have enough time. Nobody does. Time is, in our modern society, a scarcity, a “precious resource,” and the unspoken enemy that must be subdued. But this was not always so. At other moments in history, time was abundant. So what Read More...
Seven simple ways to cope with loneliness
We live in lonely times. The elderly are lonely. The teens are lonely. People are lonely in cities and in rural areas, so much so that it's now considered a public-health issue (one with real, physical health effects). The world is suffering from an epidemic of Read More...
John McAfee says blockchain will upend business as we know it in 5 years
Politics, race and religion could all be fair game for dinnertime conversation with John McAfee, but if you’re a blockchain skeptic, you might want to keep your mouth Read More...
Why psychologists say life gets better after the age of 50
According to psychologists, it’s quite common for people around the age of 50 to enter a period of unhappiness. However, this period eventually fades away and life becomes brighter. Take a look here to see why psychologists say life gets better after Read More...
Thousand years of Tibetan masterpieces revealed for first time
Writer and photographer Thomas Laird’s 10-year project records crumbling Buddhist murals before they are Read More...
Black men arrested at Starbucks settle for $200,000 for young entrepreneurs
Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson have now settled with the city of Philadelphia after they were arrested at a local Starbucks for sitting in the cafe without ordering anything. The April 12th incident reminded many just how much racial profiling is alive in America. But the two men have announced Read More...
This 75-Year Harvard study shows how to have lifetime joy
For over 75 years, Harvard’s Grant and Glueck study has tracked the physical and emotional health of two groups: 456 poor people in Boston from 1939 to 2014 (the Grant Study) and 268 graduates from Harvard’s classes of 1939–1944 (the Glueck study). After following these groups and testing Read More...