The Optimist Living
Plan for a family financial retreat and ease money-related stress
Money is consistently among the top sources of stress for Americans year over year, according to the American Psychological Association’s 2014 Stress in America survey. Simultaneously, just 37 percent said they often talk with their family members about the subject. Communication is a key Read More...
5 strategies to turn your labor of love into a full-time job
Whether you’re burned out on your daily job or on a business dream gone bad, or just curious to contemplate a possibility you had never truly envisioned before, we hope you enjoy these pieces of advice. We found them thoughtful and cleanly laid out. Potentially even truly useful. What would the Read More...
Framing pain as a positive makes life richer
We typically fear pain and try to avoid it at all cost. Yet it is an unparalleled gate to positive experiences involving richer connections to ourselves, others and our world, says Brock Bastian, ARC Future Fellow, School of Psychology at UNSW Australia. A heightened sense of pleasure, more Read More...
Eat your vegetables! gets fun
Children often need time and repeated attempts in order for them to fall in love with vegetables. How about adding some fun to the experience? Parents of picky eaters and their children may both enjoy this interactive tool to explore their relationship with each kind of vegetable. Children can give Read More...
The Urban Homesteader, a TV series to share tips for sustainable living
Urban homesteading is not just a hipster’s dream. It is a lifestyle designed around a thoughtful approach to sustainability in an urban environment. Growing food is one aspect, but they are many more issues to consider about sustainable living than sourcing food. The PBS media professionals who Read More...
5 tips for creative success
The creative process is nothing terribly glamorous. It’s about routine, painstaking time-consuming attention to detail, knowing when to give up, and the like. But that’s also what makes it so accessible. Genius has a lot less to do with creative success than the humble and patient surrender to Read More...
How home gardeners can eliminate food waste and provide for those in need
Gardeners are a happier bunch than the average population, according to Gardeners' World magazine. Explanations abound, such as connecting with nature, spending quiet time contemplating soil and plants, and growing flowers or food for the enjoyment of oneself and one’s loved ones. How about Read More...
Happiness in 10 delicious, affordable, science-based nuggets of wisdom
Don’t roll your eyes and prick up your ears. The secret to happiness that so many of us are lusting for is that there’s no secret. There are rather tiny habits to incorporate into our lifestyle in order to maximize those 40% of happiness potential that we do have control over, according to Read More...
Practicing joy and gratitude elevates tidying-up to an art form
Japanese declutttering guru Marie Kondo has taken the world by storm with her book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. Whether you’ve never heard of her approach, or you’ve read her advice but have yet to implement it, you may enjoy and be Read More...
Creating a to-do list that truly supports you and your goals
Congratulations to you if you’re among the happy few 11% of professionals around the world who accomplish all the tasks they'd planned to do on an average workday, according to a LinkedIn survey. The rest of us may be well inspired to overhaul our approach to the Read More...