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 When we're failing to do the things that are most important in our lives, the typical diagnosis of the ...

In the heat of the afternoon, a stag stopped at a pool in the woods to drink. Seeing his reflection in its ...

Everyone knows how difficult it can be to achieve goals and follow through on new, positive habits. We ...

 Why do we want the things we want? While we'll offer up plenty of reasons to explain our choices, my ...

People almost universally recall their adolescence, at least the part encapsulated by the middle school ...

 Editor’s Note: This is a re-broadcast. This episode originally aired in April ...

 Seventy-six years years after the end of World War II, that singular event continues to capture our ...

We exist in an age of limitless optionality. There are few universal social mores to check our behavior, ...

Editor's Note: This is a guest piece by Cody and Paige Brandon.  As wedding coordinators, we have ...

 for knowing the death which was about to come upon them by reason of those who were going round the ...

“Walk it off.”  If today a football coach said this to a player who’d just taken a hit, he ...

We've all been there. You’re out to eat at a restaurant with a friend, professional colleague, or family ...

The Strenuous Life is a membership platform for those who wish to revolt against our age of ease, ...

You walk up to a door and put the wrong key in the lock. It doesn’t turn. Do you then keep trying that ...

 There's no shortage of information out there on how to change — how to lose weight, exercise ...

When you were growing up, and your family was invited to a dinner party, chances are you ate exclusively ...

Many people have, throughout their lives, experienced varying degrees of existential angst: the feeling of ...

Man, life can be a slog sometimes.  Each day, annoying little piddly things arise that aren’t ...

 We tend to throw the word "genius" around pretty casually, saying so-and-so has a genius for a ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to ...