William James said it first in the year 1897: "Life is worth living, we can say, because it is what we make it." This saying has become a part of our daily living. Teachers teach it to their students.

So it is: we are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it… Life is long if you know how to use it. - Seneca, On the Shortness of Life. What It ...

Life Expectancy Study: It's Not Just What You Make, It's Where You Live : The Two-Way A study of Social Security and tax records says poor people live longer in some cities than in others, and it ...

For the longest time, I believed that there’s only purpose of life: And that is to be happy. It’s all a façade. A hoax. A story that’s been made up.

So, maybe adventure has to take a slightly smaller form, but that doesn’t make it any less exciting or rewarding. No, your life does not follow The Hero’s Journey, nor does it align with a ...

Because if life is not what it seems — predictable, structured, what we've always known based on doing the same things we always do — then there is no structure and anything is possible.

Pandemic proofing your life is easier than you think, and it’s not about building a bunker or megadosing on supplements and waiting white-knuckled for the next booster shot. A remarkable suit of ...

In “Four Thousand Weeks,” a self-help book skeptical of self-help, Oliver Burkeman offers perspective on how we might spend the fleeting time that we get.