When Everything’s Going Wrong, Try Adding Wolves
If you’ve ever had a pebble in your shoe, you likely know how much difference a small problem can make. That tiny stone, just a few millimeters wide, can cause pain, throw off your balance, …
Learning and Growth
Life is a journey of progress that never ends. Every part of life has something to teach us, and this place is a celebration of that continuous learning and growth process.
The 10,000 Hours Rule: Fact, Fiction, or Something in Between?
They say that practice makes perfect, but is there such a thing as a perfect amount of practice? According to countless life coaches, social media personalities, and other believers in the so-called “10,000 hours rule,” …
5 Healthy Ways to Manage and Overcome Fear
Why is it that we teach children how to overcome fear from an early age yet spend much of our adult lives struggling to cope with our own? Of course, a healthy person will naturally …
Participation Trophies: Are They Really as Bad as Everyone Says?
Like many kids, I was quite a handful growing up. As a result, I found myself in a mix of youth sports leagues, day camps, and other youth programs to keep me busy. At the …
3 Life Lessons From That Time I was Detained in Iceland
I’m not a travel blogger. I don’t travel all that much. And when I do, I mostly like to sit back and enjoy myself. That way I can soak in the far-reaching diversity of the …
Self-Education: 6 Pivotal Skills to Become an Expert Self-Teacher
In my 20 years of formal education, I had a learning experience that I suspect was quite common. On paper, I always did fine, even pretty well from time to time. But I rarely enjoyed …
Nurturing Your Tree of Personal Growth
I’ve been thinking a lot about trees lately. Maybe it has something to do with the lumber shortage in my area. Or perhaps it’s because of the fruit tree I gave my wife for our …
19 Weird and Controversial Life Lessons for Self Improvement
Wherever you look online, you can find an endless supply of life lessons, hot protips, and quippy advice on how to live your life. But after a while, it all starts to sound the same: …
Why a Work in Progress Is the Best Thing You Can Be
It was a long time before I understood what it meant to be a work in progress. See, I used to fixate on the transition points in life. As a teenager, I couldn’t wait to …
Self-Sufficiency and the Pursuit of Personal Independence
You may not be aware of it, but you have thousands of people working for you daily. There is an army of people working around the clock for your benefit. Now, I see you counting …