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LIFE

Life Is for Spending

36 Ways to Live Differently

Unusual Things You're Allowed to Do

Change Your Future to Rewrite the Past

The Present-Day Time Machine

Regret is an Unreliable Emotion

The Great Resignation: If Your Job Sucks, Now Is the Time to Stop Doing It

What Does Capitalism Mean to You?

The Greatest Story Ever Sold 💵

Don’t Just Question Authority, Question Yourself

Helpful Things to Learn About

If You Want Average Results, Follow the Rules of Average

The New Rules of Money

An Instruction Manual for Yourself

Rethinking The Marshmallow Experiment

How Not to Book a Plane Ticket

Readers: What Would You Like to Know About?

Unusual Things You’re Allowed to Do

Follow Your Boring Dreams

If You’re Not Getting Better, You’re Getting Worse

The Life You Want and the Life You’re Supposed to Lead

The Life You Want and the Life You're Supposed to Lead

How to Practice Disappointing People

The Mouse in the Cage

How Honest People Learn to Lie

9 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life Right Now

How to Ask Magical Questions

Congratulations On Your New Life

What If You Just Started Walking?

To Live Your Best Life, Love Yourself More

Why Is It Hard to Be Different?

Unlock the Power of Out-and-Back Living

The Importance of Controlling Your Time

Shipwrecked in the Arctic: A Lesson in Exposure Therapy

This Year, Give Up on Your Dreams

Special Powers 💥

Book Edits, Ending WDS, and the 2022 Annual Review

Next Stop, Annual Review

The Energy Story You Tell Yourself

Does Commercialized Meditation Do More Harm Than Good?

Waiting for Results

Notes on Wilderness Survival from the Show ALONE

Effortful Before Effortless (and 8 Other Rules for Tranquility)

Here Lies the Man Who Played It Safe

Getting Off Adderall

Don’t Cheat Yourself: A Lesson in Exercise and Life

When In Doubt, Change Everything

3 Good Reasons to Change Your Mind

The Counterfeit Self

“I Wish I’d Made That Change Later” -said no one

"I Wish I'd Made That Change Later" -said no one

Life Lessons from Sylvia Plath

To Stop Comparing Yourself to Others, Decide in Advance What Success Looks Like

The Law of Average, or How to Stop Settling for Systems Designed for the Masses

The Little Voice in Your Head

The T-Rex Takeover: How We Smashed a Guinness World Record

WDS X, A Very Brief Photo Recap 🪄

A Collection of Productivity Advice That Is Actually Useful

Time Will Pass Either Way

Fearful / Greedy

Change Your Narrative in a Believable Way

Find Your Limits to Push Past Them

Modern Self-Care

Life Is a Ponzi

Running for $240/Day

Survival Guide to Life

The Man with Two Watches

On a Scale of 1-10, How Distressed Do You Feel?

Learn to Depend on Yourself

A Visit From Your Future Self

Today Is a Good Day to Start Over

Would You Trade Places With Someone Else?

What They Tell You and What Is Real

How to Make a Personal Roadmap

Annual Review 2021: Forward Motion Once More

Planning Ahead for a Big New Year

Learning How to Learn

Would You Live Your Same Life Over Again?

Develop Your Dominant Questions

The Unexpected Benefits of Travel

Risky Decisions

Always Ask for What You Want: A Lesson in Asymmetrical Risk

Dreading the Holidays? It’s Not Just You.

Free Video Series for New "Time Anxiety" Course

Before Beginning, Prepare Carefully

Time Anxiety Is the Most Pressing Problem of Our Age ⌛️

9 Predictions For The Year 2050

How To Talk To Someone Who Believes A Conspiracy Theory

What is the Bravest Choice You Can Make Right Now?

Risky Decisions That Turned Out Well

What’s Something You’ve Done that Few Other People Have?

Cycling Before Dawn: Notes on Crossfit, Consciousness, and Comparisons

WORK

Money Mistakes are Temporary

The Steps Before the First Step

The Courage to Change Your Mind

If You Find Yourself Dreading Appointments You Made Long Ago, Start Asking “Would I Do This Tomorrow?”

The Real Imposter Is the Part of You That Hesitates

The Second Best Thing You Can Do Right Now

How to Get Better At Saying No

The Cost of Unnecessary Worrying

Opportunity Waits in the Time of Uncertainty

Habits of Highly Effective Real People

Start Your Resolutions on January 6th

New Year, Same You

How to Write a Novel

All The Things You Didn’t Do

The Three Conditions For Making Ordinary Magic

To Every Thing, A Season

Return of the Annual Review! Let’s Do This! (I mean, if you want.)

Sometimes The Best Thing You Can Hear Is “It’s Going To Be Okay”

No Reservations to Parts Unknown: Thank You, Anthony Bourdain

If You Want to Make Money, Don’t Study Hard in School

To Win the Lottery, Buy a Ticket and Never Check the Numbers

Under the Unseen Blue Sky in Sydney, Australia

Don’t Feel Pressure to Find Your Life’s Purpose at Age 21

Dreading the Holidays? It's Not Just You.

Return of the Annual Review! Let's Do This! (I mean, if you want.)

The Importance of Having a Breakdown, AKA “What Happened to the Annual Review”

When You’re Stuck In A Hole, Look For Someone To Join You: A Lesson In Empathy