Declutter Your Mind

Declutter Your Mind

Much like its physical counterpart, mental clutter causes us to feel overwhelmed. It inhibits our ability to focus on the things that matter. When your mind is busy, thinking clearly can be a challenge. When you declutter your mind you have room to think, room to consider your options without distraction. You’ll also find that…

How to be alone: the difference between loneliness and solitude

How to be alone: the difference between loneliness and solitude

We use the two interchangeably because we’ve been conditioned to think of them as the same state; someone who spends time alone must, naturally, be lonely. But that’s not the case. Loneliness is being alone — and not liking it. It’s a feeling. Solitude is being alone — and content. It’s a choice. This brings us to an interesting paradox: if…

Ten Tweaks To Your Morning Routine That Will Transform Your Entire Day

Ten Tweaks To Your Morning Routine That Will Transform Your Entire Day

Researchers at the University of Nottingham recently published findings from their exploration of 83 separate studies on energy and self-control. What they found will change the way you start your day. The researchers found that self-control and energy are not only intricately linked but also finite, daily resources that tire much like a muscle. Even…

I am too alone in the world, …

I am too alone in the world, …

…and yet not alone enough to make every moment holy.I am too tiny in this world, and not tiny enough just to lie before you like a thing,shrewd and secretive.I want my own will, and I want simply to be with my will,as it goes toward action;and in those quiet, sometimes hardly moving times,when something…

Cherish your solitude.

Cherish your solitude.

Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone…