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Last week’s thoughts on simplifying our lives seemed to strike a chord with a lot of people. I was a bit surprised. Perhaps we’re at a point where we realize that we’ve been going about things the wrong way when it comes to leading happy, healthy lives. If only we could figure out what matters, …
Last August, we sold both cars before we headed out on our family trip around the world. For seven months I didn’t drive, and loved it. So when we got back to Colorado, I leased a car for my wife, but didn’t get one for myself. It’s the first time since I was 16 that …
From the June 19, 2019 issue of Further Being out in nature makes us happy. The research is pretty clear about that. On average, study participants are significantly and substantially happier outdoors in all green or natural habitat types than they are in urban environments. Maybe that’s why camping has become the hot new trend …
Here are some Further fundamentals: Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation Valuing process over results Harmonious passion What do all of these have in common? They’re signs of a person with an inner scorecard, as defined by famed investor Warren Buffett: The big question about how people behave, is whether they’ve got an inner scorecard or an …
From the June 12, 2019 issue of Further Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, and David Cush, former CEO of Virgin America, both get up around 4 am each morning. So do Jennifer Aniston, Kris Jenner, and Michelle Obama. What’s up with that? It seems to reason that these people are not getting eight hours of …
If you’ve seen articles circulating in the last week talking about the “10,000 steps a day” rule, you may be wondering what the latest health flip flop is all about. Here’s the deal in a nutshell. Basically, the “10,000 step” thing is just a made-up number. Fine … Further readers have known that since 2017. …
From the June 5, 2019 issue of Further How can passion be a bad thing? Once you realize that passion is something you find more than follow, you should be in a good (even great) place. If it’s what’s known as harmonious passion, it is great: This kind of passion, the harmonious kind, is associated …
The last time I wrote about the Japanese concept of ikigai, my family and I had just landed in Australia after a week in Tokyo. The Japan connection was a coincidence, as purpose and meaning are always on my mind when it comes to Further. In Japanese, iki means “to live” and gai means “reason” …
From the May 29, 2019 issue of Further Everywhere you turn there are books, articles, and podcasts about becoming happy. And that would lead one to believe that happiness is what we want (or there wouldn’t be so much chatter about it). But according to cognitive psychologist Daniel Kahneman, many of us are aiming higher …
At the intersection of “not enough time” and “too many interesting things” we have the occasional Further roundup issue. Check out the items below, and have a great week! Live Longer, Feel Younger Living longer doesn’t seem like such a great thing if we feel frail and old. Fortunately, people are working on that. This …
When I first started Further, it was all about refuting the idea that a life of leisure was the key to happiness. That instead, we experienced well-being by pushing ourselves to get better and learn new things. Later, I realized I was increasingly writing from the perspective of midlife. And that despite the doldrums of …
From the May 15, 2019 issue of Further It was mid-morning yesterday when I allowed myself to take a peek at Twitter, only to see that Gen X was trending. Almost instantaneously, the emails and texts from Further readers started to roll in. Apparently I’m the “Gen X guy” now. And damn pleased about it, …