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From the December 5, 2018 issue of Further I hate to stretch, mainly because my legs are super inflexible. Of course, my flexibility would improve if only I’d stretch. You see my dilemma. As usual, I’m not alone. Even among active, fitness-oriented people, stretching is the thing we often bail on, whether winding down a …
From the November 28, 2018 issue of Further Seems like not a day goes by that I don’t see someone on social media talking about how they had been hesitant to pursue a creative idea. And it’s usually due to the feeling that they were somehow “unworthy” of creativity. I get it … and at …
From the November 28, 2018 issue of Further We’ve all heard the annoying examples. If you would have just bought $10,000 of Microsoft stock in 1984, by 2014 you’d be sitting on $5,526,749. The problem with that is everyone focuses on finding the “next Microsoft.” Next thing you know, you’re investing in something you don’t …
From the November 28, 2018 issue of Further Over the last several years, I’ve been convinced that losing body fat was a simple equation — burn more calories than you take in. Eat less, move more. And for me, it’s largely worked that way. I ate more bread during our three months in France than …
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks. My family and I packed up and left France after three months, and took a long flight to Tokyo. The jet lag was brutal, even with the shorter trip from Europe. Tokyo is a fascinating place, but the lack of sleep combined with the culture shock made for …
From the November 14, 2018 issue of Further Patience has never been one of my virtues. If you’re like me, trying to become more patient through sheer willpower is an exercise in futility. Fortunately, it’s possible to become more patient through other means. Just like with anything else, you need to replace the jaw-clenching response …
From the November 14, 2018 issue of Further Seems everywhere you turn, you hear that you’ll have to be more entrepreneurial to even have a job in the near future. And if you want to get ahead right now, it’s the same story. Which leads to some smart ass like me saying, well … if …
From the November 14, 2018 issue of Further When I decided to start running a while back, I took the Couch to 5K approach. Basically you spend about 20 minutes alternating between walking and short bouts of running. The idea is that you’ll increase the duration of the runs until you can go for about …
Last week we talked about why people our age may live quite a bit longer. If that didn’t exactly get you fired up, you may be in the middle-age slump. The worst part about it is you can’t really figure out what’s wrong. You might even be enjoying the greatest success of your life so …
If you’re currently in your 40s, the prospect of living a lot longer may not excite you. Not that you’re fond of the alternative; it’s just that for many middle-aged people, it can be a tough time. My fourth decade was by far my most successful. I made a lot of money, enjoyed recognition and …
Right now, hundreds of millions of dollars are being poured into longevity research and a variety of medical treatments to eliminate aging-related diseases, and is expected to become a $200 billion industry. Separately, billions are aimed at defeating cancer, and we seem on the verge of a solution. This flurry of effort and optimism has …
From the November 8, 2018 issue of Further What’s wrong with trying to be perfect? After all, a recent study shows that today’s college students report higher levels of perfectionism than college students did during the 1990s or early 2000s. We were, after all, slackers (or so the story goes). It’s not so much a …