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Hey there! I received a lot of good feedback from last week’s issue about planning now to work on your own terms in the future. Some of you are definitely on it, while others are wondering how to start. So, this week we’ll follow up with several resources that can help get going. Many of …

Fast Company is closing out the first month of 2020 by taking a look at the future of work. Specifically, they’re looking ahead 20 years, to 2040. Why 2040 specifically? Twenty years from now, Gen Z and millennials will be fully incorporated into the workplace, while Gen X will be stepping back. That last point …

If one thing has become undeniably clear in the last couple of years, it’s all about the habits. Your personal growth — or lack thereof — depends on them. The 1.5 million people who’ve bought Atomic Habits by James Clear know this. The real question is, how are you doing on implementation? As someone who …

Sleep. We used to willfully not get enough of it, and now we’re obsessed with getting more (and probably still not getting enough). While obsessing doesn’t help, getting enough sleep is key to health, well-being, longevity, and maintaining our cognitive abilities as we age. So no one is arguing that it’s not important. But why …

Well, hello 2020! Let’s kick off the year by exploring something important. And that would be the health of your brain. When you’re in your 40s or 50s, the accepted notion is that we’re on the way to losing a step in the mental department. Sure … you can’t find your car keys, and why …

Can you believe it? This is the last issue of Further for the year, and the decade (not technically, but whatever). As with the approach of any new year, people will have resolutions. And the vast majority of those resolutions will crash and burn before the end of January. Part of the reason for that …

People plan and sacrifice for years in order to retire in their 60s. And yet, more and more people are less than thrilled when they get there. Research conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Association indicates that retirement satisfaction is decreasing: The cross-sectional results in this study show that the share of respondents reporting “very …

On my recent trip to Bhutan, I did a lot of hiking. And if you know anything at all about Bhutan, it’s likely the image of Tiger’s Nest, the Buddhist temple built way up into the side of a mountain. It’s billed as a three-hour hike up, although we made it in a little over …

As you read this, I’m likely roaming around the Himalayas in Bhutan. But I’m writing this in Bangkok, sitting next to the pool. It’s 91 degrees! I’ve collected a fair amount of good content over the last week or so, and a clear theme showed up — namely, aging. As in, do we have to …

First things first … there won’t be an issue of Further next week, as I’m headed to Japan. This will be my second November in a row to visit the Land of the Rising Sun, this time Kyoto instead of Tokyo. Then, after one night in Bangkok (I can’t stand that song, but I also …

Read on Further.net There’s the age the calendar says you are. And then there’s your biological age, which could be lower or higher than your chronological age, depending on your lifestyle and genetics. But there’s a third type, and that’s your subjective age. That’s simply the answer to the question I posed up top — …