Lifestyle
Alongside taking care of other people and the planet, make sure you take good care of yourself. The Lifestyle section at the Optimist Daily has solutions for everyday wellbeing on topics like food, beauty, fashion, and the latest trends. Curious about caring for houseplants, eating plant-based, or parenting tips? It’s all in there.
Got a New Year’s resolution to read more? These tips will help
It’s once again the time of year when we form our New Year’s resolutions. “Read more” is a common resolution, but unfortunately, many people abandon the novels they ambitiously started on January 1 by mid-month. If you want to read more and carry the habit through the whole year, check out Read More...
These American cities will pay you $10,000 to move there
Working from home became the norm for millions of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic, and it doesn’t look like that will be changing any time soon. For many remote workers, that means it no longer matters whether or not they live in close proximity to your job. If that’s the case for Read More...
The best things in life are free: 3 gifts that don’t cost a penny
When it comes to happiness, enjoying memorable experiences has been found to provide more long-lasting joy for people than receiving material gifts. At a time where we could also use a bit more happiness, here are 3 experience-based gifts you can give your loved ones that don’t cost a penny. Read More...
Why you should still set goals for 2021
Remember what it felt like to make plans—ones that didn’t fall through the cracks due to ever-changing restrictions? Even if most of us had our dreams and plans dashed in 2020, the new year is just around the corner, offering a chance to restart and make new plans or set new goals. Yes, Read More...
A weather report for your brain? New advances in predicting seizures
For people living with epilepsy, there’s always a looming fear that an epileptic seizure is around the corner. A new international study, however, suggests that it may be possible to predict the onset of such seizures days in advance. To come to this conclusion, scientists analyzed data from a Read More...
Bay Area service delivers groceries without a trace of plastic
Here at The Optimist Daily, we are big supporters of the zero-waste movement and we’re always happy to share with you the initiatives that are driving it. One of the latest that we’ve come across is Bay Area startup Zero Grocery. If you order groceries on their platform, they come in reusable Read More...
The Optimist View: Best of 2020
"Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else." - Fred Rogers While 2020 has felt like a long, strange “fever dream”, to quote one of our staff members, there were lots of positive solutions to be found. Whether it was advances in medicine, Read More...
These essentials will amplify your meditation practice
According to FitBit data, the number of people who meditate rose 2,900 percent between March and September of this year. With exercise facilities shut down and extra stress on mental health, many people are turning to meditation to cope with the impacts of the pandemic. If you want to take up Read More...
Pandemic rituals to carry with us into the new year
2020 has thrown our schedules and expectations upside down, but some of the new habits we’ve formed this year may stick with us even as we return to a semblance of normalcy. Here are a few ideas for pandemic rituals you may want to maintain as 2021 New Year's resolutions. Journaling. Many Read More...
This fashion brand wants you to send your old undies back for recycling
As circularity is slowly but steadily making its way into the fashion industry, a handful of companies, such as Levi’s and Patagonia, are nudging consumers to return their old products so they can be refurbished and resold. The thing is, the secondhand market isn’t an option for certain pieces Read More...