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.
Scotland is subsidizing electric bikes to encourage sustainable and active travel
Scotland is a very hilly place. Sometimes it seems it is nothing but hills. I asked engineer and long-distance runner Es Tressider of Highland Passive why he moved there and he told me “for the hills.” It is often cold and wet and windy. On a recent visit I was almost blown off the roof of Read More...
Goldman Sach's new exchange fund will invest in companies that do ‘good’
Why can’t companies be an instrument for goodness? That’s one of the questions spiritual guru Deepak Chopra posed to billionaire Paul Tudor Jones II in the fall of 2012, which led him to build a foundation based around the idea behind those questions. Until now that foundation merely listed Read More...
Relax like a deep-sea dweller with these relaxing ocean soundscapes
Sometimes we point our readers towards articles that provide quality tips and tricks for reducing stress and improving sleep. This is not one of those times. Instead, follow the link and take a dive into the deep blue sea for 10 hours of relaxing ocean soundscapes produced by BBC Read More...
10 tips for traveling more responsibly
Each year, almost 1.2 billion people travel abroad, making travel and tourism one of the largest industries in the world. Representing a whopping 10 percent of the global economy, it supplies millions of jobs and benefits countless Read More...
To have what you want, you must give up what’s holding you back
If you pay attention to your life, you’ll begin to see the patterns. In 2005, the National Science Foundation published an article showing that the average person has between 12,000 and 60,000 thoughts per day. Of those, 80 percent are negative and 95 percent are exactly the same repetitive Read More...
Why you don’t have the right to believe that the earth is flat
We have the right to know certain things, but do we have the right to believe whatever we want? No, frankly. A belief is not knowledge. A belief is not necessarily true. And more importantly, some false beliefs can be outright dangerous. Take a look here to see why it’s definitely not within our Read More...
Want to travel and work? This approach makes doing both possible
In this day and age, you don’t have to wait until you retire in order to travel. Thanks to the internet, intermixing travel and work is completely feasible. From remote jobs and freelance life to entrepreneurship, here’s how to take your job anywhere in the Read More...
A new study on the psychology of persistent regrets can teach you how to live now
Lingering regrets, the kind you hang onto for years, can be great company, returning daily to keep some part of you living an alternate version of your life and career. They’re the stuff of sublime tragic novels and films. They can even be functional if they propel you forward, determined not Read More...
How to take care of others without burning out
In our over-stressed world, many health care providers, social workers and caregivers are suffering from slow yet painful burnout. Many of the rest of us, working long hours and raising families, seem to be approaching burnout, too. Sometimes we may feel that we’re too exhausted to keep giving to Read More...
Stop stressing: These 10 tips will help make the summer more enjoyable
As an adult, you may have long forgotten what it’s like to not have a care in the world—to sleep in as late as you want, to spend an entire day at the beach, or to take a real vacation. It can be difficult to find the time to relax when you’re focused on building a career or have other Read More...