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.
Disabled refugee inventor builds an electric bike (video)
Many refugees who fled the violence in Syria struggle with disabilities. This disabled refugee in the Zaatari camp in Jordan where 80,000 people live, found a solution. He built an electric bicycle made from spare parts he found in the Read More...
Dutch teenagers are the happiest in the world: here’s why
Dutch teenagers are among the happiest, healthiest, best educated and wealthiest of adolescents living in the world’s richest nations. An OECD report found that over 93 percent of children aged 11 to 15 years old in the Netherlands recorded above average life satisfaction. The secret to Read More...
How to develop empathy for someone who annoys you
When someone you work with annoys you, it’s tempting to avoid the person as much as possible. But this isn’t always feasible and often only makes the situation worse. You’re better off cultivating some empathy. How can you do that with a colleague who rubs you the wrong way? How can you Read More...
This app is betting on a future without banks
It looks like any other banking app, but SoFi Money aims to change banking as we know it. With a community based on memberships, SoFi not only offers peer-to-peer payments but also accepts mobile check deposits. The app strives to offer a financial hub that offers loans to members as Read More...
For just $5, you can now start a responsible investment portfolio
People interested in investing typically have two hurdles to clear: First, the learning curve associated with where their money might go and, perhaps more importantly, making sure they can afford it. For millennials, that’s increasingly an ever-more complex value question. Many only want to put Read More...
UK company launches crypto mining electric bicycle
50cycles, a specialist electric bicycle manufacturer, has revealed what it has described as the world’s first range of cryptocurrency mining e-bikes. Toba, the new series of crypto mining bikes, are estimated to generate approximately £20 (approximately $26.5 USD) worth of ‘Loyalcoin’ per Read More...
How to break the stress reaction cycle
As hard as it may sound to pull out of this stress reaction cycle, it is possible. The first step in creating any positive change is always raising your awareness of what the cycle is, how you participate in it, and what pains the cycle Read More...
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...