Why Finish Lines Will Get You Every Time
byI didn’t know why it happened. I was doing OK until the guy with the dog came through, and then, all of a sudden,…
I didn’t know why it happened. I was doing OK until the guy with the dog came through, and then, all of a sudden,…
[BIG NOTE FROM ME: Today apparently marks three years of me doing these Friday Inspiration posts. Thank YOU for reading them.] I’m giving you…
Here you are again: Holiday shopping season is upon us, and you’re wondering, “How will I get the perfect gift for everyone on my…
A New York Times look behind the scenes of the shooting of Free Solo (video): 25 reasons to keep creating stuff “in this era…
Did you ever notice when you go somewhere new, everything is a bit less convenient than it is in your daily life? You’re constantly…
I promise this film about a pet cemetery is way more fun than it sounds (video): How being optimistic helps you make better creative…
I tried. For a while, it seemed like everyone was talking about how meditation changed their lives—friends, acquaintances, podcast interviewees and interviewers, authors, even…
Some helpful information on how to buy a mountain bike (video): A visual history of every Air Jordan The Pudding visualizes the world’s population…
Do you follow THOSE PEOPLE on Instagram? Their lives look so perfect! Here’s the truth about them: Their lives ARE perfect! They’re not just…
Please watch these bears beating the shit out of trash cans and coolers as part of their product testing work at the Bear and…
The concept was pretty simple, and potentially disgusting: Run a marathon, 26.2 miles, around New York City, and eat five slices of pizza—one slice…
“A much more accurate depiction of an algorithm is that it’s an opinion embedded in math.” —mathematician Cathy O’Neill (video) Consider this when writing…
Newspapers, to the greater benefit to society as a whole, have largely done away with comments. Fortunately, the Washington Post still allows them on…
You’re lucky if you’re as stoked about anything as Charles Post is about migrating raptors (video): “There’s a deeper reason, I’ve come to think,…
Here’s one thing we always say about weddings: “It’s the biggest day of your life.” Here’s one thing we almost never say about weddings:…
Three minutes of Swiss scenery, but in miniature: (video) Behold Otis, the champion of Katmai National Park’s 2018 Fat Bear Week. Four life lessons…
It’s (hopefully) common knowledge that if you want to climb a Colorado 14er in the summer, you should be on your way down from…
“You look at them, and you’re like, ‘What even is that? That’s the most ridiculous animal I’ve ever seen in my life.’ If you…
No one wants to be the person who leaves a store and becomes the subject of retail employees’ horror stories—but of course, lots of…
Three minutes on how expectations affect your life (video): A young woman’s journey of self-discovery … to discover that she hates traveling in big…
I was in Zermatt last week and was fortunate to gaze upon the incredible Matterhorn, at the south end of town, on posters and…
“The work here is to figure out how to have a rich life without really being rich” (video) The story of the survival and…
A couple nights before leaving on a backpacking trip, I decided to finally dig up a Trangia stove I’d received as a gift eight…
This animation just feels good (video) 24 photos of sinkholes “He never forgot that it was entirely possible that people wouldn’t appreciate your work…
To climb rocks: Use your feet. Despite what you may have seen in Cliffhanger, or depictions of climbing in energy drink ads, rock climbing…
If you’re a geek for libraries, this place will probably look like heaven to you. (video) I feel confident in saying this is probably…
From 2012 to 2014, I lived full time out of a 2005 Chevy Astrovan. I had moved out of an apartment and into my…