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4 Ways to Invite Opportunity Into Your Life

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Thank people for sharing their time, their expertise and their experience, whether with a handwritten note or an email. This article was published in May 2019 and has been updated. You might think of thank you notes as something reserved for post-party gratitude, but they can actually be a great way to foster connection.

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How Happy Are You?

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My father, the star of our family, died at the start of 2019. Before 2019 was out, I’d turn 40, Laura and I would each accept unexpected job offers and a publisher would sign me up for a book deal. Another time, the editors emailed with an assignment while I was on a trip to ask Laura if she’d like to get married.

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20 Simple and Real Ideas to Add to Your Self-Care Routine

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Don’t check your email or social media channels within one hour of waking. This article was published in February 2019 and has been updated. To help gather self-care activities real people do regularly, I turned to the interwebs with a simple question: “What is something you do for self-care that most people wouldn’t think of?”

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If You Were Dying… Would Gratitude Be Your First Thought?

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A 2019 study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that writing daily about things that make you grateful brings a better sense of well-being , happiness and satisfaction. I am so blessed, the luckiest woman on Earth, really,” Joan Lewis told a reporter via email for an Apr. Gratitude can be transformative.

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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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A 2018 article published in the Labor Law Journal looked at the legal implications of working after-hours, discussing how smartphones give employees easy access to their work emails at all hours of the day. For many employees, the workday does not end when they leave the office,” the authors wrote.

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How to Cultivate a Growth Mindset

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I signed up for his email list, and 13 automated messages and many Google rabbit holes later, I learned some fascinating science about the power of thought: Thoughts create happiness. Need to grow your email list? This article was published in October 2019 and has been updated. Leverage third parties.

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13 Undeniable Ways to Get Sh*t Done

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According to a 2019 study published in Sleep Medicine , when night owls began to consistently shift their “sleep/wake timings” by two hours, they showed “significant improvements to self-reported depression and stress, as well as improved cognitive… performance measures,” among other benefits. Despite that, distractions can still derail you.

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