This year we took a fresh look at the best to-do list managers, helped newbies learning to code pick a first language to learn, helped you choose a great Wi-Fi router, and of course, found out which Android phones are the best this year. via Most Popular Hive Fives of Read more…
Author Elaine St. James explains how she deals with clutter in Simplify Your Life: Put them in a box with a label indicating a date two or three years from now—but don’t list the contents on the label. Store the box in the attic or the basement, or wherever is Read more…
“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” “To be content, look backward on those who possess less than yourself, not forward on those who possess more. If this does not make Read more…
“You may lose all of those things and many more, but when the worth of your heart outweighs the weight of the risk, you have to go. This is not easy, but it is true. (And no amount of money is worth your heart.)” via The reason she left for Read more…
“Now ask yourself what is the one “right” thing you should be doing now. I did not say three things. There can be only one.” via How to Debug Your Brain and Build Better Habits.
Unfortunately, we live with a slightly distorted view of what education is and how it works. We go to college not to learn, but to get a degree. We get a degree to get a job. We’re forgetting to embrace learning itself and the actual education. via Online Learning: College Without the Read more…
How does that connect to living a life true to yourself? It’s simple. An awful lot of the choices we make that “compromise” a life true to ourselves is because we need money. We compromise a lot of things we believe in because of our jobs and our career and Read more…
Children act on impulse. Adults decide how to react, rather than being the slave of circumstances. They are masters of themselves. via Why Growing Up Is Hard to Do (But Why the World Still Need Adults) | The Art of Manliness.
Once we’ve figured that out, we know what belongs in the container … now we just need to constantly look at things and activities and requests and tasks, and ask: “Is this one of my container items?” via The Empty Container : zenhabits.
How much of your valuable time do you lose parked in front of a screen? Two-thirds of wealthy people watch less than an hour of TV a day and almost that many—63 percent—spend less than an hour a day on the Internet unless it is job-related. Instead, these successful people Read more…