Category: Fulfillment
These posts are designed to help you make each day more meaningful, be it through career advice, ways to find your passion, break out of a creative rut or find a hobby that inspires you.
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My Biggest Mistake as a Manager
You ever look back at life—say, when your brain pings you awake at 3 a.m.—and cringe as you relive a season of your past? No? Just me? Well, when I think of my first two years as a manager of a team, I wince. And want to reach out to those direct reports with a…
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Some People Are Just Going to Hate You—Here’s How Anne Hathaway Deals with It
As much as I know I can’t please everyone, I still try. I’ve agonized over whether people liked me, whether I offended them, whether they hated me—and why (or what I could do to change their mind about me). It’s a classic Type 9, people pleaser tendency. I’ve been working on letting go; realizing I…
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Fail Trying: The Most Powerful Takeaway from Bob Goff’s ‘Dream Big’
Bob Goff is one of those people you can’t believe actually exists. He’s a lawyer who serves as the honorary consul to the Republic of Uganda, who donates the proceeds of his books to bettering others’ lives—and is so willing to lend a hand he prints his actual cell phone number in those books. (Which…
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Welp, I Didn’t Expect ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ to Be a Religious Experience
Sure, sure, Thor is a god, but I didn’t anticipate having a religious experience while watching the latest Marvel movie. Thor: Love and Thunder is every bit the ridiculous, deliberately over-the-top, ’80s-rocker-glam-inspired action movie, and if you’ve seen a single trailer—or Thor: Ragnarok—that’s exactly what you expect. And it’s in that sense of comfort, in…
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If You Only Take One Thing from Jenna Kutcher’s ‘How Are You, Really,’ Let It Be This
The concept of “knowing your worth” has always been something that washed over me. Yeah, yeah, sounds good, I’d nod, agreeing but never giving it much thought. Until I read Jenna Kutcher’s new book, How Are You, Really. All 19 chapters are an invitation to push past the perfunctory “how are you?” questions of life…
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How to Start an Airbnb, According to Someone Who’s Been There
Nate and I dreamed of launching a furnished rental for years, but we didn’t know where to begin. There were a few mistakes early on that we wish we would’ve known sooner, but it was hard to find a clear-cut guide outlining how to start an Airbnb. Or monthly rental. Or mid-term rental. So, we’re…
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One Thing to Do When Tragedy Rocks You to Your Core
Life! You’re beautiful and wonderful and such a gift and…so freaking hard. These past few years alone have brought enough to bring anyone to their knees (pandemic, war, mass shootings, climate change, political upheaval, natural disasters, the fight for social justice—you name it). And in talking to therapists, doctors and counselors, one piece of advice…
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How Keeping a ‘Worry Journal’ Can Help You Feel Less Anxious
Anxiety has always trailed me, like a shadow stitched to my feet a la Peter Pan. I can remember panicking as a five-year-old, pulling my nap mat over me and imagining what it’d be like to cease thought, to die, like a spider I’d just seen get smashed. (What a conversation my mom had to…
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BLUF: The 4 Letters That Changed the Way I Write Emails
While everybody’s focused on how Gen Z ends their emails, these days, I’m much more focused on the beginning. One of the first things I learned after landing at PureWow is their strategic approach to crafting emails, both internally and externally, and it all comes down to four letters: BLUF. Standing for “Bottom Line Up…
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The One Takeaway That’s Resonated Most After Taking Marie Kondo’s KonMari Consultant Training
Becoming a KonMari Consultant—aka a professional organizer certified in Marie Kondo‘s signature decluttering method—involves a lot more than asking “Does it spark joy?” Or even shelling out $2,750 and attending the three-day course. Or reading her books (and the course’s 79-page workbook). You have to put in the work, logging consultations and “tidying festivals” that…
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22 Questions to Answer Before You Die (Yeah, We’re Going There)
If you want people to leave you alone, tell them you’re reading a book about death—and not of the true crime variety. Dealing with our own mortality can be so unsettling, but does it need to be? We spend so much time obsessing over the details of our weddings, 16th birthdays, major anniversaries and other…
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12 Ways People Are Rising Up to Help Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can make you feel powerless. Unmoored. Frustrated. Losing your faith in humanity. I get it, because I am there right now. And while I know how cliché it’s become to return to that old Mister Rogers quote (“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news,…
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