Mind & Body
How to build a habit that survives a bad week
The arc is familiar enough to be a genre. Someone starts something in the first week of January, does it well for three weeks, and then has the kind of week where a…
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What to buy first if you plan to train at home
The dark, cool, boring bedroom that finally works
The moments when a phone does the most damage to a day
Sleep scores and other numbers worth holding loosely
You wake up, reach for the watch or the ring, and get a verdict before you have had any independent thoughts about the morning. Some days it matches how you feel. Other days…
Keep readingThe wind-down hour, for people who do not have an hour
The evening routine you see described online runs about ninety minutes. A bath, a journal, some stretching, herbal tea, a chapter of a paperback, lights down at nine thirty. It assumes nobody in…
Keep readingSmall breaks that actually take the edge off a workday
Most advice about workday stress assumes a spare hour and a quiet room. Actual workdays offer about three minutes between two calls, half of a lunch break, and the walk from the desk…
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