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When You Feel Behind, Your Mind Is Probably Lying
When your mind plays tricks on you, you believe irrational things and become even more anxious. (Here's how to fix it.)
Jun 2
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The Disappointment Algorithm
On the quiet cost of trying to keep everyone happy.
May 19
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What Kind of Stuck Are You? 10 Honest Questions
When "why am I stuck?" isn't working, try these instead.
Apr 23
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INTRODUCING: A Year of Mental Health
Jan 1, 2024
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Notes from the Community, Volume I
Jan 12, 2024
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It Was Going So Well, Until It Wasn’t
Jan 3, 2024
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Unhelpful Life Advice
Jan 5, 2024
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From Rejection to Reflection: My Grad School ADHD Experience
Jan 8, 2024
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The Trauma of Adult Undiagnosed ADHD
Feb 26, 2024
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Woodworking Is 90% Sanding
Find something you love to do—even the boring parts.
Apr 16
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Chris Guillebeau
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How to Do the Thing You’re Putting Off
Stop fighting yourself and start working with yourself.
Apr 8
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Chris Guillebeau
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NeuroDiversion Year Two: A Mentalist, a Hula Hoop Teacher, and 500 Special People
A weekend gathering with neurodivergent humans and the people who support them.
Mar 31
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Nothing Is As Good As It Ever Was
Why everything seems better in hindsight.
Mar 17
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The Shame of Not Updating Your Website
How hard is it to fix simple things? Pretty hard, actually.
Feb 17
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What's In the Box? You Might Never Know
Sometimes you never solve the mystery.
Dec 3, 2025
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You Don't Need a Reason
To ride a bike across the country or anything else.
Oct 22, 2025
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Everyone’s Connected, Everyone’s Lonely
The paradox of progress.
Oct 15, 2025
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ACTIVITY: "Would I start this project today?"
A simple question that can free up hours of your time.
Jul 8, 2025
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The 5-Minute To-Do List
Keep an alternate to-do list that consists entirely of things that can be done in 5 minutes or less.
Mar 11, 2025
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ACTIVITY: The Life Soundtrack
Create a playlist of songs that represent different stages or significant moments in your life.
Oct 30, 2024
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Chris Guillebeau
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ACTIVITY: The Ten-Year Regret Test
“How will you feel about this decision ten years from now?”
Oct 2, 2024
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ADHD
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"Some days I hyperfocus, and some days I burn out..."
Other people work at a steady pace - why can't I?
Mar 4, 2025
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Working Memory, or Why You Keep Forgetting Everything
Bonus: this post comes with solutions!
Sep 20, 2024
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Chris Guillebeau
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8 Ways to Feel Better About Yourself
Learn to practice embodied cognition, structured procrastination, and more.
Aug 28, 2024
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Chris Guillebeau
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Executive Functioning and the Limits of Hyperfocus
The second in a series on executive functions, under the umbrella of “Why is it hard to do small things?”
Jul 3, 2024
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Productivity
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Woodworking Is 90% Sanding
Find something you love to do—even the boring parts.
Apr 16
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Chris Guillebeau
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How to Do the Thing You’re Putting Off
Stop fighting yourself and start working with yourself.
Apr 8
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Chris Guillebeau
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The Shame of Not Updating Your Website
How hard is it to fix simple things? Pretty hard, actually.
Feb 17
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Chris Guillebeau
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Where Do Your Goals Come From?
And to whom do they belong?
Sep 16, 2025
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Chris Guillebeau
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Interviews
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"I'm re-learning how to show up as my full self": A Conversation with Dana Miranda
It's time for a new interview! Next up: Dana Miranda, creator of the Healthy Rich newsletter and author of You Don’t Need a Budget.
Nov 15, 2024
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"Playing it safe is about fear.": A Conversation with Chase Jarvis
It's time for a new interview! Next up: Chase Jarvis, founder of CreativeLive and author of the new book "Never Play It Safe: A Practical Guide to…
Oct 9, 2024
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"Take a moment every day to listen to a kid": A Conversation with Brad Montague
It's time for a new interview! Next up: Brad Montague, bestselling author, illustrator, speaker, and creator of the hit web series Kid President.
Sep 11, 2024
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"Your thoughts are not the problem": A Conversation with Joseph Nguyen
It's time for a new interview! Next up: Joseph Nguyen, international bestselling author of Don't Believe Everything You Think
Aug 30, 2024
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