Nearly every culture around the world encourages sacrifice today for a better tomorrow. So why is delayed gratification so hard?

The Virtue of Delayed Gratification

There's a lot to like about stoicism, but it falls short in some key areas for me. Here's my take on it and the other influences on my personal philosophy.

Why I'm Not a Stoic

Setting goals points us in the right direction and helps us clarify our values. But hanging on to goals when they no longer serve us is a recipe for misery.

The Surprising Science of Goal Setting (And Why You’re Probably Doing It Wrong)

Social media is the latest scapegoat to be blamed for all our social ills. Not only are these claims overblown, they're just wrong.

Social Media Isn't the Problem... We Are

Even if 2020 was one long dumpster fire of a year, we sure learned a lot about ourselves. Here's what nearly 1300 people had to say about it.

1,273 People Share Their Best Life Lessons from 2020

Most people can't just sit with uncertainty, with not knowing what will happen. And this fear of the unknown makes us do some strange things.

The Fear Of The Unknown

The Dunning-Kruger effect stems from the ignorance of our own ignorance. But how do you fix something if you don't even know it's broken?

The Dunning-Kruger Effect: The Paradox of Our Own Ignorance

Creative people are anything but boring, but the creative process itself involves a lot of mundane work and boring consistency.

5 Boring Ways More Creative

Therapy, journaling, and meditation have all been shown to improve mental health. When you look a little closer, they all share one thing in common.

How To Get Better

Our beliefs can put healthy boundaries on questionable behavior. But limiting beliefs hold us back from what we want in life.

How to Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs

A collection of audio versions of articles by author and blogger Mark Manson.

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Mark Manson Audio Articles

Minimalism isn't just 'owning less stuff.' It's a state of mind that's to be inhabited. Here's what it means to me.

Minimalism

That's right, I'm on to you. You do the shitty things we all do and you don't admit it either. Don't believe me? Here's eleven of them.

11 Sh*tty Things We All Do But Never Admit

Learn how your attachment style affects your relationships.

Attachment Theory

Distractions have become so pervasive in the digital age that we've come to accept them as normal. Here's how we can escape their grip and free our minds a little.

The Attention Diet

What are your most important personal values? Do you actually value what you say you do, or are you lying to yourself? And just who the hell are you anyway?

“Who the Fuck Am I?”: The Ultimate Guide to Personal Values

Emotional intelligence is a set of skills you can get better at with practice. Here are five skills you can cultivate to make you more a emotionally intelligent person.

5 Skills You Need to Be More Emotionally Intelligent than the Average Three-Year-Old

There are many, many things you should stop giving so many fucks about. Here are 6 of them.

6 Things People Should Stop Giving So Many Fucks About

Finding yourself in one manipulative relationship after another is often due to an inability to be vulnerable. Here's how to break the cycle.

Vulnerability and Avoiding Manipulative Relationships

Self-esteem isn't the silver bullet some people think it is, but it's still important. It just depends on how and where you're getting your self-esteem.

How to Build Self-Esteem (And Does It Even Matter?)

Painful and traumatic experiences suck. But it's possible to come out of trauma a stronger, more resilient person—and it's actually a lot more common than you think.

How to Grow from Your Pain

Strong boundaries form the foundation in any healthy relationship. Learn how to develop them here.

The Guide to Strong Boundaries

Learning how to grow up and be more mature starts with knowing what you truly value. Being an adult means sticking to your values, even when it's not popular or doesn't benefit you.

How to Grow the Fuck Up: A Guide to Humans

An in-depth look into why dating is so difficult in this day and age.

It’s Complicated: Why Relationships and Dating Can Be So Hard

Think about this for a moment: Why would you ever choose to be with someone who is not excited to be with you?

F*ck Yes or No

Life isn't about feeling awesome all the time.

Fuck Your Feelings

The news is often heralded as a vital component of a thriving democracy. But here I argue that, in its current form, the news is doing more harm than good.

Why You Should Quit the News

What if I told you that you could solve all of your life’s problems and live a life full of abundance and freedom while surrounded by adoring friends and loved ones?

The Solution to All of Your Life’s Problems

The problem with conditional relationships is that they inherently prioritize something else above the relationship. Find out why this is a recipe for disaster.

Maybe You Don’t Know What Love Is

Doing "more work" doesn't necessarily mean you'll be more productive, and sometimes, it actually makes you less productive.

Doing "more work" doesn't necessarily mean you'll be more productive, and <br>sometimes, it actually makes you less productive.

How to Be More Productive by Working Less

The best podcast episodes of the most interesting stories and things. From skyping someone while they're in space, to tracking down and meeting a telephone scammer in person, to the story of a Galapagos. These episodes will keep you and all your friends entertained and captivated for hours. Learn something new in every episode! Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

Best Episodes: Interesting Stories & Things

The best podcast episodes about true crime. For any thrill seeking podcast listeners who just can't get enough of the captivating stories of murderers and criminals. This topic has all the best episodes from many different true crime podcasts.  Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!