Fight Desires By Asking 1 Question.

Cage’s most famous creation, titled 4’33, is a composition with a twist: it’s a four-minute, thirty-three-second-long stretch of uninterrupted silence.

Silence, doesn’t really exist;  what we think of as silence isn’t actual...

Try picking up a pen and paper, be sure to face up to any tough questions that arise:

• Why did I get so worked up about this today?
• Why do I care about impressing my coworkers?
• How did today’s problems rev...

The writers Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller once attended a party at the palatial home of a billionaire. Vonnegut asked his friend how it felt to know that their host had probably earned more that same day than Heller’s book, Catch-22, had earned in its whole history. Heller replied that he had s...

Writing can be a way to watch yourself as if you are a stranger, giving you a fresh perspective on your actions.

There is a concept in Japan called shinrin yoku, or “forest bathing.” It’s a kind of therapy that uses nature to heal spiritual woes.