How to get motivated even when you don’t feel like it
What motivates you? You know that feeling when you wake up and immediately reach for your phone to check on…
October 2025
Wake Up to Light Exposure
You drag yourself out of bed feeling like garbage. The alarm went off 20 minutes ago. You’ve hit snooze three…
Too Busy to Work Out? Try “Exercise Snacking”
Exercise snacking, short bursts of movement throughout your day, can improve fitness as effectively as longer workouts, with research showing…
Everything I Know That’s Actually Worth Knowing
Look, I’m going to level with you. I’ve spent an embarrassing amount of my life optimizing things that don’t matter…
The SMART Goals Framework helps you achieve what you want
We’ve all done it. Started something that mattered, Getting in shape, launching a project, building a new habit. The beginning…
Self-Regulated Learning: The Learning Method chosen by Science
Most students fail not because they lack intelligence. They fail because no one taught them how to learn. You’ve probably…
Try Soft Fascination to Reset Your Brain
You’ve been staring at your computer screen for hours, jumping between tasks, notifications pinging every few minutes. You decide to…
How to Manage Your Energy (Not Just Your Time)
You’ve color-coded your calendar, prioritized tasks and added time blocks for deep work. Then Monday hits and by 2 PM…
The Bento Method for Boxed focus and Productivity
You start Monday with 47 tasks on your list. By Tuesday evening you’ve completed 12 of them. Wednesday adds 23…
The Comprehensible Input Method for learning of a new language
A friend of mine spent three years taking Spanish classes. She memorized verb conjugations. She drilled vocabulary flashcards. She completed…