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7 Good Minutes: Extra - A Week of 30-Second Notes for the Jolt Before Sleep
Some nights you drift off without a problem. On others, a sudden kick wakes you just as you’re getting there. If you can’t see why those nights diffe…
5 days, 3 hours ago
Why That Jolt at Bedtime Feels More Alarming Than It Is
The kids are finally down. Your body starts to go heavy, and then your leg kicks as if you missed a step. The jolt is over in a second. The question …
5 days, 13 hours ago
7 Good Minutes: Extra - Three Moves to Stop a Bad Mood Before It Reaches Your Door
You already know the five-second exchange that ruins an evening — the sharp comment, the sigh, the clipped reply that's still running hours later. Th…
6 days, 3 hours ago
Why a Stranger's Bad Mood Follows You Home
A manager snaps at you in a hallway. A stranger sighs at you in a checkout line. It lasts five seconds, and you know it probably has nothing to do wi…
6 days, 13 hours ago
7 Good Minutes: Extra - Drop the Grade: A 3-Step Way to Get Back Into a Good Moment
If a birthday, a free Saturday, or the first day of a trip has felt thinner than you expected, you may have caught yourself checking whether you're h…
1 week ago
Why Good Moments Feel Flat When You're Grading Them
You've planned a good moment, maybe a birthday, a holiday morning, or a trip you saved up for, and when it arrives, something feels off. A quiet ques…
1 week ago
7 Good Minutes: Extra - The One Weekly Question That Stops You Saving the Good Things for Later
If the good things in your life keep waiting for a better time, here's a simple weekly practice to change that: the Short-Horizon Question.
Once a wee…
1 week, 1 day ago
Why So Many People Get Happier With Age, and How to Start Now
That bottle at the back of the cupboard, the good dishes still in the box, the friend you'll call once things calm down. If you're saving the good th…
1 week, 1 day ago
7 Good Minutes: Extra - One Absorbing Thing: A 20-Minute Practice for Flat Evenings
When life is fine but you feel flat, the answer usually isn't fixing something. It's adding a little absorption back into your day, and you can start…
1 week, 2 days ago
Fine on Paper but Feeling Flat: Why "Nothing's Wrong" Isn't the Whole Story
Dinner's done, the kids are okay, work is okay, and the bills are on schedule. Someone asks how you are, you say "fine," and you mean it. So why does…
1 week, 2 days ago