Want to stay in bed longer? Here’s what I’ve been loving, laughing, and getting intrigued by all week long. Now cozy up with your laptop/iPad and enjoy 🙂
CAREER
21 Things You Say In Work Emails, And What They Really Mean. Admittedly yes to several of these 🙂 Ah, tact… (Thought Catalog)
Start Preventing Fires: How to Implement Proactive Customer Support. (Zapier)
Are Businesswomen With Short Hair a Cut Above the Rest? I’m getting a major haircut this week, though not due to this article. (Five Thirty Eight)
Is Work Your Happy Place? (New York Times)
A Guide for Young People: What to Do With Your Life. (Zen Habits)
PRODUCTIVITY/SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
How To Overcome Regret And Seize The Day — Scientifically. (Barking Up the Wrong Tree)
Change Your Life, 13 Minutes at a Time. (A Life Less BS)
Eliminate Time-Wasting Activities With This Box. (Thought Catalog)
Stop Wasting Time: 7 Things Highly Productive People Do Every Day. (Under 30 CEO)
Work in Pulses. (Farnam Street)
Yes, yes, yes: If It’s Not on Your List… Don’t Do It! And also why you should always keep your to-do list up to date. (Time Management Ninja)
Cool new functionality: Schedule Group Meetings from Gmail with Boomerang Calendar. (Full Contact)
Why I Ditched My Smartphone. (The Change Blog)
14 Habits Of Exceptionally Likable People. (INC)
Want to Be More Creative? Take a Walk. (New York Times)
HEALTH/FITNESS
5 Scientific Secrets To Naps That Will Make You Happier And Smarter. (Barking Up the Wrong Tree)
Short on Zzz’s? 15 Research-Backed Sleep Hacks. (DailyBurn)
Breakfast!? An (Un-)Biased (?) Look at the Contemporary Scientific Evidence For and Against the Benefits of Having Breakfast and the Negative Effects of Skipping Mealst. (Suppversity: Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone)
Perfect infographic: Really, sugars are sugars. Some sugar is good. Less is better. (Food Politics)
Hey Wheat Belly fans: Gluten Intolerance May Not Exist. (Forbes)
The Lure of Forbidden Food. (New York Times)
This is so cute! This Inspiring Weight-Loss Journey Will Remind You How Awesome Moms Really Are. (Greatist)
GREAT tips here! How Kelly Got Her Groove Back. (No Thanks to Cake)
Are You Peppering Your Salad With Freshly Ground Salmonella? Yikes! (Prevention)
Another danger to beware: The Truth of Running. (YouTube)
So You’re Running a Marathon This Weekend… (See Dane Run)
A Case For Low-Intensity Cardio (Q by Equinox)
The Limits of ‘No Pain, No Gain’. (New York Times)
TRAVEL
Resorts Are the Real Winners in ‘The Bachelor’s’ Made-for-TV Endings. (Skift)
RIP to the ‘Southwest effect’? (USA Today)
MISCELLANY
Goodbye, Ctrl-S. (Medium)
Say it ain’t so! Fro-No: How New York City Soured on Frozen Yogurt. (Grub Street)
Fascinating: Looking At Tears Under A Microscope Reveals A Shocking Fact. (LifeBuzz)
40 Things You’ll Learn By The Time You Turn 40. (Thought Catalog)
How to be a Stylish Woman in her Thirties. (Wardrobe Oxygen)
How I Got Over Myself and Learned to Love My Hometown. (Medium)
And finally, the most beautiful cover video I have ever seen: Story Of My Life, by the Piano Guys. (YouTube)
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