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Category: The Examined Life

A few weeks ago I spent some time in conversation with good friends, plus a few people I don’t know

A few months ago I was contemplating making a big change to our family routine—one that involved a whole lot of

I just finished reading Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande. It’s a fascinating collection of essays about

Last week I shared a list of the things that are saving my life right now, deep in this winter season.

Will came home from work the other day and fresh from a disappointing meeting. He told me about the players and the

Sometimes I’ll read a book (or less often, see a movie, or hear a presentation) and long after I finish it,

We recently started tutoring for one of my kids. Once a month or so, Will and I get to sit

I know I’m in good company when I say I discovered the 10,000 hour rule in Malcolm Gladwell’s 2008 book

We’ve seen the quizzes all over the internet. Which Ryan Gosling character is your soulmate? Which Friday Night Lights guy

I was talking with a family member Thanksgiving weekend and she mentioned that she’d fallen into some bad habits recently.

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