I have no cares in the world [Book Excerpt]

"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next yea ...  Show more

About rediscovering yourself in your 30s ♡ www.CharlotteEriksson.com If I could share one revelation with anyone out there navigating the transitions in life, it would be this: Rediscover those passions or objects that made you feel free before the world told you what to do and w ...  Show more

Today’s poem is On Living by Nazim Hikmet, translated by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.

In this episode, Major writes… “My walk that morning brought forth the world in technicolor, piercing green trees, a blue sky screechin ...

Who am I? I've forgotten the answer to that question long ago. Ever since I ran from that house, so desperate to escape, I left with only the clothes on my back and socks on my feet. After that day, I've only ever walked in stolen shoes. Could I be a girl who is searching for the ...  Show more

What if joy was your natural state? In this episode, we’re exploring how to make joy your foundation rather than a fleeting reward. Not the shiny, performative kind...but the kind that feels like a deep breath, a belly laugh, a spark of creativity that pulls you back to yourself! ...  Show more

Wherever you are right now, take a look around you. Let your eyes rest on the first thing that catches your attention. For me, while writing this, it’s a bowl in Big Think’s offices. Highly polished, assembled, it seems, from curved, stained strips of wood. If I kept going, I mig ...  Show more