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What dieters can learn from balding men

Whether you’re cutting out fast food in a bid to lose weight, have decided to go veggo or vegan, or have been told by a medical specialist to cut sugar from your diet, it’s easy to focus on the negative. After all, you can no longer have a source of pleasure. Maybe it’s the salty, […]

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Treat life as an experiment for the best results

At work, my team is in charge of the company’s website and all its pages. So far, most changes we make are based on stakeholder preference. For example, the boss of Product A thinks blue buttons result in more sales, so we change the button on Product A’s page to blue for her. Life is […]

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Buffet binge bonanzas: My dietary low point

Last time on my saga to eat well, we left off around the middle of my second year of uni. I had sporadic binges, which were bad enough when I was the one paying for food – at least my food intake was limited by my resources. But shit, on a visit to Hamburg, I […]

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How I eat fancy, save money, and save the world

In case you’re new: Thankful Thursdays is a series in which, every Thursday, I write about one thing I’m thankful for. Whether it’s something as grand as the time we live in, or as specific about the way , nothing is off limits. Check out my intro post for more on why I’m doing this, […]

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A slightly different path to mindfulness: Getting Things Done

I was already fairly happy when I started this blog. After all, that was why I created it. But in writing about the matter, for the world to see, I felt that much more accountable for my happiness. I quickly became conscious of my habits that contribute to it negatively and positively, as well as […]

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10 ways I stayed happy during the pandemic

Perhaps “stayed” is a bit misleading. When Melbourne first went into lockdown, I felt like shit. But, over time, I returned to my baseline life satisfaction levels, which are generally quite high. While Melbourne has been out of lockdown for a while as I write this, I appreciate many readers may be in countries that […]