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How to Savor Ordinary Moments (Without Turning It Into Work)

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How To Savor Ordinary Moments

Savoring ordinary moments is not a mindfulness technique or a wellness practice. It is something quieter, and most of what gets written about it manages to make it harder than it needs to be. This piece covers what savoring actually is, what tends to pull a person out of a good moment without their noticing, … Read more

How to Be a Better Listener: What Listening Actually Requires

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How To Be A Better Listener

Most advice on how to be a better listener focuses on technique: maintain eye contact, paraphrase what was said, nod at the right moments. These things are not wrong. But they do not get at what makes someone genuinely good to talk to, which is harder to describe and less comfortable to examine. This piece … Read more