The best of essays

This is the best of the bunch essays, as determined by those that are most read.

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  • How to Navigate a Quarter-Life Crisis (Or Third-Life Crisis)

    What causes a quarter life crisis? What steps can we take to successfully navigate one? Find out in this essay.

  • The Work Burnout Series, Part 1: Work Burnout Symptoms

    Read about burnout symptoms, what causes burnout, and why/how burnout happens. Continue learning with other resources for burnout recovery/prevention.

  • The Burnout Series, Part 2: Burnout Recovery

    The burnout recovery guide: your non-negotiable next step, how neural nets and your body’s threat-response system impair rest/recovery, whether you should leave your job, and more.

  • Defining your personal values: what are values?

    Learn what values and core values are, how we acquire them, how to define your own personal values and core values, and how to use them to live a more fulfilling, meaningful life.

  • Who am I at 25-35? This is the Third Life Crisis Age

    The Third-Life Crisis actually represents a key milestone in the broader path of maturation. It is, after all, a call to connect with and accept our neglected, deeper selves and reflect on who we really are and who we really want to be.

  • Part 1: 50 fun & interesting activities to do outside of work that can boost your self-discovery

    Part 1 of 50 fun and interesting hobbies ideas and activities you can to do to boost your self-reflection and self-discovery outside of work.

  • The Eight Components of "Mind"

    The eight components of mind include Automatic, Sensing, Core, Memory, Emotion, Ego, Deductive mind, and the Genius Channel.