by contentfreshadmin | Apr 20, 2016 | Coping with Life's Stresses, Letting Go, Mindfulness, Zen Habits
By Leo Babauta Almost our entire lives are spent in a quest to gain control, security and comfort in our lives. Unfortunately, we never really get it, so we keep trying, relentlessly. This is the main activity of our lives. What would happen if we stopped? We could be...
by contentfreshadmin | Apr 6, 2016 | Anxiety, Coping with Life's Stresses, Meditation, Mindfulness, Zen Habits
By Leo Babauta There isn’t a working person among us who doesn’t deal with stress — whether you’re an entrepreneur, a freelancer, working for a struggling startup, or clocking in working for a company, work stress is inevitable. But where does this stress originate,...
by contentfreshadmin | Mar 18, 2016 | Anxiety, Inner Peace, Zen Habits
By Leo Babauta There isn’t a person amongst us who doesn’t have insecurities — some are just better at dealing with them, or perhaps hiding them. We worry what other people think about us, we worry if we’re good-looking enough, we worry that we’re not doing all that...
by contentfreshadmin | Mar 17, 2016 | Zen Habits
By Leo Babauta You can read entire books on productivity, dozens of blog posts, and implement half a dozen different productivity systems. But at the end of the day, you’d have gotten nothing important done. The truth is, productivity is fairly simple, in theory. Even...
by contentfreshadmin | Feb 18, 2016 | Zen Habits
The most important habit I’ve formed in the last 10 years of forming habits is meditation. Hands down, bar none. Meditation has helped me to form all my other habits, it’s helped me to become more peaceful, more focused, less worried about discomfort, more...
by contentfreshadmin | Feb 10, 2016 | Habits, Letting Go, Zen Habits
By Leo Babauta Whenever we undertake a new change in our lives — whether it’s starting a new job or business, or changing a new habit — we tell ourselves a story about it. We’re the hero of our story. Unfortunately, it’s not usually a very good story — it involves the...
