Tag: happiness
What This Dad Wants For Father’s Day
All some dads want for Father’s Day is to spend all day with their kids. Other dads would...
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TFW Too Much Is Still Not Enough (A Paradox)
Are you feeling overwhelmed by everything you have to do? And yet it still feels like you’re...
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My Goals for 2023 (New Year’s Resolutions?)
Let’s be honest. New year’s resolutions have, let’s say, a bit of a troubled...
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Do You Ever Feel Absurdly Average?
I like to joke that you’re unique and special, just like everybody else. Put another way, on...
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Andrew Yang on Our Unhealthy Social Media Diet (Sunday Snippet)
In a TED talk, the technologist J. P. Rangaswami compared the information we consume to a diet. A...
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What Does Success Really Mean?
This is hardly a new topic as I’ve been thinking about the definition of success for a very...
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On Daydreaming and Big Life Changes
Daydreaming is normal. We all do it, regardless of our lot in life. Whether you’ve fallen on...
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A Look Ahead: My Goals for 2022
I feel it’s important to always have goals in your life. Even if you never quite achieve...
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Paying Attention With Jessa Crispin (Sunday Snippet)
If you want to change your life, change what you pay attention to. “We give things meaning...
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Lost Connections, Johann Hari (Sunday Snippet)
All of us have certain innate needs-to feel connected, to feel valued, to feel secure, to feel we...
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The Golden Age Fallacy
“Back in my day,” Grandpa Simpson might begin, “I tied an onion to my belt,...
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Dear Toxic Positivity
Dear Toxic Positivity, We’ve known each other for a very long time. Over the years,...
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Hi, I'm Michael. By day, I'm a writer and editor. By night, I'm still a writer and editor. I'm also an engaged work-at-home dad, a voracious foodie, an avid traveler, and a thinker who thinks he might be thinking too much. Beyond the Rhetoric is a reflection of my eclectic life, fueled by caffeine and Wi-Fi.
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