Berkley Myer sits in her spacious bedroom in the maze-like Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house at the University of Massachusetts. At the moment, she’s in the midst of an Instant Messenger conversation ...

In one of his most famous quotes, Abraham Lincoln once said that: "I am a slow walker, but I never walk back." This is a theme of Gregory Berman and Aubrey Fox's new book, which argues that, in ...

Some time ago, Leo Babauta of Zen Habits was kind enough to host a post of mine. I wrote about the Power of Gradual. Thanks to Leo's rather large readership I received a lot of comments on my post. I ...

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The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. I remember the feeling now, all these years later: the smugness ...