Theres an emotional experience that I hear about and have personally experienced in relation to procrastination. It is the truly overwhelming feeling of negative emotions that we can experience just as we begin a «dreaded» task. I say negative emotions in the general sense, because there is such a mixture of emotions in the turbulent […]

To illustrate what a growing number of literary scholars consider the most exciting area of new research, Lisa Zunshine, a professor of English at Kentucky University, refers to an episode from the TV series “Friends.” (Follow closely now; this is about the science of English.) Phoebe and Rachel plot to play a joke on Monica […]

You don’t need to do all of these things — pick just one, and try it. Then try another and see if it works. Experiment to find what works for you. And enjoy the simple work life. Start early. Going into work early was one of my favorite tricks — it was quiet, before the […]