Greyson Spang, 5, celebrates at a children’s Noon Year’s Eve party on Dec. 31, 2022, at the Solon Public Library. Given that it’s the season for new year’s resolutions, a University of Iowa marketing ...

Q: Why don’t nuns have to worry about deciding what to wear? A: Because they have a habit. A habit is a shortcut that makes your life easier because you don’t have to spend energy choosing to do it.

Making intrapersonal or behavioral changes in one’s life is challenging. Humans are, by nature, creatures of habit and tend to resist change because it is uncomfortable. Yet we sometimes also become ...

Don’t try to interrupt a bad habit. Instead, give in … and then think about how you feel about what you’re doing. I like to think I’m fairly disciplined. I can sit and write all day. I can do mundane ...

When someone has been let down again and again, it changes how they operate. Here are three common habits people develop ...

Focusing on these three daily habits that can take less than an hour each day, but have the potential to drastically change your life. The Pareto Principle, popularly known as the 80/20 rule, suggests ...

What we do in our free time says a lot about what makes us happy. Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images In his powerful book “The Burnout Society,” South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues ...

Are we really in control of our lives? Are our habits and actions beneficial or detrimental? Nearly half of our actions result not from comprehensive considerations but rather from stereotypical ...

In his powerful book The Burnout Society, South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues that in modern society, individuals have an imperative to achieve. Han calls this an "achievement society" in ...