On paper, the calories you gain from gorging one day aren’t go to make a huge difference, no. But it can be a huge deal from a psychological standpoint. Many people think “Oh, I’ve ruined my diet now by eating like crap one day, I may as well keep eating that way”, and they fall off the wagon. This is a phenomenon…

2. Eliminate Twitter, Facebook, and all social media from your life. Seriously, what has it ever done of any importance?

A rough ballpark for one slice of pizza is about 300 calories (before grease blotting). Obviously, this varies based on the toppings, size of the pizza slice, the pizza place you order it from, etc.

Am I missing something with Ikea being a harrowing experience assembly-wise? My girlfriend and I have been there countless times, and our house is stocked with a significant amount of Ikea furniture. We’ve never had any problems with missing parts, and the assembly instructions have always been very clear (some of the…

Is there any iPhone -> Android equivalents of this? I’m looking at dumping my iPhone for an Android soon, and that would be a nice thing to have.

I’ll add another phrase I’ve found that seems relevant to this conversation: “I’m just saying”. This phrase (and variants thereof) is just another way of saying “I have an unpopular or inflammatory opinion about the situation, but you’re not allowed to get offended about it, because all I’m doing is saying words”.…

Interesting. I got List-driven, which is about what I expected. It’d be more interesting if it gave you a percentage alignment with each type of decision-making style. Like, you’re 80% List-driven, 40% Collective Reasoning-driven, and 15% Story-driven.

As an American, I fully agree with you. I think the way time off from work is handled in the US is disgusting, and unfortunately it’s a very pervasive attitude which makes it hard to stamp out. Thankfully, my company is pretty good about letting me us my time off (even though I wish I had a lot more of it). I still…

I’m only 25 and don’t have any kids yet, but I’m feeling the same way. I’ve felt like I’m going through a midlife crisis (not a quarter-life crisis, the symptoms are very different) for at least the past year, and it’s hard to come to terms with. However, it has motivated me to start living my life as best I can. I…

Whenever I’m counting calories, I always assume that what I’m measuring is a bit of an overestimate. For example, if something says 300 calories, I’ll assume it to be 350. This gives me a couple hundred calories’ worth of “buffer” each day, which protects me against the inaccuracies described in this article. This…

Yeah, screw other people for not knowing everything that you do.

What’s your job, if you don’t mind me asking? Most of the time, when I hear people say this, they either work in the healthcare, social services, or education, but it doesn’t sound like your job fits into those categories.

“There’s no room for beer or cheese or anything I like”

And while you’re at it, may as well cut out the burger too.

I’ll take any advice that might have a chance at allowing me to override my emotions with logic. I’ve been in countless situations where I know I was in an emotional state, and made the wrong decision based on that instead of using cold hard logic. Sometimes I’m even aware of it as it’s occurring, but because emotions…

Most things that are great from a business perspective are terrible from a consumer perspective. It's an inherent evil of living in a capitalist society.

Gotta keep up with inflation.

MyNoise is my personal choice for ambient sounds. It actually generates the sounds by assembling several frequencies together instead of just playing a pre-recorded sound (you can even customize those frequencies to match your level of hearing, and save your settings to a cookie), and there's a whole lot of different…

I can't say I agree with the first two points he makes. They just sound like extensions of the old "if you really love your job, you'd do it even if you didn't get paid" adage, which I've heard in several forms over the years. I've always thought that line of thought is inaccurate and naive. I'm very happy with my…

This is pretty important, I think. It took me years to realize it, but when your partner asks you to do something, they're usually not saying "I want this thing to get done", so much as they're saying "I want you to help me do this thing". Even if they can get it done quicker and easier on their own, or if it's…