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18FacebookEmail3PinterestRedditShare21SHARESWhat is Raptitude? Raptitude is a blog about getting better at being human. We never think of “being human” as something you can get better at, but it is, and your skill level is the biggest determining factor in how […].
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How to Look the Sky in the Face
Last week I had a friend for dinner, and she convinced me to do one of her favorite activities afterward: lie on the grass in the park and look at the sky. I was hesitant because I don't like to lie down until nighttime, when the only goal is to end the d
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How to Exist
Here's an experiment for a true daredevil. Sit there for a three minutes, following two rules: Don't do anything. Be content. By "don't do anything," I mean don't move, don't fidget, don't indulge any thoughts or daydreams. You're allowed to breathe, and
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Failing is Common, Trying is Rare
When you die, you appear before a studio audience and they give you a standing ovation. The host then interviews you about your great successes and misses in life. One thing you realize, when they review the footage, is that you didn't really try most of
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The Answer to Every Problem
I'm pretty sure the best answer to every problem can be encapsulated in one simple dictum. You can use this dictum to meet all your problems, regardless of what they are, and create the best possible outcomes. You're not going to like it. It has different
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Do Things You'll Love Yourself For
The night before you travel somewhere, order your favorite pizza, eat some of it for dinner, and seal the rest in a bag and put it in the freezer. A week later, when you get home unexpectedly late, wiped out and ravenous, you'll open your fridge to find o
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How to Just Do a Thing
I keep reading books from the 19th century and earlier, fiction and nonfiction, because I envy something about the lives of the people in them. I don't think I'd want to trade places. I'm too accustomed to hot showers and modern dentistry. But people back
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Count Your Blessings, but Count Carefully
I'm obsessed with the idea that a guy who wears jeans and drives a Jeep today is basically the same creature that wore animal skins and lived on hand-caught river fish 20,000 years ago. Those beings had the same basic physical and emotional needs, but had
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Social Media is the Opposite of Social Life
I remember a surreal moment about twenty years ago, which felt like the beginning of something bad, and it was. I was at a bowling alley with some friends, and a few people in our group were talking about Facebook. I knew what it was but had no interest i
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In Favor of Enjoying Things on Purpose
The human being is an enjoyment-seeking creature. There's a reason people are always trying to restrain themselves from excessive eating, drinking, scrolling, and shopping. It's perfectly normal to pursue these and other pleasures even to the point of ser
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You Don't Know It Till You Know the Original
There should be a German compound word for the emotion you feel when you encounter a famous thing and realize you'd never actually seen it until that moment. (Ikonerwachen?) I had seen a thousand images of the Sydney Opera House before my gaze landed on i
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