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Why do we kiss at midnight on New Year's Eve?

How to recover when socializing has totally drained your battery.

End your year intentionally with these questions.

Be good tired.

A vision board. Why not?

Ways to support your mental health in 2024.

24 Things to declutter in 2024.

Ann Patchett shares her reading resolutions for 2024.

A list of lists of culture of 2023.

Another good list of lists.

Another list of lists.

A library list. (The most telling)

Gorgeous vintage holiday dresses courtesy of the Met Museum.

Brilliant good news.

And sea otters.

Happy New Year!

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Simple shifts.

Dream big.

Moments.

Female rulers who deserve more recognition.

Reading parties.

About elves. 

Iggy Pop and Tom Waits on the BBC.

French truck stop food.

Rajiv wraps gifts.

PeeWee's Playhouse Christmas.

Fred Flintsone's Christmas Carol.

And polar bears.

Happy Christmas!

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Sunrise

A desk in heaven.

Find humor in life's absurdities.

How to handle holiday burnout. 

Simple Christmas truths.

Behind the scenes facts about "The Holiday."

Downsizing without throwing anything away.

The ultimate guide to a no buy year.

Laurel Canyon's 1960s music mecca.

Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel.

Aerial embroidery.

And these reindeer.

Happy Sunday.

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How to mindfully consume the news.

How a house fire taught me to live with less.

The world's most prolific film extra. (I thought that was me.)

This essay and the poem at the end.

Heavy things to leave behind.

How to spend the perfect Christmas in Paris.

Best reviewed books of 2023.

House of Wonders miniatures.

Water lily harvest.

And pandas in the snow.

Happy Sunday.

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She's here.

When you have the sads.

All I got was this manicure.

When did you last hang out?

The taste of food on airplanes.

She's not waiting.

By this age you should know.

Having it together.

Fascinating facts about the Appalachian Trail.

Journey to the North Pole in a hot air balloon. 

About grace.

An interview with Annabel Simms.

Boutique hotels with beautiful libraries.

And fireflies.

Happy Sunday.

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The case for inviting everyone to everything, 

Split the loaf with a stranger.

99 Things money can't buy.

Advice for time traveling to medieval Europe.

Practices to encourage patience.

Experience based gift ideas.

A tiny Zadie Smith history.

And snow bunnies,

Happy Sunday.

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Love letters from the seven years war.

What my grandmother's lipstick taught me about the past.

The only Thanksgiving prep guide you'll ever need.

99 Topics for deeper conversations. 

How to process life through poetry.

Letting go of past regrets.

Micro-acts can boost well-being.

How to get through the holidays while grieving.

Rajiv about using your best things.

Ways to slow down.

Reasons not to go shopping on Black Friday.

The best recipes from Ina Garten.

The future of books

About tea.

And a bear's picnic.

Happy Sunday.

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The last lighthouse keeper in America. 

Connect to your senses.

It's everything - a talisman.

How to make the most of the light.

How to become a truly excellent gift giver.

Why it's okay to be awkward.

This Berkshires inn.

The complete list of all 103 books in Oprah's Book Club.

And Stella's epic leaf jump compilation.

Happy Sunday.

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Make art wherever you already are.

I took out the trash and thought of you. 

It's good to remember; we are all on borrowed time.

Talking to yourself.

Life mistakes that make us feel unhappy.

Early mornings.

How the "lost cities" of the Amazon were finally found.

13 Movies that romanticize fall.

This young scientist.

Ursula and Charles.

Meet the paper bag baron of east London

Cozy ideas.

Judy Dench recites Shakespeare's Sonnet 29.

How John Steinbeck tricked his kids into reading great books.

And Dog TV.

Happy Sunday.

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The United States of Guns.

Startling lifestyle stats.

Hustling won't make you happy.

Lagom.

At home in Paris with Colette. 

Their DYI garden.

And capybaras eating a pumpkin.

Happy Sunday.

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Seeking humanity over hot takes.

A love note to those who are suffering and how to help.

Of course you can. 

We lost poet Louise Gluck.

We need more boredom to live better lives.

Somatic therapy.

How to remember your hotel room number.

Short rules for a better life from the Stoics.

Simple ways to end your Amazon addiction.

A conversation with poetryisnotaluxury.

The enchanted cities hiding inside theatres.

The beauty and precarity of nature.

Eyes as big as plates.

A fairytale garden.

And hippos can't swim.

Happy Sunday.

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How to light the dark months.

Live connected to place. 

Transcendent. 

My smart and funny friends have a new podcast.

Divide your life into semesters.

The benefits of daily-ish.

These habits can cut the risk of depression in half.

Best tricks for making foods everyone should know how to cook.

A poem for October.

And this golden and his friend.

Happy Sunday.

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Acquisitions, mergers, and the purge.

We were never supposed to see our own faces this much.

Every banned book in America.

The best way to quiet your mind.

The 12:12:12 method of decluttering.

How to keep your home neat, tidy, and ready for anything.

The restaurant apron they wear on The Bear.

6 Best instant coffees.

Small apartments and big dogs.

Fall foliage train rides.

And the comedy pet photography awards.

Happy Sunday.

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Save time.

Stop spending money on these things.

Ways to show you care without spending a dime.

Excess possessions are wasted potential.

Make an appointment with yourself.

The queen of Japanese b-movies.

Achtung Baby, Super Deluxe Edition review.

And a dog riding a pig.

Happy Sunday.

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Doing essential things makes time for everything else.

You're not for everyone.

Having a baby at the end of the world. 

Letting go of heaviness.

Ease anxiety.

The power of a stranger's hello.

A journal prompt for every emotion you might be feeling right now.

Can there be too many cafes in Paris? (Non)

Fashion and literature have a long history.

The ritual of rearranging your books.

Why old books smell so good.

Finding hidden treasures in used books.

And owls.

Happy Sunday.

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Regret less. 

The glass is already broken.

On limitless learning.

Ways to love yourself a little better.

Pen pals of 70 years meet in person for the first time.

Beautiful cloth-bound classics.

The best spots for stargazing in the US.

What happens if you don't put your phone in airplane mode.

Get rid of your books?

Wonka's quotations.

Ann Patchett's pandemic book. 

How to store basil.

A perfect grandmother house.

And guinea pigs swimming.

Happy Sunday.

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How one man walked 6,000 miles across America's largest metropolis.

The best thing to do with your friends is absolutely nothing.

Lists are menus. 

Why I'm swapping big dreams for small satisfactions.

Messages to trees.

Building a writing routine.

What's stopping you?

A trip to India changed my perspective on being a vegetarian.

Optimism and abundance in meat-free cooking.

An ode to telephone directories.

The medieval mosaic floors of the Duomo Di Siena are revealed only twice a year.

This Jane Kenton poem.

And if you're not following The Dogist on Instagram what are you even doing with your life?

Happy Sunday.

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Find people to help on Maui at Kāko'o Haleakalā on Instagram.

Van Gough's advice to a young artist.

The 12-12-12 decluttering method.

The gamification of reading is changing how we approach books.

We're all shopping addicts now. 

Why do I hoard more books than I could possibly read?

The 13 most beautiful libraries in the world.

Ideas to help simplify.

School supplies for. grown ups.

The art collections Google has partnered with to show online.

And a dog and a mini-horse.

Happy Sunday.

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Photo by Bob Rosenberg

Would you live in a tiny cabin on a tiny island?

He visited every country in the world without flying.

How movies heal us.

Things every nervous airline passenger should know.

Authors pick page-turners for summer.

Money saving mindset.

How Edward Hopper storyboarded Nighthawks.

Make cut hydrangeas last longer.

Love a kabinettschranke.

Live feed of a volcano in Iceland.

And the bald eagle.

Happy Sunday.

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Rewiring your brain for happiness.

What to do - and avoid - in extreme heat.

Reading well.

Meet the woman who photographed every single thing she owns.

The wild story of the world's most coveted honey.

40 Things to do on your phone besides scrolling.

The hippie caves of Matala.

Decluttering sentimental items.

The 1920s Morris Mermaids.

Museum doppelgangers.  

And a dog and her pony.

Have a happy week.

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3 Tiny habits that will help you feel happier.

What it's like to be an American living in Paris.

Quiet intrusive thoughts.

Ways to pack like a minimalist.

Pebble portraits.

Inside Jane Birkin's Parisian apartments.

And 488 golden retrievers in Scotland.

Have a happy week.

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He always sleeps touching my shoes.

Why we are craving wholesome things.

The underrated pleasures of eating dinner early.

Why we made fewer memories during the pandemic.

Building a creative practice.

This Molly Gordon interview.

33 of the best comfort movies.

Essential money resources.

Visit one of the last video stores in Paris with Wes Anderson.

The year of the slim volume.

Is it AI or art? 

Good books under 200 pages.

This app will animate your drawings.

Definitely making these.

And this otter.

Happy Sunday.

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Understanding radical acceptance. 

Things to let go of for a happier life.

Why is everyone watching TV with the subtitles on?

How to identify plants using your iPhone camera.

Things nobody should be storing anywhere.

Daily habits that often drain our joy.

About Alice Roosevelt.

An aurora over an Icelandic waterfall.

Want this salad (sans prosciutto).

And this Beluga whale.

Have a great week.

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The restaurant of mistaken orders.

I tried to cut small talk out of my life.

Letting go.

Movies and shows that will change how you see the world.

Best books of the year of far.

20 Epistolary novels.

This is a swell house.

A photographer's forgotten muse on the French Riviera.

Nightswimming 

And capybara sleeping. (When in doubt, capybara.)

Happy Sunday, 4th, and Eid Mubarak.

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A meteorite fell in their bedroom.

The Transgender Family Handbook.

There's no such thing as getting ahead.

Cleaning as self care. 

Stay here strategies.

The most anticipated LGBTQ books.

Gabriels singing Bloodline - incredible.

Spiral gardens.

And this dog on a beach.

Have a happy week.

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The moment of a lifetime. 

Ways to transform the pace of your home.

Names for your middle-aged dad band.

Didn't organize only moved.

Dips for dinner.

Train dining cars.

Pretty Italian house tour.

And theater dogs.

Happy Week

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Stop skimming your life and dive in.

Soothing poems on getting older from writers who get it. 

Science and gratitude.

Fun and intriguing online courses to take this summer.

Good things that have come from getting older.

The princess pretenders.

And these sheep.

Happy Sunday.

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LGBTQ+ Organizations you can support right now.

The optimization sinkhole. 

Tina Turner's happy ending.

Daily habits that waste 90% of your time..

10 Financial decisions you'll regret in 10 years.

A formula to help you pack light.

The bittersweet story of the world's first motel.

And mama dog with a baby kitten.

Have a great week.

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Backyard Marv

An ode to solitude.

The middle seat gets both armrests. 

Rage against the off-site storage.

Her mindset of gratitude.

Resist the seduction of getting things done.

Luna Luna - the secret art amusement park.

And 20 humorous photos of dogs.

Happy Sunday.

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The Nostalgia Machine.

Years of questions and years of answers

Slow down time.

My favorite parking lot.

Dreaming of sidewalk gardens.

The forgotten genius who lit up Paris.

And this dog is his forever plus-one.

Happy Sunday.

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How Bob addressed my Mother's Day card

About glimmers.

Things to remember when you are overwhelmed. 

Talk less and listen more.

All the Connies.

Skipping the good days.

All the little shops.

2023 Pulitzer Prize winners.

This house they bought on Facebook Marketplace.

She moved to Paris.

And a piglet and a calf.

Have a happy week.

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Behind the scenes of TV writing and why the writers are striking.

The key to a good life.

Learning basic things.

Test your hearing.

Minimalism and simplicity - the magic combination.

What to do with your life in May.

I love this show so much.

And a cat massaging a sheep.

Happy Sunday.

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A case for the porch.

My taste is basic - so what?

Do the things even when you feel good.

Celeste is a tool to help you declutter. 

How to be kinder to yourself.

Practice walking and listening.

What I'm reading.

The wall experiment.

And these guys.

Happy Sunday.

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Photo Bob Rosenberg

Why we speak more weirdly at home.

Are we returning to an era of delayed gratification?

A detour towards hope.

How to calm your nerves when you're freaking out.

Get to the true heart of change.

Learn to embrace silence.

Movies to watch if you're dreaming of Italy.

What actually is Mercury in retrograde.

Rainbows are actually full circles.

And this cat thinks he's a chicken.

Happy Sunday and Ramadan and Eid ul‑Fit.

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An ode to women of color. 

The visiting cards of notable artists.

Life changing minimalist experiments to try in your home.

Reignite your healthiest habits.

The best books on writing from a writer.

Spring cleaning weekend.

Prescribed time in nature.

Pietragalla.

Super Bloom 2023.

And dogs wrapped up like burritos.

Happy Sunday.

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It's always nap-time for Ted

Supporting organizations that work on behalf of trans people.

Kindness scales.

Historic treaty to protect ocean life. 

About hope and spring.

Don't worry about style.

Self-care has become a sport.

Some joy,

Inside Berdoulat.

A Parisian wonderland.

And a cat with chicks.

Happy Easter Sunday, Passover Week

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Ways to help after the school shooting in Nashville. 

The seven pursuits that provide meaning to all others.

Her answers to this questionnaire.

A journal is a magic space to hang out.

Take a virtual walk around different cities.

Letters from hotels.

The Book Shop.

And baby chicks.

Happy Sunday.

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What we carry from winter to spring. 

The joy of letting loose.

What makes a good life?

You have to really love your idea.

Homesteading is not where you live but how you live.

100 Simple ways to immediately improve your life.

How I practice minimalism in India.

On dating David Bowie in the 70s.

This garden in Herefordshire.

And this baby hummingbird.

Happy Sunday

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How Melissa McCarthy travels. 

My very old dog.

The better you write the more you will fail.

The antidote to envy.

Reasons to start reading a book before bed.

Rick Steves' travel advice.

Box breathing.

The last peach orchards of Paris.

And swans.

Happy Sunday.

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The ghosts in my home. 

Genuine connection is ease.

What's your subjective age?

Most phone use is a tragic loss of life.

Hay-on-Wye: The Town of Books.

Discover the Mouse Mansion.

And a happy donkey.

Happy Sunday.

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High need for closure.

Reasons she smiled genuinely on her deathbed.

These love scenes are fun.

I read this book and I'm liking the series.

Do you have cleaning burnout?

Grocery items that are way cheaper at Trader Joe's.

Teeny tiny decluttering tips.

About daylight.

Lost gardens of New York City.

I grant you ample leave.

And a beaver carrying a carrot and a head of lettuce.

Happy Sunday.

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It's time to stop waiting for everything to be okay.

Books as toys.

How to get back on track. 

Works by recently banned authors.

A brand making swimwear and sports bras for people with one breast.

Beauty is a physical sensation.

Famous writers' houses.

The world of ex voto.

And baby giraffes.

Happy Sunday.

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Happiness is not a tranquil sunlit realm.

How to experience the lasting legacy of Harriet Tubman.

Make a habit of having more fun.

Can poetry heal a broken world?

How to act around books.

Her Paris apartment.

The best coffee shop in every state.

The ultimate cleaning checklist.

Exercises to improve your posture.

Templar secrets of Sintra's Initiation Well.

This drawing garden is fun.

And bear selfies.

Happy Sunday.

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Donate to urgent relied for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria.

Black History Month quiz. 

A library of words.

Why build a personal library?

Women have been misled.

3 Things to do if you wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep.

Minimalist experiments.

Gaudi's Sagrada Familia.

A brief compendium of tramp art.

And sea otters holding hands.

Happy Sunday.

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Why we made fewer memories during the pandemic.

The practical guide to a closet clean-out. 

Writer Roxanne Gay takes the trip of a lifetime.

Black-owned book stores to support right now and always.

How to focus like it's 1990.

Simple yet beautiful moments we forget to appreciate.

The unique second lives of Bonne Maman jars.

The poetry nightstand.

This Venetian apartment.

Ten facts about the Louvre.

Inside Central Park's 140 year-old marionette theater.

And puppies in a basket.

Happy Sunday.

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Stop merely escaping and add value to everyday life. 

Her neighbors.

The right now list.

Create exquisite focus amidst chaos.

My rattling window.

3 Things to do if you wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep.

A living comet.

Organizing is easier after minimizing.

Worry smarter.

Stroll through the world's 11 most unusual libraries.

PEN America Literary Awards Longlists.

These murmurations.

And a red panda eating grapes.

Happy Sunday.

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The magic of Lunar New year.

What to read and watch if you've got the January blues.

The art of effortless decision making.

The nicest place on the internet.

What your coffee's bubbles are trying to tell you.

Send letters to isolated seniors.

Andrew Bird sings Emily Dickinson.

And a cat mom adopts an orphaned baby otter.

Happy Sunday.