Souling Blog
Notes on habits, routines, and growing a little every day.
Why Negative Thoughts Stay Longer Than Good Ones
Brain recordings show negative information gets processed more heavily than positive information, at the moment of perceiving it. What that means for the advice to just think positive.
Why Life Starts to Feel Boring
Boredom is not apathy — researchers define it as wanting engagement and failing to reach it. Why that distinction matters, and the two kinds that need opposite fixes.
What Your Music Taste Says About Your Personality
Strangers can read your personality from a playlist better than chance. What the research found about music and personality, and the better question to ask.
Why New Habits Fail — And How to Build One That Sticks
Most new habits fail within a week, and the problem is not your willpower. Here are the three points where habits break, and how to design one that survives your worst day.