a daily blog on well-being and how to feel better by Mark Barger Elliott…

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wrote in the New York Times a few months ago how our country is experiencing an “epidemic of loneliness.” As a statistic, Murthy shared how, “At any moment about one out of every two Americans is experiencing measurable levels of loneliness.” Which means if we’re feeling lonely, likely a neighbor feels the same…

Aaron Rodgers is 39 years old, a superstar NFL quarterback, and he signed with the New York Jets this summer with the intent to help them win their first Super Bowl since 1969. A few days ago, Rodgers shared how he visualizes winning the Super Bowl “all the time.” He described it as a part of…

A week ago I bought a pair of black penny loafers online and on sale at Banana Republic. There was a big markdown (after all the coupons were applied) that made me feel I was a savvy shopper selecting a bargain.  But when they arrived they were too large, but I did like the way…

Mason Currey published a wonderful book called Daily Rituals that describes how famous people structure their lives. Benjamin Franklin, for example, made detailed plans to seek what he called “moral perfection.” You’ll find a fascinating photograph of one of Franklin’s plans at on-emotions.com. What Franklin would often identify was a single virtue he would try to focus…

“Time in this place,” wrote Jorge Luis Borges in his poem, Cloisters, “does not obey an order.” I came across that poem on a plaque yesterday while visiting the Cloisters, which sits on the northern part of Manhattan and overlooks the Hudson River. It’s a second location of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and offers…

“I love it,” said tennis player Daniil Medvedev, who won the U.S. Open in 2021, played in three other major finals, and last night beat Carlos Alcarez to play for the championship on Sunday. “That final Sunday is the best. It’s only you…. if you want to win, you have to be alone at the…