Let’s say your forehead is 10 mm by 100 mm. That’s 1,000 mm². Each square millimeter is an exit point for your thoughts on a particular subject. If you daydream about ice cream, that thought exits through square #37. If you mull over an email response to a friend, that’s gate #109. Each thought is […]| nik.art
This guide will teach you how to wake up early in 2 simple steps, courtesy of a sleep coach's expertise. Learn how to master your mornings.| nik.art
I’ll never forget the day I took back control over my inbox. I don’t recall the date, but I’ll always remember the feeling. It was like switching on noise-cancelling headphones. Liberated from the mindless base task of checking email, I was finally free to look at my schedule and ask: What’s really important today? What […]| nik.art
In June, my fiancée and I went to Bordeaux for a wedding. Our flight was early, so we had to wake up at 4:45 AM. We didn’t get enough sleep, but when we were sitting in a café right next to a beautiful bell tower at lunch time, having a chicken salad and an amazing […]| nik.art
Four Minute Books · This Virtual Soldier's Speech Explains How to Have True Purpose in Life Humans are agents of change. From the moment we are conceived, our body begins to evolve. It grows until we’re born, and then it grows some more. Our bones, cells, muscles, even our brains — they constantly renew themselves. Day after […]| nik.art
At a football game celebrating their latest pickpocket haul, con man Nicky and his apprentice Jess get into a series of escalating bets with a Chinese businessman. $1,000, $5,000, $10,000 — $100,000 — they keep increasing the stakes — and Nicky keeps losing. Finally, Nicky can’t take it anymore and goes into overdrive. He bets 1.1 million dollars. “Double or nothin’, […]| nik.art
I’m not talking about House of the Dragon, although, if the early reviews are any indication, that too will require getting ourselves together until season two arrives. The seasons I mean are the ones you can watch simply by looking out your window. Today, I saw the first leaf drop from the big maple tree […]| nik.art
After 33 years in hiding, Superman is forced to reveal himself to the world. The commander of an ominous, alien ship demands the people of earth “hand over” their visitor…or else. But Clark Kent was raised a reasonable man, and so, to spare humanity the trouble, he volunteers. Of course, nothing good happens inside the […]| nik.art
In 1979, The Jackson 5 embarked on a one-year world tour during which they would play 146 shows. Despite already being one of history’s most famous music acts, one of the youngest members of the band was making his own plans. Whether it was somewhere on a tour bus, backstage, or in an empty hotel […]| nik.art
“Wow! I have not been in this store for years.” “Well, I was here…yesterday,” my friend said, laughing. He’s completing his PhD at the university in Munich, and he still lives close by. I’m a bit further out than I used to be, and I no longer go to the college study room every day. […]| nik.art
If a woman was hit by her father when she was young, and she is now an excessively strict parent to her own son, is it because the abuse was “beat into her,” or because she still feels angry about her past and is taking it out on her child?| nik.art
When my favorite writer stopped writing, I decided to save all his articles, lest he delete them. I knew I could save them one by one in Evernote, but since he had published over 100 pieces, I thought there might be a way to avoid this tedium. I asked a developer friend for help, and […]| nik.art
