It’s been a while since I’ve felt this uncomfortable. I had an empty afternoon last week and saw Speak No Evil (​trailer here​), a horror/suspense film about a family who goes to visit another couple they met on vacation. And shockingly, things don’t go as expected. If you saw the ​“Dinner Party” episode of The Office​ where Jim and Pam go to Michael...

I stumbled across ​a reddit thread​ that really grabbed my attention. Somebody asked “What was the ‘one thing’ that finally made weight loss work for you?” And this question had 5,400 replies (and counting). Some of the answers involved environmental changes or changing how they prepared their food: “Pouring snacks into little ramekins to eat...

Last week, I flew to Massachusetts to visit my 94-year grandmother in the hospital. Let me tell you about this amazing woman. Barbara, Auntie B, or Gramma to us grandkids, was born in 1930 to first-generation Newfoundlanders. (No wonder I love the music of ​Alan Doyle​ (and ​Great Big Sea​), it’s in my DNA!) Gramma was a preschool teacher for 22...

I know you’re overcomplicating things, because everybody does. Including me, the nerd who studies this stuff for a living. I shared a quick story the other day on ​Threads​ (and ​Instagram​): A few thousand people resonated, and I couldn’t help but chuckle ​at the replies​. Magdalena jokingly said it best: When life asks me to juggle chainsaws...

We have two choices for how we spend the rest of 2024: Path A: Coast and say “I’ll start back up in January.” Path B: Treat it like a Beta Test for 2025. Our brains are going to try and convince us to pick Path A. I want you to pick Path B. Here’s how Beta Testing works: We’re going to experiment with our lives and find out what we want to...

For the first time in 10+ years, I rewatched my 2012 TEDx talk: “​Nerd Fitness and Resetting the Game of Life.​” My first thought: “Whoa, Steve. Those are some EPIC sideburns.” My next thought: “Bold choice with the striped shirt, jeans, and flip flops!” Then I gave myself some grace. I’m deeply uncomfortable with the spotlight. I hate public speaking....