This colorful, $22 journal could be your secret to happiness

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Have you ever met someone who’s just naturally happy, like, all the time? Mysterious creatures, those folks. Despite the universe’s best efforts to bring them down, they’re carefree and hopeful and all sparkly inside, always walking around with a pep in their step. They’re the Tiggers in a world of Eeyores, so to speak.

And sure, these people can come off as a bit naïve sometimes, but admit it: There’s always a part of you that’s thinking, “What are they doing that I’m not?” 

Spoiler alert: Sometimes becoming happier is as simple as just *trying* to be happier — as in, dedicating a few minutes each day to practicing optimism and gratitude. Corso.com, the company that brought you the productivity-boosting Mindful Notebook, just made that real easy with its new happiness-themed notebook.  Read more…

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DayOne is the last diary you’ll ever need

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Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better.


There they sat on the groaning shelf, looking like a rebuke to the entire digital era: years of handwritten journals. Some were slim notebook folders, but most were hefty tomes — half-scrapbook, half-angsty accounts of my school and college days, or bulging clips of magazine bylines. All were annoyingly irreplaceable pieces of personal history I’d carted around from house to house over the years like a ball and chain. 

So far, they had flagrantly refused to digitize themselves. But I wasn’t sure if I should digitize them, either. The reason sat next to them: folders full of printouts, equally unique.  Read more…

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Journal raises $1.5 million to bring Google-like search to your personal life

In today’s world of Slack, email and a gazillion other web apps and services, it’s become increasingly hard to search for information. Did your boss Slack you or email you that information about your bonus? Or did they share it via a Google Doc? Who knows? Clearly not you, but Journal knows. Journal, a machine […]

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