A 16-year study of 373 couples found whether they fought in year one made no difference to whether they divorced. What predicted it was something researchers had to watch very carefully to see.

A study of 3,000 single people found the ones who wanted a relationship most urgently were the least likely to be in one six months later. The mechanism behind that finding is more precise than “neediness”

The question isn’t whether the spark is gone — it’s whether you’re willing to love the person who’s standing in the space where the spark used to be

Research suggests the wealthiest, most accomplished people often score lowest on day-to-day contentment, and the reason has nothing to do with money and everything to do with what they were taught success would solve

Why “why bother?” is rarely about apathy — it’s usually about something much more specific

After a certain age, you begin to notice that continuing to punish yourself for old decisions is not wisdom — it is just a very old, very tired story you haven’t decided to stop telling yet

Goal setting with Ikigai: a values worksheet for finding what matters

First 90 days in a new job: a bullet journal layout and planning worksheet

Project management in your bullet journal: a planning template for analogue tracking

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