All articles tagged with #wisdom
A 37-year-old traveler finds inspiration and reassurance in her 93-year-old great aunt's advice to do whatever makes her happy, helping her embrace her unconventional life without shame despite feelings of loneliness and societal expectations.
Residents of a Canadian care home with decades of experience have launched the Misericordia Place Life Advice Line to share their wisdom on love, dating, and moose hunting.
The article highlights ten cognitive abilities that often improve or remain strong with age, such as adapting beliefs, using technology, seeing multiple perspectives, maintaining focus, deep reading, navigation, mental math, memory, solitude, and scam detection, emphasizing that mental acuity in older age is a result of experience and neural plasticity, not decline.
Wisdom, the world's oldest known bird at 74 years old, has laid an egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, marking her first egg in four years. This Laysan albatross, first banded in 1956, has laid between 50 and 60 eggs in her lifetime and raised 30 chicks. The event is celebrated by researchers, who are hopeful for the egg's successful hatching.
Wisdom, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross, has laid another egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, making her the oldest known wild bird to do so. First banded in 1956, Wisdom has survived numerous challenges, including a tsunami and environmental threats, and has likely produced 50 to 60 eggs over her lifetime. Despite losing her longtime mate, she has found a new partner, continuing to inspire with her resilience and adaptability in the face of climate change and habitat loss.
As the world's population ages, a photography project called "1 in 6 by 2030" captures the lives of 72-year-olds from different countries, showcasing their experiences, wisdom, and challenges. The project aims to create a living body of work that reflects the human experience at this historic point in time. Through the stories of individuals like Afqir Itto in Morocco, Beatriz Amado in Brazil, and Gayatri Goswami in India, the project highlights the resilience, hopes, and dreams of septuagenarians, offering a glimpse into the diverse and inspiring lives of those in their 70s.
Men who lack wisdom and maturity often give themselves away by using certain phrases in conversations, such as blaming others for their problems, refusing to take responsibility, claiming to be unlucky, dismissing emotions, devaluing reading, avoiding apologies, refusing to admit fault, and giving unsolicited advice. These behaviors indicate a lack of personal growth and emotional intelligence, making it important to be aware of these red flags in order to avoid relationships with immature individuals.
Aries horoscope for today advises embracing the journey of healing and growth, rather than focusing solely on the end goal. It suggests descending into the depths to transmute old wounds and activate love, light, and wisdom.
Martha Stewart is offering a new MasterClass where she shares her advice and insights on how she built her lifestyle empire. Subscribers will get a glimpse into her meetings and business deals, learning from her mindset and strategies for success. Stewart emphasizes the importance of evolving and extending limits, rather than reinventing oneself. The MasterClass subscription is available for just $10, providing an opportunity to learn from the master herself.
Valve's Gabe Newell emphasized the importance of game delays in a 25th anniversary documentary about the making of Half-Life. He stated that while delays may be temporary, releasing a subpar game is permanent. Newell's words echo the sentiment of Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, who famously said, "A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad." Valve also released an update for Half-Life, including new multiplayer maps and updated graphics settings.
As President Joe Biden celebrates his birthday, the debate about his age and wisdom as America's oldest president continues. CNN's Jake Tapper asked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis if former President Donald Trump is too old to run, sparking further discussion about the age of political leaders.
Reddit users aged 40 and above shared valuable advice for younger people, including living in the present, accepting oneself, taking care of physical health, embracing failure as a learning opportunity, choosing high-quality friends, saving money, and not comparing oneself to others. Other tips included stretching daily, investing in quality sleep and footwear, accepting change, finding moments of silence, having fun, and not procrastinating.
Jenny Lewis' new solo album "Joy'all" balances far-out wisdom with the reality of life on Earth and her lived experiences. Her lyrics are more conversational than ever, her delivery warmer, as she relaxes into her status as sage against acoustic guitars and pedal steel. The album's laid-back sound befits this sense of perspective; Lewis' lyrics are more conversational than ever, her delivery warmer, as she relaxes into her status as sage against acoustic guitars and pedal steel.
Splatoon 3's sixth Splatfest, featuring Power vs. Wisdom vs. Courage, has concluded with Team Power emerging as the clear winner, earning all of the points. At halftime, Team Power had a small lead, but the final results showed a total domination by Team Power, with Team Wisdom and Team Courage left with zero points. The Splatfest was a special Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom-themed event.
A new posthumous memoir of Steve Jobs, titled "Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words," will be available for free online on April 11. The book is a collection of notes, drafts, letters, speeches, oral histories, interviews, photos, and mementos from Jobs' family, friends, and former colleagues. It will be released on Apple Books and the Steve Jobs Archive website and was designed by LoveFrom, the firm founded by Jony Ive, Apple's former chief design officer.