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“I think Instagram has something against me,” I told my brother on a recent phone call. “I mean, my posts used to get 400-plus likes. I deleted a bunch of old posts and now my new ones are only getting 50 likes. I think my IG is broken.” I said this jokingly, but at the same time, felt frustrated and a bit discouraged. The quality of my work hadn’t changed, but the exposure of it had. In a way that…

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack The post 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack appeared first on Jack Kornfield. This is only a snippet of a Happiness article written by Jeanne Ricci Read Full Article

In one of my favorite novels of all time, The Sportswriter, Richard Ford punched me in the gut with a line that I have thought about at least once every single week since I first read it almost 20 years ago: “You can never completely count on things out here. Life is counterpoised against a mean wind that could suddenly cease.” Needless to say, we are currently living in a world where the wind has suddenly ceased.  Gone are the…

Hedging, in finance, is a risk management strategy. It deals with reducing or eliminating uncertainty. For example, if you buy homeowner’s insurance, you’re hedging yourself against fires, break-ins, or other calamities. Generally, when people hedge, they try to protect themselves against a negative event. If you live in tornado, hurricane, or blizzard territory, you likely keep at least a few days’ worth of non-perishable food, water, batteries, a radio, and other supplies on hand. Some hedgers adopt a prepper mentality.…