Megan Holstein

The activity we treat like an unpleasant afterthought is an uncompromising biological need

This cliched recommendation is one of the most powerful things you can do for yourself

Sleep is the most underappreciated biological necessity

The Netflix hit demonstrates our collective ignorance about how capitalism functions

You can read the entire book one day and find yourself changed for life

An excerpt from my upcoming book Mastering Minimalism

This cosmology book by theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss will upend everything you thought you knew about the universe

Self-care is good for you without harming you in the long run

Living without social media showed me how little we need it.

You will love your job if you find the work meaningful

What went wrong and what I’ll do better next time

You can save hundreds on books by getting Bookbub deals

Great writers follow rules far more often than break them

Relevant experience is a nice-to-have for employers, not a need-to-have

Most gadgets are overkill for the people who purchase them

Sometimes trying to motivate yourself makes the problem worse

The only thing keeping you from your dreams is your willingness to feel pain

You will regret spending time on things that didn’t matter

Life-changing insights always take the longest to arrive

Amazon Kindle is a huge, profitable market with low barriers to entry

You can’t waste time scrolling if there’s nothing to scroll

Many people were traumatized, but honestly?

This little device was a big and beautiful change

A bad breakup and a few weeks of decluttering unexpectedly changed the course of my life.

Reading productivity advice can be a distraction from healing what really hurts

The term “natural athlete” reinforces fatphobia and ableism.

This 3-step process makes prolific reading freaking easy

Rome fell for a lot of reasons, but moral excess wasn’t one of them

A guide for anyone who’s overwhelmed and wants a house that’s clean for once

You can train yourself to feel motivated with just a few weeks of practice

Your life may have some problems, but you can let yourself relax

Some free-form thoughts on spending years without social media

These simple mindsets will get you through tough times

Feeling stuck in life?

It will always be impossible to keep up with cleaning your home when you own more stuff than the house can fit.

You don’t have to go another day feeling like life is slipping through your fingers

Over 2/3 of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck.

Productivity and self-help can be used for more than upholding a capitalist system.

No investment will make money for someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing

People still wanted to text me on other messaging apps, even if I didn’t have them

“Lighting new cigarettes,pouring moredrinks.It has been a beautifulfight.Stillis.”― Charles BukowskiThey say smoking is one of the hardest habits to q...

You can stay fit without diets or rigid exercise routines

This catchphrase drives people away from equality-focused communities

Thoughts from someone who’s never had caffeine

Stop trying to get noticed and start building something worth noticing

One Redditor’s unique outlook on productivity may make your dreams come true

They spend money without asking themselves why

Work for free until you’re so good you don’t have to

A minimalist’s guide to keeping your email inbox empty

The racism should be obvious, but for some reason it’s not