Imagine you are walking on your favorite trail or through your local park, when you notice a tree stump that looks different from the rest. This stump looks like it’s covered in a beautiful rock, maybe even… a precious gem? That can’t be real, can it? What you are seeing is real and can happen:…
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Imagine the excitement you would feel on the day your baby brother is being born. Not only can you not wait to meet them, but your head begins to fill with ideas about all the fun things you will do together as you get older. Now imagine being told that your new baby brother sustained…
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By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus · Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
In this episode of The Minimalists Podcast, Joshua and Ryan discuss how to maximize wealth, how to minimize financial stress, and the wisest economic actions to take with the Director of Entrepreneurial Education for the Foundation for Economic Education, T.K. Coleman, and they answer the following questions: How do I maximize my wealth while minimizing […]
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One of the more sinister aspects of COVID-19, the coronavirus pandemic spreading to every corner of the globe, is the degree in which it can be spread by asymptomatic patients. Asymptomatic coronavirus patients do not show any symptoms of the virus. Common symptoms of coronavirus include fever, cough, and difficulty breathing, but coronavirus patients can…
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The pandemic rages on with about 350,000 confirmed cases and 15,000 deaths, as of March 23, according to Johns Hopkins University of Medicine. [1] While measures like enforced hygiene and isolation are in place, everyone wonders when the pandemic will end and when a cure will come about. According to recent news reports, a drug…
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No one can really judge anyone for panic-buying in a frightened state of mind, but seriously, it’s getting out of hand and people are slowly going insane! As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, Costco has put up notices at some of their warehouses, informing shoppers that there would be no returns on high-demand items…
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Before the safety lockdown on Italy was declared nationwide, a man in Rome cracked up millions of people after he was seen wearing a giant, cardboard disc in public to keep people from coming too close and possibly transmitting the deadly coronavirus infection to him. Outside of China, Italy is the next country in line…
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It’s a gray, gloomy day here in New York City. It’s been raining, mostly, but it was even sleeting for a little while this morning. It would be a good day to stay inside and make soup even if it weren’t for the current circumstances. Since we’re at home anyway, watching it drizzle outside, I think it’s an especially nice day for soup. I thought I’d share one of the Power Plates recipes that most spells “comfort” to me. This spicy, lemony cabbage…
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Well, it’s been week one of what’s becoming the new normal as we deal with COVID-19. Although, once we get used to “normal” things change. It’s a bumpy ride for sure that has me feeling all the emotions. With all the uncertainty, I’m thankful that I have running and exercise in my life. Those two […]
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Well, it’s been week one of what’s becoming the new normal as we deal with COVID-19. Although, once we get used to “normal” things change. It’s a bumpy ride for sure that has me feeling all the emotions. With all the uncertainty, I’m thankful that I have running and exercise in my life. Those two […]
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By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus · Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
Joshua and Ryan expand on how to live—not just survive, but thrive—through these unsettling times. They discuss societal panic, fundamental habit shifts, and the appropriate actions we should take in the midst of a pandemic, and they answer the following questions…
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Researchers in China, directed by Wang Xinghuan at the Zhongnan Hospital at Wuhan University, have claimed that patients with blood type A may be more susceptible to COVID-19, than other blood types. [1] To reach this conclusion, researchers examined the blood type groupings of over 2,000 individuals who tested positive for coronavirus. Based on their…
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“I looked around the city and wondered what I would feed my newborn daughter. It became clear that I needed to create it myself. So I hurried to build a vegetable garden.” – Jamiah Hargin Jamiah Hargins was unaware that he was about to revolutionize his neighborhood when he moved to the West Adams area…
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“I looked around the city and wondered what I would feed my newborn daughter. It became clear that I needed to create it myself. So I hurried to build a vegetable garden.” – Jamiah Hargin Jamiah Hargins was unaware that he was about to revolutionize his neighborhood when he moved to the West Adams area…
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The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike anything most North Americans have ever experienced. While other nations have dealt with war and violence rendering their streets unsafe, or past pandemics forcing them inside, most people in the United States and Canada have never before had their personal freedoms restricted in any measurable way. For this reason, when…
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Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in December 2019, scientists and medical researchers have been working to find a cure for the disease. While many attempts have fallen short, there may be renewed hope. A drug that was once developed to fight Ebola but was deemed ineffective is now getting a second chance at…
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On March 8th, Juliette Kayyem, a former Department of Homeland Security official and author of Security Mom, warned that the U.S. isn’t ready for the rapid spread of the COVID-19, or coronavirus, pandemic. “If the number of COVID-19 cases spikes quickly, hospitals could soon be deluged with patients seeking care,” she wrote in The Atlantic….
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As most parents know, disciplining even just one child can be hard enough, let alone a whole room full of them. This is the daily reality of school teachers, who have to somehow remain in control of a classroom of up to thirty or more kids every day of their working lives. Discipline is one…
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As most parents know, disciplining even just one child can be hard enough, let alone a whole room full of them. This is the daily reality of school teachers, who have to somehow remain in control of a classroom of up to thirty or more kids every day of their working lives. Discipline is one…
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The COVID-19, or coronavirus, pandemic has been significantly more deadly to older adults and people with underlying medical conditions than others. These people are generally considered to be “higher risk” compared to other groups. But now, another group of citizens is potentially vulnerable to the infection: people who smoke, vape, or experience issues with substance…
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As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread throughout the world, governments in Asia, Italy, and now North America are enacting increasingly strict laws preventing citizens from gathering in groups, and even leaving their homes. These almost draconian measures are being put in place to enforce social distancing in order to reduce the spread of disease….
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Teenagers can’t wait to be liberated by adulthood so they could do what they want, how they want, and when they want it. Then they become 19, 20, or maybe even 21 and discover adulting is hard. Many people at this age may struggle with identifying themselves as adults; after all, they struggle to handle…
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They don’t see color. They see love. In 2017, 4-year-old preschoolers from Miami went viral online for insisting they could not just be best friends or mere sisters. Jia Sarnicola and Zuri Copeland have been telling everyone they’re twins, and they have a long list of reasons to back up their stand. According to the…
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As the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to spread throughout the globe, scientists and medical researchers have been working tirelessly to determine the source of the outbreak in order to better understand how its spread. After extensive research, scientists have now concluded that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 likely originated in bats, then somehow passed to…
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If their incredibly cheesy-yet-heartwarming Christmas specials are your thing, then you are in for a great weekend. Starting at noon eastern and pacific standard time this Friday until 6pm on Sunday, Hallmark will be airing all 27 of its Countdown to Christmas movies. Ready to watch a big-city girl spend the holidays in a small…
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By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus · Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
Joshua and Ryan discuss the appropriate preparation and response to societal crises with the Director of Entrepreneurial Education for the Foundation for Economic Education, T.K. Coleman, and they answer the following questions…
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It’s looking more and more as though I’ll be indoors for quite a while, along with other New Yorkers and many around the country. As anxious as this time is, I’m trying to accept the circumstances and to find what positives I can. I can’t claim to have made much use of the extra time at home this week: so far, zero regular cleaning or spring cleaning. Minimal progress on my domestic to-do list. Keeping up with, but not getting ahead of work….
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It’s looking more and more as though I’ll be indoors for quite a while, along with other New Yorkers and many around the country. As anxious as this time is, I’m trying to accept the circumstances and to find what positives I can. I can’t claim to have made much use of the extra time at home this week: so far, zero regular cleaning or spring cleaning. Minimal progress on my domestic to-do list. Keeping up with, but not getting ahead of work….
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Over the last several hundred years, technology has had a profound impact on education. At one point in human history, formal education was only accessible to an elite few, since books were rare and individuals had to travel to educational centers to receive any kind of formal instruction [1]. Technology has significantly expanded access to…
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Since the first cases were reported in China in December 2019, the novel coronavirus has swept across the entire globe, affecting every continent on Earth except Antarctica [1]. The impact of the virus has been felt nearly everywhere- by individuals, families, and businesses small and large. The economic consequences of the vast number of global…
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Since the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, broke out in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, the country’s officials have put some extreme measures in place to contain the virus. Trains no longer stopped in Wuhan. Anyone who thought they might have the virus went to one of the nation’s specialized fever clinics, which provided up to two…
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As the world currently battles the Covid-19 virus, countries are closing down cinemas, cafes, bars, and other public places that will facilitate the spread of the virus. In Spain, people have been restricted from leaving their houses. In Italy, restrictions have also been placed on people owing to the rising number of infected persons. In…
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It appears that humans aren’t the only species feeling the economic impact of the COVID-19 global crisis. Animals are suffering too, and hunger has forced two of Thailand’s monkey kingdoms to viciously clash in the streets over food scarcity [1]. The coronavirus pandemic plaguing nearly every country in the world is not merely affecting public…
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