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Depression, anxiety, and obesity are now at all-time highs. By rejecting our genetic calling for games.

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Cheryl Strayed wrote for years before having a bestselling book. She knew the important thing was writing every day.

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Every year has difficulties. Difficulties are normal. It’s how you live your life each day that determines how you create a lifetime.

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Sometimes I’m emailing about work at midnight. That’s how habits start. They creep in when my guard is down, when I’m not connected to anything I love.

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Kids are basically gonna destroy us. We’re the ones who are going to end up in diapers. They started off there, we end up there. Unless… We play, too.

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I try to contribute every day. To have impact. To learn and then share.

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You are looking for answers on what to do with your life. Trust me: the clues will be found and solved when your mind is playing.

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“You take what’s safe and you add something new to it. You’re good enough to try something new. You learn the confidence to try something new. A good DJ is always taking a risk. Trying something new. Seeing what happens.”

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Full of boisterous power, composer Andrew Norman’s newly released recording of “Play” is all about his fascination with the “human energy” of orchestral performance. Our interview is part of the #MusicForWriters series, with New York Public Radio’s Q2 Music.

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As adults, we’re sometimes not given much leeway to act as children again. We’ve got bills to pay, families to feed, and careers to manage. But we should give ourselves some downtime every now and then — especially to act like a kid and get away with it.