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  Are we sleepwalking into success addiction? In a world that rewards relentless hustle, it's easy to lose sight of what's important. In this deeply personal article, award-winning creative director Radim Malinic explores what happens when the pursuit of achievement takes over, leaving our health, happiness, and purpose in its wake. The speed of life in the 2020s is often crazy. Waking up each morning can be like opening your eyes and finding yourself at the wheel of a car moving at speed on a busy highway. We may not even fully come around and sit up in bed before checking emails, reading and replying to messages, consuming depressing headline...

  David calls Transcendental Meditation “the key to everything,” a pursuit that unlocks “unbounded intelligence, unbounded creativity, unbounded happiness, unbounded energy, unbounded love, unbounded power, unbounded peace.”

  Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” the third in his trilogy of grandes-dames bio-pics, gets lost in a tangle of narrative stuffing, Richard Brody writes. But Angelina Jolie’s rendition of the protagonist is persuasive and movingly operatic. newyorker.com The Operatic Drama of “Maria” Misses Its Cue Despite Angelina Jolie’s passionate performance, this sensationalized story of Maria Callas’s last days neglects the diva’s true art.

  “Leftovers, eaten the day after, or maybe late the night of, are the best part of Thanksgiving,” Helen Rosner writes. “The performance of the big meal is done, the mood has relaxed, the more distasteful guests are long gone. You are neither a host nor a guest: you are a person alone with her refrigerator, her appetite, and her creativity. The Thanksgiving-leftovers sandwich is a continuation of the holiday ritual, the festive meal’s third and final act: after preparation and presentation comes a dénouement of sandwichification.” Read Rosner on constructing the perfect T.L.S.—a matter of instinct and desire: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/AuoZYB

 

 

  On “The Golden Girls,” the central characters were conspicuously disconnected from their descendants. The bonds that mattered weren’t the vertical ones, linking the Golden Girls to other generations, but the horizontal ones, linking them to one another. The show’s memorable theme song, “Thank You for Being a Friend,” commends older women for supporting each other, not their grandchildren. The sexuality of the characters was also subversive, Daniel Immerwahr writes. At the height of the AIDS crisis, they lived in a chosen family and had nonmarital, nonreproductive sex of the sort that society found discomfiting. Unsurprisingly, the show gained a queer following. A performer who played Dorothy in a long-running San Francisco drag tribute explained the allure: “Four strong female characters with questionable fashion sense who sit around and talk about sex over cheesecake? Any gay man can relate.” For all the show’s high spirits, there was “a sadness at its core,” James Chappel write...

  “I have often thought about how much I treasure a language that could define a word as both ‘bad’ and ‘good’—and how much I regretted not knowing how to speak and understand it.” In a new essay, Calvin Trillin reflects on growing up in a home where Yiddish was used, but never learning to speak it himself. “A smattering of Yiddish happens to be all the Yiddish I have.” Read his Personal History: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/F8juBV

  Gratitude “has hidden depths,” Joshua Rothman writes. When we feel grateful, we’re doing something that’s more complex than it seems. newyorker.com Why Is Gratitude So Difficult? When we feel grateful, we’re doing something that’s more complex than it see

  Once the province of utopian free-love communities, consensual non-monogamy is now the stuff of Park Slope marriages and prestige television. How did polyamory become so popular? newyorker.com How Did Polyamory Become So Popular? Once the province of utopian free-love communities, consensual non-monogamy is now the stuff of Park Slope marriages and prestige television.

  From the start of the Cold War, the United States secretly infiltrated nongovernmental organizations in order to advance American interests abroad. Almost 20 years later, the government’s cover was spectacularly blown by a college dropout. newyorker.com When the C.I.A. Duped College Students Inside a famous Cold War deception.

  “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is a gripping, superbly acted drama from the Iranian filmmaker RTL Rasoulof, Justin Chang writes. newyorker.com “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” Is a Shattering Epic of Reproach In Mohammad Rasoulof’s searing film, contemporary social unrest threatens to tear an Iranian family apart.

  Top 10 forex cards to save you money while travelling abroad. Best Forex Cards in India: As more Indians travel abroad, managing foreign exchange has become crucial. Forex cards are a convenient and secure way to carry foreign currency. There are several options. Moneycontrol helps you choose what works the best for you. ...

How can exercise boost my immune system?  'The aforementioned study recommends daily workouts lasting 30-45 minutes, but as you’re already unwell, start with 15 minutes of mild to moderate exercise and see how you feel the following day. Try a light jog or a short outdoor speed walk to avoid infecting others, if your illness is contagious.' RELATED STORY Should you walk faster or further? How can exercise boost my immune system? 'Other research has shown that your body temperature increases and remains elevated for a short time after a workout. This rise in body temperature can prevent bacteria from growing, while helping your body to fight off infection, since it stimulates your immune system and bacteria and viruses can’t survive in higher temperatures. 'Another big bonus of exercise is its ability to supercharge sleep quality, and research shows that sleep can weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to the common cold and cardiovascular ...

  A young Jesuit priest arrived in Texas hoping to cultivate hospitality toward migrants. During the past four years, he’s watched that possibility slip away. newyorker.com The Betrayal of American Border Policy A young Jesuit priest arrived in Texas hoping to cultivate hospitality toward migr