Chris Loper has been writing about self-improvement and helping busy adults with habit formation since 2017. He also writes an education blog for parents and students for Northwest Educational Services. Along with Greg Smith, Chris is the cocreator of Parenting for Academic Success, a series of transformative classes that create empowered parents, confident students, and harmonious families. His most recent endeavor combines his academic and habit-formation expertise to help students thrive in college. Visit SmartCollegeHabits.com to learn more. In 2021, Chris published a humorous memoir titled Wood Floats and Other Brilliant Observations, a book that blends crazy stories with practical life lessons. He lives in Issaquah, WA where he is the owner of South Cove Tutoring.
I have no idea what it feels like to be trans. I was born with a male body, and I’ve never felt like there was anything wrong with that. But I’ve also never felt like there was anything right about that. I don’t feel any sense of gender identity in my mind. But perhaps that’s because my gender and my biological sex are aligned. For a trans person, they must… Read More »You Don’t Have to “Get It”
“For many of us in the industrialized world, happiness is directly related to how big the container is. … Get the bucket size right and your life changes.”1 How much do you need to be happy? How much does it take to fill your happiness bucket? Is your home enough? Your work? Your spouse? Your hobbies? Or are you constantly craving more or better? If your happiness bucket is tiny,… Read More »Your Happiness Bucket
Note: Like many of my posts, this is basically a letter to myself. “Wait like you’re early.” –Shane Parrish1 Patience has always been a struggle for me, but reading the phrase, “wait like you’re early,” unlocked something in my brain. I repeat it to myself when I’m stuck in traffic or at a red light, and it helps. Compare how you would act and how you would feel in the… Read More »Impatience is Irrational
We’re living through dark, troubling times. Political violence and authoritarianism are on the rise. The poorest and most vulnerable among us are losing much-needed support and protection. Our environment is showing increasingly worrisome signs of degradation. The world seems to be more and more at risk of large-scale war. How are we to respond to these bad times? What can we do? While living through his own bad times nearly… Read More »Responding to Bad Times