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.
How to Not Be Jealous When Your Friends Get to Walk on the Moon and You Don’t On July 16, 1969, a gigantic Saturn V rocket launched three men into space. Two of them – Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin – you’ve certainly heard of because they were about to become the first men to walk on the moon. The third astronaut is less well-known, though his role in the… Read More »How to Stop Being Jealous and Be Grateful for What You Have
Predicting Unhappiness Pretty soon, I’m going to be less happy. I realize that’s an odd thing to say, so let me explain. My partner is a middle school teacher, and after a year of teaching remotely, she’s going back to working with students in person. (For those of you reading this in the future, it’s currently the beginning of April 2021.) Meanwhile, I’ll still be working from home, so I’ll… Read More »How to Prevent Depression
If you struggle with self-confidence, you’ve probably already heard all the bad advice out there. You’re told to pump yourself up with can-do platitudes and just “fake it till you make it.” But this just creates a façade of false confidence that you can temporarily hide behind. What you really want is true confidence. And as I’ve explained before, true confidence comes from self-efficacy. In that article, I focused on… Read More »Why Better Sleep Makes You More Confident
I’ve had a tumultuous relationship with to-do lists over the years. On the one hand, I need them. They lighten my cognitive load and remind me of tasks that I would otherwise forget. They provide a menu of productive options when I’m unsure what to do with my time. But on the other hand, I’ve found them to be unwieldy and even overwhelming. I used to just collect all possible… Read More »Organizing Your Tasks With To-Do List Categories