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.
A common saying about happiness is that happiness is not having what you want but wanting what you have. I’d like to add to that the following: Happiness is not doing whatever you want but wanting to do whatever you have to do. James Clear advises reframing things that you “have” to do as things that you “get” to do,1 and I like this. It reminds you that so much… Read More »Wanting To Do What You Have To Do
There are many different ways a seemingly bad problem can actually be good. But if we can’t recognize the potential good in the bad that comes our way, we might miss out on the benefits. So, to help you get more good out of the inevitable bad, here are four types of good bad problems. #1 Stress The most ubiquitous “problem” people face is stress. I’ll do a longer piece… Read More »4 Types of Good Bad Problems
I have a problem with to-do lists. Writing things down is a good idea, of course, but the basic to-do list is, well, pretty basic. The typical to-do list fails to differentiate between short-, medium-, and long-term objectives. It doesn’t distinguish between things you have to do today and things you’d merely like to do today. It also doesn’t distinguish between today and tomorrow, between this week, this month, and… Read More »How to Write Better To-Do Lists
Do you ever find yourself rushed to get out the door in the morning, even though you theoretically had plenty of time? For me, this usually happens when I let my desire to do certain things get the better of me. Instead of doing the things I have to do first, I do the things I want to do up until I realize that I barely have enough time to… Read More »Have-To’s Before Wants