Daydreaming is an art that we all must master. I often feel guilty for letting so much time lapse in fake scenarios and alternate lives, but according to a study… Read the rest of the article: The right way to daydream

Enoch Ku is a Sacramento-based photographer that is perfectly capturing the liminal space found all over the city in his series called "Ordinary Sacramento".  Sacramento is the sixth largest city… Read the rest of the article: "Ordinary Sacramento," a photo series honoring hometown listlessness

Field Recordings is a podcast produced by BBC radio producer Eleanor McDowall who solicits short recordings of sounds in fields — or pretty much anywhere someone would like to stand… Read the rest of the article: Listen to the sounds of someone just standing silently

If you're someone who gets easily immersed in fictional worlds, you're probably more likely to take on the traits of fictional characters.  Researchers at Ohio State surveyed "Game of Thrones"… Read the rest of the article: Evidence of "character identification" found in the brains of Game of Thrones fans

I love visiting Switzerland. It is majestic and the scenery is straight out of a fairytale. I've also lived in a trailer park near Oakland and there was no majesty… Read the rest of the article: What a trailer park looks like in Switzerland

The Sci-Fi Agenda is "the thinking person's guide to science fiction cinema" personally curated by Markus Amalthea Magnuson, a sci-fi film lover who caught search engine fatigue and wanted to… Read the rest of the article: A curated list of sci-fi films for the "thinking person"

If you're a person who gets energetically drained after socializing with people, you're probably "Alonely", the opposite of lonely.  According to this recent-ish study, Aloneliness is the negative feelings that arise… Read the rest of the article: What to do if you're "Alonely"

In this 40-minute video, Psychiatrist Eric Bender — who also works as a script consultant — breaks down mental health scenes in movies and TV. He gives examples of what… Read the rest of the article: A video breakdown of mental illness in movie scenes

Ambience videos are a YouTube genre that plays peaceful soundscapes against an animated backdrop, like a haunted Victorian manor or an elf coffee shop or a stranger's living room. They're… Read the rest of the article: Self-medicate your anxiety in these digital ambience rooms

An 18,000-year-old conch was recently reexamined by researchers at the Natural History Museum of Toulouse in France and found to have a completely different purpose than originally thought. First discovered in… Read the rest of the article: Listen to the musical notes of an ancient conch

If you've ever fantasized about running away with a bandana tied to a stick — or what I just learned is called a "bindle" — head on over to Reddit… Read the rest of the article: Folks who walked out on their life share their experiences

If I'm ever unhappy, it's usually because something is happening that I believe should not be happening and I am dwelling on it to the point of discomfort. This is… Read the rest of the article: Avoid "mental rebelling" to be happier

Through therapy, reframing, meditation and a lot of self-care, I can confidently say that I am down to 0-1 panic attacks a year. What I have yet to completely overcome… Read the rest of the article: Time anxiety is a real thing and here are strategies to cope

Film by Anais La Rocca. Poem by Maggie Smith. Good Bones Life is short, though I keep this from my children. Life is short, and I've shortened mine in a… Read the rest of the article: Good Bones: a heart-tugging video poem about this terrible world

A Million Reasons to Stay Alive is a website that is collecting reasons to stay alive for anyone that might ever need a reason. So far about 60,000 reasons have been… Read the rest of the article: A million reasons to stay alive

Billionaire businessman Robert Bigelow and recent founder of the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies is offering up almost a $1 million in prizes to whoever can provide the "best evidence… Read the rest of the article: You could win up to 500K if you can prove life after death exists

There is a new bookstore in Seattle, Washington where the books are shelved not by topic or alphabetically, but by mood, and I'm all for it. From The Seattle Times:… Read the rest of the article: Categorize your bookshelves by emotions

Here's a happy time waster: go to OpenPuppies.com and press the space bar for endless puppy gifs. 

Last year, in response to top news stories, thousands of haikus were crowdsourced and the collection was posted here at Doom Haikus.  For context, the maker Eli Holder says:  Back… Read the rest of the article: Thousands of dark haikus inspired by 2020

Flickseeker lets you search thousands of movies by their mood. For example, here is a list of charming movies that are also funny.  A caveat: you can only search by… Read the rest of the article: Discover movies by feeling