My use of the phrase “human doing” may provoke some questions: What’s a human doing? What do human doings look and act like? Am I a human doing? This article will answer all of those questions. Plus, ...

Social interactions are essential for our well-being and happiness, research has shown. And now a large study supports that finding and suggests there are many ways to squeeze in more companionship — ...

Mr. Burkeman is the author of “Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals.” A few months ago, I was teetering on the brink of feeling overwhelmed by life’s responsibilities, afflicted by the ...

A few years ago, I went on a vision quest in Death Valley—a rite-of-passage designed to help participants step beyond the status quo and see their lives from a larger perspective, and cry for a vision ...