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Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.

A. J. Jacobs

I love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset – and sandals – of my forefathers.
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Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It’s not until the second year that they learn the cures.
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I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It’s like, it’s really bad. It’s like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.
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Goodness Horrible Move Myself Possible Research
Since I was relatively new to the Bible, I was surprised by the Old Testament God. He’s wrathful, but at other times, He’s incredibly compassionate. He’s not a one-dimensional figure at all.
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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It’s just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.
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I’ve never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.
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I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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I’m addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there’s so damn much about myself to improve.
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Addiction Improvement Myself
I was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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I grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
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Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It’s like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
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More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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