The Optimist: How going outside saved my life

Want to live to be 100? Here's what experts recommend.; Minnesota teen has slept in his backyard for nearly 3 years just for fun; How to do the laundry better, according to a TikTok cleaning queen; A bear in Colorado took 400 selfies. Fashion pros say they're a star.; Want to adopt Ralphie the 'demon' dog? There's a lot of competition.; Acclaimed chef Iliana Regan finds a sense of belonging in the forest; The women in my family have years of trauma. I refuse to pass it down.; How to help a grieving pet parent; We could all learn from Marie Kondo's untidy pivot ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Get unlimited access to The Post for $1 a week  Sign up for this newsletter Read online Stories that inspire.     (Karen Najarian) PERSPECTIVE When I was 15, a psychiatric hospital nearly ruined my life. This advice saved me. The one thing that brought me genuine happiness, that quieted my flashbacks and intrusive thoughts, was being outside. By Banning Lyon ●  Read more »   Want to live to be 100? Here's what experts recommend. The recent death of the world's oldest person at 118 highlights the growing number of centenarians around the world. By Teddy Amenabar ●  Read more »   Minnesota teen has slept in his backyard for nearly 3 years just for fun "I guess a lot of people might find it a little unusual, but to us, it's now the normal routine," said Andrew Ortman, the teen's father. By Cathy Free ●  Read more »   How to do the laundry better, according to a TikTok cleaning queen Ann Russell draws on nearly 20 years of cleaning experience to deliver no-nonsense housekeeping tips on TikTok. We asked her 10 burning questions about laundry. By Jandra Sutton ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A bear in Colorado took 400 selfies. Fashion pros say they're a star. The camera trap photos discovered by Boulder's Open Space and Mountain Parks reveal a bear with a flair for self-portraiture. By Natalie B. Compton ●  Read more »   Want to adopt Ralphie the 'demon' dog? There's a lot of competition. A brutally honest SPCA adoption ad for Ralphie, a 26-pound French bulldog, has led to hundreds of requests to adopt the "fire-breathing demon." By Jonathan Edwards ●  Read more »   Get breaking news alerts, offline reading lists and more. Download the app   ADVERTISEMENT   Acclaimed chef Iliana Regan finds a sense of belonging in the forest "Fieldwork" is about how Iliana Regan came to foraging, and how she and her wife, Anna, transformed a remote camp in Michigan into the Milkweed Inn. By Deborah Reid ●  Read more »   PERSPECTIVE The women in my family have years of trauma. I refuse to pass it down. Watching my mother plan my grandmother's funeral has made me identify wounds I refuse to pass down to my own child. By Brittany Long Olsen ●  Read more »   How to help a grieving pet parent "Human relationships, while important, can be difficult. Our relationship with our pets is simple. They love us just as we are." By Marlene Cimons ●  Read more »   Opinion  |  We could all learn from Marie Kondo's untidy pivot Marie Kondo has three kids now, so tidy's gone out the door. But we still have too much stuff. By Tracy Moore ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Book Club for our weekly selection of book reviews and recommendations from Book World editor Ron Charles. Sign up »

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