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Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash Every year, almost half of the U.S. makes New Year’s resolutions, but most of us don’t follow through. In fact, according to a University of Scranton study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, only 8% of Americans are likely to achieve their New Year’s resolutions. Sometimes, we don’t succeed because we fail to be consistent – and sometimes it’s because we don’t have tools that can help us reach these goals. To that end, we’ve rounded up a list of the best items to help you keep your New Year’s resolutions. All of...

The harrowing scenes of Damar Hamlin’s on-field collapse after suffering cardiac arrest have forced some fans to confront yet again a truth they’ve always known but hated to think about: Football, a game with violence in its DNA, can go from exciting and joyous to dark and tragic in a flash. Now, as the Buffalo Bills defensive back remains in critical condition in a Cincinnati hospital, fans like Max Cerone are reflecting on their relationship with the sport they love. Cerone, age 24 like Hamlin and a high school guidance counselor in the Buffalo area, grew up minutes from the...

Suspended Animation #405 United Productions of America (U.P.A.) was a prominent animation studio in the 1950s and 1960s known for its bold graphics and distinctive flat style of design. The studio got a contract from Columbia Pictures in 1948 to produce theatrical cartoons. Unlike other animation studios who concentrated on anthropomorphic “funny animals” characters, the stars of U.P.A. were human: the near-sighted Mr. J. Quincy Magoo and Gerald McBoing-Boing, the boy who never spoke in words but in sound effects. Mr. Magoo’s first appearance was in the theatrical short Ragtime Bear (1949) where he mistakes a bear for his raccoon...

Reawakening to the rapture and responsibility of “a changing world that by every calculation ought never to have been.” In a universe governed by randomness and impartial laws, chance has been kind to us — a kindness so immense it feels like a benediction. Here we are, drifting through the austere blackness of pure spacetime on a planet just the right distance from its home star to have an atmosphere and water and warmth for life. And what life! A cornucopia of creatures moving through lushness beyond measure, born of blue oceans and shimmering shores. It didn’t have to exist,...

What did Daniel Woods do with his month in Fionnay, Switzerland? The list includes a V15, two V14s, two V12s (one a first ascent), and a V11. As one of America’s best boulderers, Woods continues to push boundaries at the sport’s highest echelons. That commitment to ongoing mastery was on full display during his stint in one of Europe’s most famous bouldering areas, where Woods brought his beastly tenacity to some of the crag’s most challenging problems. The video below from Mellow — shot in a grainy, old-school style — shows some of Woods’ best sends from the trip in...