Between work, chores and the constant expectation to be available online or via text, who has free time anymore? And, if you’re a parent, the added full-time job of child-rearing makes it easy to feel ...

Live for the moment. Be spontaneous. Be free and happy. Don’t worry about the future. Act as though it’s your last day on earth. Such is one modern conception of the good life. Adverts encourage us to ...

On Sunday mornings, I watch Joel Osteen. Being that I’m not a religious person, I suppose it’s a bit counterintuitive for me to spend weekend mornings watching a nationally televised mass, but, still, ...

The group text read: “Let’s barbecue on my back porch tonight.” It was a simple message, but full of meaning: An end to the worst of the COVID-19 lockdown, a return to life as we once knew it, a hope ...

A pianist is playing an unknown melody freely without reading from a musical score. How does the listener's brain recognise if this melody is improvised or if it is memorized? Researchers investigated ...

In a 2020 survey, 72% of people said they feel happier after a spontaneous act. Those who described themselves as a “spontaneous person” were 40% more likely to consider themselves a “happy person.” ...

That’s what an IT director at a large bank told me when I asked him earlier this year why they plan to go back to the office after the pandemic. It seems that how people interact with each other in ...

Spontaneity wins on National Just Because Day as America celebrates for no reason at all, turning Aug. 27 into a nationwide showcase of impulse, joy and offbeat moments. This day invites people to ...

Imagine boarding a flight with no clue about the destination—and paying for the privilege. Earlier this year, 170 intrepid travelers took off from Copenhagen, Denmark, to go… somewhere. “It was the ...