Anyone ever used the Rockport Institute before? Was it helpful?
posted by Rubbstone on Nov 20, 2009 - 5 answers

Long Term Planning: I just submitted my name to the Packer season ticket waiting list, which is supposed to be 30 years long. I don't even live in Wisconsin, but life could take me anywhere in 30 years, and I like the feeling of knowing it might be an option one day. Are there any other lists or similar things I should do now? [more inside]
posted by 2legit2quit on Nov 16, 2009 - 30 answers

How do I talk to people when I am choked by logic? [more inside]
posted by schmichael on Nov 12, 2009 - 57 answers

Why don't I know what I want? I seem to have always had trouble making decisions. As I've gotten older I've gotten better at making quicker consumer decisions w/out analyzing all the info (mentioned b/c this was actually a major life change for me, after reading Barry Schwartz's the Paradox of Choice), but I'm having a lot of trouble with the bigger picture. [more inside]
posted by snowymorninblues on Sep 8, 2009 - 8 answers

What are some methods for compartmentalizing my life? [more inside]
posted by philad on Aug 5, 2009 - 6 answers

Move to Portland in a year or stay in San Diego, presuming we can buy a house outright? [more inside]
posted by veritas on Jul 22, 2009 - 8 answers

What can I do to feel more positive and confident while riding out uncertaintiy in "transitional" phases of my life? [more inside]
posted by Chrysalis on May 25, 2009 - 7 answers

How do you organize your life? I am a creative but highly disorganized man. At any given time, there's loads of things I need to do, and I usually only end up doing about 1/5th of them. And it's not because I'm slack: I simply can't keep track of everything. [more inside]
posted by tomargue on Apr 28, 2009 - 31 answers

I once read a poem, or possibly a quote, about a bee pollinating flowers and how it was so beautiful and I think they even maybe connected it to sex and/or the essence of life. Does anyone know the name or author of this?
posted by ascetic on Apr 16, 2009 - 12 answers

I'm afraid of making big decisions in my life because I worry too much on what other people will think of me and I feel it will close to many other doors ...(long) [more inside]
posted by mind2body on Apr 1, 2009 - 15 answers

I want to read fictional and/or true stories about people being put into positions of responsibility unexpectedly for extended periods of time and how they deal with it. [more inside]
posted by reenum on Jan 27, 2009 - 37 answers

Where is this amazing round motel featured in an old issue of LIFE? [more inside]
posted by GaelFC on Dec 5, 2008 - 13 answers

Where do I find life expectancy data separated by 5 categories of race and/or state of residence for the United States? [more inside]
posted by 517 on Dec 2, 2008 - 3 answers

There was a book that I remember seeing when I was growing up on fictional extraterrestrial life that I can not now find. [more inside]
posted by C17H19NO3 on Sep 24, 2008 - 9 answers

How does one live a meaningful life in a world that one has come to believe is meaningless? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 3, 2007 - 81 answers

A dear friend of mine (female, single, Italian, outgoing, mid-30's) has been offered an excellent job in Houston. She has only visited the city twice, for business, and she's wondering if she'll adapt well. More inside.
posted by matteo on Mar 3, 2006 - 40 answers