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The Best Vacations You Take Are the Ones That Expand Your Inner World

Susan Krauss Whitbourne | Posted 04.26.2013 | Fifty
Susan Krauss Whitbourne

When you reach the midlife years and beyond, travel is as much about expanding your mind as it is about getting away from it all.

Date Night Before Kids vs. Date Night After

Jenny Isenman | Posted 04.02.2013 | Parents
Jenny Isenman

We still adore our men, but our alone time has little resemblance to the hot dates we once had. Wow, did we take those nights for granted! Want proof? Behold: Date Night Before Kids vs. Date Night After Kids.

The Destination I Dream About

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 04.01.2013 | Comedy
Jeffrey Shaffer

I want an atavachron. Star Trek fans know what I mean. It's a time-travel device that people on a doomed planet used to escape into the past. They picked out a favorite period in history, set the machine, stepped across the threshold and whoosh! Gone.

Why Not a Leisure Mentor or Coach?

Gini Graham Scott | Posted 04.29.2013 | Healthy Living
Gini Graham Scott

But what I missed in all this searching for leisure professionals is doing leisure mentoring, coaching, or consulting for people who simply want to have fun and want some guidance in how to make the most of their leisure time -- and where to get these leisure experiences.

Painting As a Pastime: Part II

Don Meyer, Ph.D. | Posted 03.26.2013 | College
Don Meyer, Ph.D.

I have always called my books friends. And only a fellow-booklover could describe books like that. But for Churchill, his paintbrush brought him even greater change than a book ever did.

A Sunday Fit to Print

Liz Neumark | Posted 03.24.2013 | New York
Liz Neumark

My eternal question is what my Sunday in the New York Times would look like. Am I a predictable creature of Sunday habit or is each kick-off day of the week a new adventure? Do my Sunday activities mirror my self-image?

Painting as a Pastime: Part I

Don Meyer, Ph.D. | Posted 03.17.2013 | College
Don Meyer, Ph.D.

Painting as a Pastime: Part I "The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may divide it, but in the end, there it is." -- Winston...

PHOTOS: Where To Make A Splash In 2013

Global Yodel | Posted 02.03.2013 | Travel
Global Yodel

Whether you're into the adrenaline of big wave surfing, sailing into the sunset, discovering inland watering holes or bathing in tropical shallows, these swimming spots have something for you.

LOOK: Your Best Weekend Ever

Posted 12.04.2012 | Women

During the first weekend of December, our readers were really getting into the holiday spirit! You guys visited Santa, enjoyed the New York City holid...

LOOK: Your Best Weekend Ever

Posted 10.22.2012 | Women

What a weekend, folks! HuffPost Women readers faced their fears by doing a tower edge walk, went on spontaneous road trips, and attended special event...

LOOK: Your Best Weekend Ever

Posted 10.22.2012 | Women

What a weekend! Our readers explored corn mazes, went "glamping," celebrated birthdays, and spent time with their kids. What about you? A quick rem...

LOOK: Your Best Weekend Ever

Posted 10.08.2012 | Women

Columbus Day Weekend was a busy one for HuffPost Women readers! You tailgated football games, raised awareness about breast cancer, went pumpkin-picki...

LOOK: Your Best Weekend Ever

Posted 10.01.2012 | Women

HuffPost Women readers, you must be exhausted after this weekend. You attended concerts, went hiking, participated in a mehndi celebration, and someon...

LOOK: Your Best Weekend Ever

Posted 09.25.2012 | Women

This weekend, HuffPost Women readers braved the water in Laguna Beach, ran 5Ks in Nashville and Albany, and wrestled alligators in South Lousiana! To ...

Off the Grid: Luxury or Necessity?

Laura Berman Fortgang | Posted 10.14.2012 | Healthy Living
Laura Berman Fortgang

We have no use for leisure when it takes us 10 days to clear our way to leave and 10 days to catch back up when we return from our supposed vacation, where we answered texts and emails just to be sure we could afford to relax.

LOOK: Your Best Weekend Ever

Posted 08.13.2012 | Women

To celebrate the second weekend of August, our readers spent a lot of time in the great outdoors running 5Ks, riding bikes on the beach, and spending ...

More Bosses Than Workers Taking Vacations

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 06.26.2012 | Business

For many American workers, heading out of town on vacation may be more dream than reality. Thirty-eight percent of American workers said they were...

Balanced Life -- Join or Start a Group. And Please Answer These Six Questions!

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Gretchen Rubin

I've written before about why the resolution to Join or start a group -- any kind of group -- can bring you happiness. I've joined or started fourtee...

Southern U.S. Less Energetic Than Nation's West And North

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Susan Buchanan

(This article was published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 7, 2011 edition.) If Saturdays find you in an easy chair with a magazine--weary ...

Singles Bonding Over Food and Friendship: Cooking Club, Year 39

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Bella DePaulo

If you love food, friends, and camaraderie, and if you would like to hear the story of a club for singles that has nothing to do with dating and has l...

Kitten's Sunday School Streamers, A Viva Elvis Clip, Plus Conversations With Shelby Lynne, Ryan Montbleau and Middle Class Rut's Zack Lopez

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

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The 24/7/365 Society vs. La Dolce Vita

Peter Baldwin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Peter Baldwin

The more complicated and multifarious our societies become, the less the seasonal and daily rhythms of traditional bourgeois life will have any purchase.

Balanced Life -- Need a Happiness Boost? Read a Good Book

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Gretchen Rubin

I love many different kinds of books, and I read many different kinds of books. But when I read a book that I love, I always get a chill and think, "Yes, THIS is what reading is about!

What Really Matters?

Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Eliezer Sobel

Which weighs more on the What Really Matters scale, a life of selfless, loving service to loved ones, or a couple of published books? How do we measure the value of our time?

How Americans Spend Their Free Time During The Downturn

Huffington Post | Sherry Shen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Stubbornly persistent unemployment has certainly inflicted more than a little economic stress, but that's not stopping Americans from enjoying their l...