Oliver Burkeman
Oliver Burkeman is a Guardian writer based in New York. Read his column here. He is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
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Addicted to digital technology? Here's how to beat the habitBanning yourself can have the perverse effect of making your phone more enticing. What you need to do is make it boring -
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At the end of the day, escape, don’t marinate in politicsHealthy politics depends on our sharing a big hinterland of culture and other activities that aren’t about politics
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Lonely? Short of friends? Try looking at it differentlyYou never see your friends at home alone in their pyjamas, eating pickled onion Monster Munch while watching The X Factor and feeling sorry for themselves
This column will change your life Don’t knock Donald Trump for playing so much golf. Here’s why