When many people set a goal, they encounter an obstacle and begin to doubt that they can really achieve that goal. What if you thought about goal setting as, by definition, an ordeal? An ordeal that ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. You might not think you have much in common with Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter, or Katniss Everdeen. But ...

The hero is a type of stock character: a selfless protagonist who finds themselves on a literal or metaphorical quest. They’re protagonists with admirable qualities. Heroes share the commonalities of ...

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There is a script to life that most of us have internalized, whether consciously or not. It’s in many of the most beloved fictional stories, and—from the outside, at least—it looks like the lives of ...