Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Brain Science

  • Good—when it is easy to focus on the bad

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    1 min read

    It is much easier to focus on the bad than the good—which means we have an imbalanced perspective of how things really are.

  • Do I have to go for a walk today?

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    6 min read

    Deciding to do the right thing can be difficult. And sometimes the way we make the decision is not so helpful.

  • Why I started listening to music again

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    2 min read

    I love music. Famously addicted to shoegazing and dreampop. Then—I stopped. Here’s why I’m bringing it back.

  • Our Brains Are Broken

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    7 min read

    Modern society has broken our brains through distraction and anxiety. So the solution requires us to change society.

  • Why it is hard to start a new Bullet Journal

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    8 min read

    It’s hard to start a new bullet journal. You don’t want to mess up! Which is why you need to start anyway. You’re going to mess up. Opening the pristine pages of a new journal is like unwrapping a new present: you’re excited to open it and feel what’s inside. And scared of ruining it…

  • Mike Friesen: The Science of Forgiveness

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    1 min read

    In a quick read, Mike Friesen describes the scientific underpinnings of why some are so easy to forgive and why others are so challenged by it. I remember a Sunday School teacher threatening my class with a verse when I was a little boy, “Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” I remember him teaching that…

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