A. J. Jacobs
A. J. Jacobs
Arnold Stephen "A. J." Jacobs, Jr.is an American journalist, author, and lecturer best known for writing about his lifestyle experiments. He is the editor at large for Esquire and has worked for the Antioch Daily Ledger and Entertainment Weekly...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth20 March 1968
CountryUnited States of America
sanctuary should volume
This is what the Sabbath should feel like. A pause. Not just a minor pause, but a major pause. Not just lowering the volume, but a muting. As the famous rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel put it, the Sabbath is a sanctuary in time.
ideas insane passionate
There's a very passionate pro-chewing movement on the Internet called Chewdiasm. They say that we should be chewing 50 to 100 times per mouthful, which is insane. I tried that. It takes like a day and a half to eat a sandwich. But their basic idea is right. If you chew, you'll eat slower and you will get more nutrients.
self improvement obsession
I'm addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there's so damn much about myself to improve.
procrastination voice today
How do you gag the voice in your head that says, 'You don't have to [do it] today. There's always tomorrow.'?
littles good-things
I've never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.
nice careers rejection
I’d recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because it’s a huge part of being a writer, no matter where you are in your career.
jobs feel-good feels
Its sort of my job to feel good.
names causes littles
I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
prayer nice believe
I don't believe that prayers actually change God's mind - if there is a God - but I liked praying for people in need. It was like moral weightlifting. I tend to be self-obsessed, and it was nice to get out of my brain once in a while.
motivation inspiration drunk
More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
mistake should insight
Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
real fighting years
A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.
years europe organization
The World Health Organization ... estimated that 1.6 million years of healthy living are lost every year in Europe because of noise pollution.
writing years fans
I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.