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Sunday, January 6, 2019

Sunday Best: Four steps for a more meaningful life

Great news: You can be good *and* be a narcissist.

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Sunday, January 6, 2019

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If you're staring resentfully at a bowl of fruit instead of savoring a big brunch this morning, I understand. We're one week into a new year and resolutions are on my mind too. Some of you have personal goals like less screen time. (One pro tip from the writer Paul Greenberg: Ditch your smartphone altogether for a year and you'll have time to make love about 16,000 times; read Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" almost 20 times; and save enough money to buy half an acre of land.) Others have hopes for the new year: for love, for political change, even for moderate weather. If your head is still in 2018 — and you're still writing the year incorrectly like I am — take the weekend to remain there and peruse The Times's Year in Pictures. It will give you a moment to reflect on the past and consider how it can prepare you for the future. — Alexandra March

A Woman's Rights

Damon Winter/The New York Times

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

From homicide to second-degree murder to abuse of a corpse, states are charging women with crimes because of their pregnancy outcomes.

How to Do Good and Live a Meaningful Life — While Remaining a Narcissist

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By DAVID BROOKS

Step 1. Feel indignant all the time. Step 2. Make yourself heard. Step 3. Talk about yourself a lot.

Sleep When You're Dead

Na Kim

By MARINA BENJAMIN

Insomnia may leave you bleary-eyed and weary, but leaning into it could unlock your creativity.

Confessions of a Self-Hating Yoga Practitioner

Kyle Platts

By MOHAMMED HANIF

"That 20-year-old girl who does the bridge like a bridge and becomes a tree when she does a tree, that's good. I am just a recipient of your good yogi intentions. I am just a corpse with lists."

Meet Australia's Fastest 92-Year-Old Woman

Heather Lee, 92, holds five world records and eight Australian ones. Matthew Abbott for The New York Times

By BARI WEISS

Last year, Heather Lee walked 3,057,374 steps. She holds five world records and eight Australian ones. Now, she's trying to surpass her own achievements.