Don't Bogart My Blog: Sunday Best: Your new playbook for moving on

Sunday, September 8, 2019

Sunday Best: Your new playbook for moving on

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

There's nothing like the Labor Day holiday to remind you that you have to fit five days of work into four. (Are you still catching up from last week?) Despite technological innovations and other improvements, Americans are actually working more these days. Firmin DeBrabander explains why: "Americans have come to expect work to be a source of meaning in their lives." But perhaps, he suggests, work should be treated not as a passion but as a duty. Maybe there is a better way to find meaning. — Alexandra March

Taylor Swift, Philosopher of Forgiveness

Taylor Swift arriving at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 26.Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Forgiving and forgetting might not be a mandatory prerequisite to moving on from a toxic situation. Just ask the Queen of Pop.

Is Instagram Ruining Architecture?

The Colossal Cacti at Coachella Music Festival in Indio, Calif.Valerie Macon/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

"Architects have always designed spaces to be seen in specific ways: It is only now that everyone has the ability to stop and take the perfect shot."

The Word That Could Not Be Uttered in the Writers' Room

Jamiel Law

He could write it in a script, Human Resources informed him — he just couldn't say it. "There I was being chastised for criticizing the word that oppressed me and mine for centuries."

Life After Killing Her Abuser

Arlene Adams at New York City College of Technology, which she attended after her release from jail.Clara Vannucci for The New York Times

Arlene Adams left prison with the label of "felon" and found the post-incarceration road riddled with obstacles to rebuilding her life. While experiencing homelessness and grappling with unemployment, she had one focus: to improve the lives of herself, her children and others who had faced hardships.

The Dignity of Disabled Lives

Dadu Shin

"Disabled lives are as valid as nondisabled lives, but they are not the same."

Join the Times Opinion editor Peter Catapano for an event engaging all of us in the lives of people with disabilities on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 5 p.m. in New York. The two-part event opens with readings from the new book "About Us," which is based on the Times series "Disability" — written by people who live with a disability. Following a reception, we'll screen and discuss "Far From the Tree," a documentary about differences, happiness and parent-child divides. Get tickets to this free event here.

Read the full Opinion report here.