Remember when summer felt endless? Long afternoons, slow days, the sense that the season stretched on forever. As adults, though, those same months seem to fly by. One common explanation is that our sense of time changes as we age — a year simply becomes a smaller fraction of our life. But according to time-perception researcher Dr. Marc Wittmann, the real answer is a bit more complicated than that. His take is worth a look.
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Mindfulness
That Foggy Feeling at Work? Your Building Could Be to Blame
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You Should Know: Your building could be making you sick. Sick Building Syndrome — a term the WHO coined in the 1980s — is a group of symptoms like headaches, eye irritation, fatigue, and nausea that come on inside a building and let up after you leave. These symptoms can be caused by things like poor ventilation, building materials, and lack of fresh air.
Going Deeper: SBS has been around for decades, but the fact that women report symptoms far more often than men isn’t getting talked about enough. One study noted 44% of women experienced SBS compared to 26% of men. The difference may stem from biology and office setup. Interior offices without windows and jobs that require increased exposure to things like copy machine emissions can affect your body more.
Takeaway: Feeling foggy, headachy, or congested at work but perfectly fine at home is a red flag. Get in touch with your office facilities, and ask about air quality testing and ventilation.
Bottom Line: The average person spends a notable portion of their day working. Your workspace can affect your health, and women are feeling it even more. Open a window if you can, and push for good ventilation.
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Fitness
Is This Treadmill Walking Trend Good for Your Fitness?
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The Trend: Perhaps you've spotted people on your feed walking on treadmills at steep inclines. If so, you've stumbled onto a growing fitness genre — the 12-3-30 (set your treadmill to a 12% incline and walk at three mph for 30 minutes) has recently seen an online resurgence.The format joins a wave of other number-coded workouts that have taken over social media, likely because the formula feels like a plan — and a plan feels like something you can repeat.
What People Are Saying: Trainers are generally on board with these workouts. The 12-3-30 is low-impact steady-state cardio that can support cardiovascular health and works well when combined with a strength training routine. Experts aren't particularly fixated on the specific numbers, however. Instead, they say the important part is that incline walking keeps your heart rate elevated for a sustained stretch of time. The 12-3-30 is just one example — these structured, formula-based workouts are growing in popularity across the board. (If the original feels too easy, try the 30-15-3 workout instead.)
What to Know: The 12-3-30 works because it gets you moving at a real intensity for 30 minutes. If that feels like too much, dropping to a lower incline (aka the 10-2-20) and gradually working up to it will deliver similar cardiovascular benefits as you progress to the full version.
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Personal Development
Scientists Are Finding Early Cancer Signals From Vaping
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Head in the Clouds: Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: Vaping isn’t good for you. Nicotine e-cigarettes have been linked to serious lung disease and heart problems. Now, a new review published in the journal Carcinogenesis has identified a link between vaping and pre-carcinogenic biological changes.
The Study: Researchers from Australia’s University of New South Wales analyzed reviews of animal studies, human case reports, and lab studies published between 2017 and 2025 to identify biological changes from using e-cigarettes. They found that vaping causes DNA damage, oxidative stress, and inflammation — known pre-cancerous markers — in oral and respiratory tissue.
The Takeaway: E-cigarettes are relatively new in comparison to other nicotine products, so there isn’t as much large-scale data on the long-term health effects. It took 100 years of research before the U.S. Surgeon General confirmed in 1964 that smoking causes lung cancer, but researchers are urging regulators and policymakers to act faster than that.
Keep in Mind: The review did not definitively conclude that vaping causes cancer or measure how many people might get cancer from vaping. Experts have said the risk of lung and oral cancers is higher in people who use e-cigarettes compared to those who’ve never vaped.
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Quick Picks
Bubbling Up — This is the final boss of the proteinmaxxing trend. And honestly, it tastes amazing.
For many of us, summer cooking is synonymous with time at the grill. But if you’re looking for something a little different than classic BBQ flavors, this dish offers an unexpected upgrade. Beef flank steak is basted with a fragrant sauce of caramelized strawberries, basil, garlic, and spices, infusing the meat with a subtle sweetness. It’s finished with a bright salsa highlighting fresh strawberries, cucumber, and onion, and the result is a balanced, distinctive dish that brings an elevated touch to your summer table.
Many granola bars are just dressed-up candy — sugar, syrups, and oils with minimal staying power. Pairing fruit with fat (like peanut butter) gives you fiber + satiety, which helps keep energy steadier.
Hot Tip: keep single-serve packets or pre-sliced apples handy to make it frictionless.
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HEALTHY HABIT
The “No Zero” Strength Rule
On days you don’t feel like working out, do one set of something — push-ups, squats, a plank, or a dead hang. Keeping the streak alive reinforces your identity as someone who moves. Consistency matters more than intensity.
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Final Thought
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”
