
NASA’s seven-letter framework for navigating loneliness and isolation
Loneliness has, in the last decade, moved from a private discomfort to a public health concern.
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Mal James is a writer at Space Daily covering self-development, productivity, relationships, and the psychology of work. He is also an entrepreneur and former teacher, and brings both perspectives into his writing on the Mind & Meaning pillar. Mal's pieces focus on the practical — how people change behavior, build better habits, and navigate the parts of life that don't come with instructions.

Loneliness has, in the last decade, moved from a private discomfort to a public health concern.
May 15, 2026

Most of us know we don't sleep enough. We know it the way we know we should drink more water or sit less — we've heard it, we believe it in the abstract, and then we keep doing what we do.
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When I'm working in, I have a small routine I have come to rely on. I work from cafés.
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I have spent most of my working life fighting the same battle at the same time of day.
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Darwin did his laps on a path near his house. Nietzsche walked alone for hours every day, notebook in hand, and eventually wrote down his conclusion: "All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
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I spent the better part of my twenties convinced I was behind. Not dramatically, not catastrophically — just behind.
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