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title: From a Dimly Lit Desk - September 2025 Edition
description: News about the good life, front-line aging insights and a slug.
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# [From a Dimly Lit Desk - September 2025 Edition](https://www.rallyyourteam.com/blog/from-a-dimly-lit-desk-september-2025-edition)

 Written by [Charles Harris](https://www.rallyyourteam.com/blog/author/charles-harris) | September 2025

*News about the good life, front-line aging insights and a slug.*

**Psychologically rich living starts now.**

 

**Ain’t life grand!**

You doing okay? Seems any of three paths could get you to a “yes” on that question. Your route could be a …

- Happy life, with you pursuing comfort, satisfaction and joy while eschewing sadness
- Meaningful life, where you hold to purpose, connection and your dedication to improving the world
- Psychologically rich life in which you thrive through “a variety of interesting and perspective-changing experiences”

That third idea — newer than the others — comes from The University of Chicago’s [Shigehiro Oishi's](https://psychology.uchicago.edu/directory/shigehiro-oishi) research. It describes a life marked by encounters with the new and novel, perspective-shifting insights and complexity, and more discomfort and challenges than found in a happy life or a meaningful life. Call it an *interesting* life: sometimes good, once in a while bad, occasionally growing, here and there stumped — but no matter what, it’s a grand ride that’s got your full attention. [*Full Story >>*](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-single/202108/beyond-happiness-why-psychologically-rich-life-is-good-life)

 

**Living alone without loneliness.**

Socialization may be a universal wellness key, but crowds aren’t for everybody. “I retreated into staying home more. … Sounds crazy, but I feel safe inside my heart and soul and mind.” For some older adults, well-being might be met in a garden, with a curled-up cat, or in a sunny spot face-deep a book. “I can finally concentrate on myself and my own needs. It is exhilarating, and I totally love it.” Insights collected by BuzzFeed. [Full Story >>](https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/older-people-living-alone-quora)

 

**Aging is natural. Accepting it takes work.**

“It's not just that changes to health, cognitive abilities and mobility crop up as people age,” says 82-year-old clinical psychologist and aging specialist Erlene Rosowsky. “One’s sense of self often changes as people leave a longtime career, and relationships alter as friends move away or die. But … people can adjust.” Because they aren’t there yet, adult children may struggle to understand what their aging parents face. For them, tips include:

- Slow down and listen
- Close the gap between what you think they need and what they think they need
- Curb your exasperation
- Protect their health safety without swaddling-like restrictions
- Ask them to tell you their stories

[Full Story >>](https://www.npr.org/2025/08/21/nx-s1-5506233/transitions-aging-how-parents-adult-children-can-adjust)

 

 

**Ding-dong slime.**

In Germany, an apartment’s residents were kept up all night by non-stop doorbell ringing. Suspecting the classic *klingelstreich, *a.k.a. ding-dong ditch, they alerted authorities, leading to an intensive investigation. What the police discovered was one dopey nacktschnecke — a slug — slowly sliming its way across the door-button entry plate, activating doorbells throughout the building. The impertinent but happy slug was removed, and order restored. But if you’re up all night, worrisome bells ding-donging in your head for your sluggish lead generation and conversions, don’t call the cops. Call Rally, and you’ll soon be sleeping soundly again. [Full Story >>](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/08/doorbell-prankster-that-tormented-residents-of-german-apartments-turns-out-to-be-a-slug)

 

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