Failure Is Good – Within Reason

Recent research indicates that “it is better to make plans to fail intermittently – to splurge on occasional luxuries when saving for a house; to have a slice of chocolate cake when trying to shed a few pounds – than to end up failing anyway and getting so demoralised you give up your goal altogether.”

Edifice Complex: Hungary’s Leader Wants To Restore Imperial Buildings To Their Old Glory – And Displace The Museums In Them

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wants to return the seat of government to the old royal palace (tough luck for the National Gallery of Art), move the country’s highest court to its pre-war site across from Parliament, and turn Budapest’s largest park into a version of Berlin’s Museum Island.