{"id":174463,"date":"2022-12-22T09:58:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=174463"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:43:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:43:03","slug":"the-best-of-the-art-of-manliness-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/blog\/best-of\/the-best-of-the-art-of-manliness-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best of the Art of Manliness: 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-174464\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/best-of-year2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/best-of-year2.jpg 725w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/best-of-year2-320x264.jpg 320w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/best-of-year2-640x527.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another great year here on the Art of Manliness has drawn to a close. We hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed all the articles and podcasts we&#8217;ve published the last twelve months. In case you missed some of our content, below you&#8217;ll find a rundown of what was most popular amongst it, as well as highlights of our personal favorites.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Articles<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>Most Popular Articles of the Year Based on Traffic<\/h2>\n<p>Seems like you guys like stuff about fitness and books! And cleaning out your dryer vent?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/fitness\/heavyhands-walking-workout\/\">The 1980s Walking Workout That Will Actually Get You in Shape<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/lifestyle\/homeownership\/8-low-tech-ways-to-strengthen-your-home-security\/\">8 Low-Tech Ways to Strengthen Your Home Security<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/featured\/15-things-every-man-should-have-in-his-desk\/\">15 Things Every Man Should Have in His Desk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/fitness\/how-long-does-it-take-to-put-on-muscle\/\">How Long Does It Take to Put on Muscle?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/health\/8-best-books-for-managing-depression\/\">Bibliotherapy: The 8 Best Books For Managing Depression<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/fitness\/zone-2-training\/\">A Guide to the Biggest Thing Missing From Your Fitness Routine: Zone 2 Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/improve-your-life-with-the-80-20-rule\/\">Improve Your Life With the 80\/20 Rule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/program-review\/the-insanely-difficult-standards-of-historys-hardest-p-e-program\/\">The Insanely Difficult Standards of History\u2019s Hardest P.E. Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/skills\/how-to\/how-to-clean-out-your-dryer-vent\/\">How to Clean Out Your Dryer Vent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/living\/reading\/the-5-best-hardboiled-detective-novels\/\">The 5 Best Hardboiled Detective Novels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/featured\/disenchant-your-bad-habits\/\">Disenchant Your Bad Habits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/living\/reading\/the-great-conversation-philosophy-textbook\/\">The Philosophy Textbook Every Man Should Own<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/fitness\/the-biggest-benefit-of-exercising-in-the-cold\/\">The Biggest Benefit of Exercising Outside in the Winter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/living\/reading\/the-8-best-vintage-self-improvement-books\/\">The 8 Best Vintage Self-Improvement Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Our Personal Picks<\/h2>\n<p>(Some of the most popular above would be included in this list as well):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/featured\/a-counterintuitive-cure-for-burnout\/\">A Counterintuitive Cure for Burnout<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/behavior\/autofocus-the-productivity-system-that-treats-your-to-do-list-like-a-river\/\">Autofocus: The Productivity System That Treats Your To-Do List Like a River<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/health\/an-argument-for-making-exercise-not-diet-the-foundation-of-weight-management\/\">An Argument for Making Exercise (Not Diet) the Foundation of Weight Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/featured\/the-5-characteristics-of-highly-dysfunctional-groups\/\">The 5 Characteristics of Highly Dysfunctional Groups<\/a> + <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/featured\/becoming-a-well-differentiated-leader\/\">Becoming a Well-Differentiated Leader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/fitness\/the-importance-of-having-a-physical-identity\/\">The Importance of Having a Physical Identity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/featured\/ambivalent-relationships\/\">Why Ambivalent Relationships Are Terrible for You (And How to Deal With Them)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/featured\/true-comradeship\/\">True Comradeship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/behavior\/what-is-envy\/\">An Intro to Envy<\/a> + <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/behavior\/envy-ressentiment-and-the-inversion-of-values\/\">Envy, Ressentiment, and the Inversion of Values<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/health\/could-physical-activity-be-the-solution-to-almost-everything\/\">Could Physical Activity Be the Solution to . . . (Almost) Everything?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/skills\/manly-know-how\/how-to-see-better-in-the-dark\/\">How to See Better in the Dark<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/tienes-ganas\/\">\u00bfTienes Ganas?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/featured\/the-pyramid-of-leisure\/\">The Pyramid of Leisure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sunday Firesides Favorites<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/sunday-firesides-look-into-the-tomb\/\">Look Into the Tomb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/people\/relationships\/sunday-firesides-are-we-the-prudes\/\">Are We the Prudes?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/knowledge-of-men\/sunday-firesides-the-were-not-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket-fallacy\/\">The We\u2019re NOT Going to Hell in a Handbasket Fallacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/sunday-firesides-develop-a-metabolically-flexible-psyche\/\">Develop a Metabolically Flexible Psyche<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/behavior\/sunday-firesides-distraction-expands-to-fill-the-void-available\/\">Distraction Expands to Fill the Void Available<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/sunday-firesides-you-already-know\/\">You Already Know<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/people\/sunday-firesides-we-need-to-make-adulthood-more-desirable\/\">We Need to Make Adulthood More Desirable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/sunday-firesides-what-feels-like-stress-is\/\">What Feels Like Stress Is . . .<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/sunday-firesides-there-is-no-other-layer-to-life\/\">There Is No Other Layer to Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/feed-your-individuality-on-non-regurgitated-food\/\">Feed Your Individuality on Non-Regurgitated Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/sunday-firesides-you-are-a-sojourner\/\">You Are a Sojourner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/sunday-firesides-boredom-is-evil\/\">Boredom Is Evil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/sunday-firesides-mans-last-great-conquest-himself\/\">Man\u2019s Last Great Conquest \u2014 Himself<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Podcast<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>Most Popular Podcasts of the Year Based on Listens<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/the-life-were-looking-for-podcast\/\">The Life We\u2019re Looking For<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/fitness\/podcast-767-fat-loss-made-simple\/\">Fat Loss Made Simple<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/podcast-825-tactics-and-mindset-shifts-for-making-the-most-of-life\/\">Tactics and Mindset Shifts for Making the Most of Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/people\/fatherhood\/how-to-turn-a-boy-into-a-man\/\">How to Turn a Boy Into a Man<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/habits\/anxiety-is-a-habit-podcast\/\">Anxiety Is a Habit \u2014 Here\u2019s How to Break It<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/style\/outfit-guide\/developing-your-personal-uniform-podcast\/\">Developing Your Personal Uniform<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/lifestyle\/homeownership\/declutter-downsize-podcast\/\">Declutter, Downsize, and Move Forward With Your Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/people\/relationships\/how-long-does-it-take-to-make-friends-podcast\/\">How Long Does It Take to Make Friends (And How Does That Process Work, Anyway)?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/podcast-776-how-to-shift-out-of-the-midlife-malaise\/\">How to Shift Out of the Midlife Malaise<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/behavior\/the-new-science-of-narcissism\/\">The New Science of Narcissism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/good-life-method\/\">Philosophical Tools for Living the Good Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/behavior\/monotasking-podcast\/\">Become a Focused Monotasker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/people\/relationships\/a-playbook-for-modern-dating-podcast\/\">A Playbook for Modern Dating<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Our Personal 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