There are two things that come with cooking: good food and a mess to clean up. For every baking project, every dinner party, even every one-pot meal made for you and you alone, there are also splatters and spills and stray ingredients in strange corners of your stove. Sure, it would be nice if the …
Did your parents raise you well and teach you excellent manners? Do you say “please” and “thank you,” and avoid putting your elbows on the table? Well done! But are you overdoing it? Here are a few well-intentioned habits that may seem polite on the surface but can easily cause offense.
Our culture is constantly encouraging contact — a packed social life, a busy work life, joining clubs and groups for your résumé… It seems like being extremely busy has become aspirational, something that’s applauded rather than looked at with skepticism. But there are some things about this mindset that can be harmful. When you’re so …
Everyone knows how great laughter is. It curbs stress, banishes depression, slashes your blood pressure, firms up your immune system, and even, according to new research, burns calories. But if you want to reap all of these healthy-living benefits, you needn’t load up a series of hilarious YouTube videos or book tickets to a comedy …
It doesn’t matter if you come from the north, south, east, or west or somewhere else in the world completely, all small towns are virtually the same. For me, growing up in a town in Ohio with about 8,500 people was my normal. It wasn’t until I left and moved from one big city to …
Everyone wants to live their best possible life—that’s for certain. But actually figuring out how to do that? Well, that’s a little tougher. The truth is, while big, sweeping changes certainly have the power to revamp your quality of life, the smaller, more sustainable actions and hacks can help you better enjoy your day-to-day—and they …
