Two rickety planks of wood separated me and my only pair of underwear from the gaping maw of sheer terror. I tried to cling to the two slices of timber with my feet, my toes curling over inside my...
Clutter is a bane of my existence. I don’t do well when it’s around, and I take all necessary and reasonable steps to eradicate it if it arises. There is a reason behind my war on clutter: it stresses...
An increasingly alienating world that puts performance, quick satisfaction, competition and careers first sets us up to make a range of mistakes in our love life.
However, we also aren't born knowing it all; learning how to best be with...
If you’re a 20-something, I have a little news for you, and you won’t like what I have to say. You don’t know everything! I know, I know, it feels like you know everything, right? But 20 years from...
Have you been stuck in a rut lately? Maybe you’ve been following the same work-home-sleep-work routine for months or years, and you haven’t taken a vacation in a good long time. Perhaps there is a certain spot on the...
If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a soft spot for the shower. If I’m honest, it’s slightly addictive — I’ll step inside, intending to have a quick five-minute rinse, covering just the basics… then 15 minutes later I’m...
Movies and social media are particularly efficient at generating myths about what romance and sex are meant to be like, and what you should aspire to have. However, what's visually interesting and dramatic in a movie is likely to...
Every since the Internet became a home fixture, people have been crawling cyberspace in search of ways to earn a living, or at least make a few extra bucks. Growing up without the Internet has made the whole vast...
For many of us, our sense of wanderlust is far greater than our given circumstances allow for. Or perhaps you’ve never really felt the urge to travel the world — and you’re perfectly okay with that. Whether you lack...
Although the tragedy of natural disasters, like Hurricane Harvey, bring sadness and destruction, they also tend to bring out what is best in mankind — even in the cesspool of corporate America!
Such is the case with Walmart, a superstore...
