Put This On Your Skin Every Day For Fewer Wrinkles
It’s fair to say that all of us want younger looking skin. As we age, the supple skin of our youth begins to lose its elasticity, with the resultant wrinkles a testament to our advancing years. Because no one is immune to wrinkles, it’s a multi-billion dollar industry. Cosmetic companies continue to cash in big time on this lucrative...
10 Inspiring Benefits Of Self-Employment
I have been working from home as a freelance writer for just under five years now. I love every minute of it, and I wouldn’t change a thing. Before I started working from home, I worked in various offices, in the areas of marketing, communication and law. While I had good experiences in these offices, learned a lot and...
Amazing Things Bees Can Teach Us About Health, Happiness And Life
Honey has long been used as a symbol for wisdom and spiritual insight. Expressions like “the nectar of the gods” and “honeymoon” illustrate that the syrup bees manufacture is closely associated with both divine knowledge and romantic bliss. It’s no accident that we frequently call our loved ones “honey” or that idyllic and heavenly places are referred to as...
What Loss, Ireland And Van Morrison Taught Me About Carpe Diem
Carpe diem. The words seemed to echo in my soul the first time I heard them as a young college student. The expression has been translated various ways, but essentially the motto means to pluck the moment or seize the day. It’s a call to throw caution to the wind, live life to fullest and make the most of...
5 Things The Death Of My Best Friend Taught Me About Life
On July 6, 2015, I awoke to a phone call alerting me that my best friend of 17 years had been killed. The details were spotty: there had been a boating accident roughly 36 hours prior on a lake in North Carolina. Jenna had been killed along with her uncle. Her cousin and boyfriend, also on the boat, were...
5 Ways To Cure Food Poisoning Without Going To The Doctor
We’ve all been there. A tasty meal at a restaurant, an enjoyable night out, but then you get home and your stomach takes a turn for the worse. Intense stomach cramps. Vomiting. Diarrhea. Aches and chills. Yours is just one of the estimated 37 million cases of food poisoning that take place within the United States every year. But the...
Stop Planning For Retirement And Do This Instead
There are certain preordained milestones in our lives that mark the end of one era and the beginning of another. That nerve-wracking first day at school. The liberating moment when you can legally become intoxicated (and most likely bring it all up at the end of the night). Getting married. Having your first kid. Going through that stereotypical "mid...
15 Signs Your Body Desperately Needs A Detox (And What To Do)
Up until recently, I always rolled my eyes whenever I heard someone talking about going on a “detox.” Many of the people who loudly announce their impending detox do so not because they know it’ll be good for them, but because it’s fashionable. I’d seen far too many posers making such announcements, and heard of far too many cases...
5 Reasons I Gave My Desk A Minimalist Makeover
If you looked at my desk right now, you would find my monitor, keyboard and mouse, along with a coffee cup, a water cup and my speakers. That’s it. I work from home, and organize all of my work on my computer, so that’s all I need. I used to work in offices, and while some of them required...
12 Things To Do When You’re Stuck At The Airport
Getting stuck at the airport is the closest example we humans have for the concept of purgatory. Having to wait an hour or two between flights is bad enough — when you have to be there for over four hours, or overnight, things can get hairy. I’ve been there. My record longest airport wait time was around 24 hours...
