7 Types of Recreation and Ways to Get the One You Need
For a long time, our default answer to the question “How are you?” was “okay” or some variation of it. But in the past few […]
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For a long time, our default answer to the question “How are you?” was “okay” or some variation of it. But in the past few […]
Continue reading »Even as the pandemic wanes ( sort of – get vaccinated! ) And we mirror the political struggles of 2020 in the mirror of the […]
Continue reading »Whether you’re reaching out to a group of people at work or having a one-on-one conversation with a friend, you need to fight for their […]
Continue reading »Girls ‘and Boy Scouts’ jobs look great when going to college, and the lessons tend to live with you forever. I climbed the rankings for […]
Continue reading »There has never been a shortage of group fitness fashion trends – from TaeBo to zumba to pole dancing and everything in between. However, there […]
Continue reading »For most of my life, my name was pronounced incorrectly or with errors, apparently by everyone who was not familiar with its cultural significance. Often […]
Continue reading »They say that we laugh less with age . Sometimes it is our changing values that change how funny we find it, or the break […]
Continue reading »The global pandemic is probably considered one of the worst conditions for hone creativity. Contrary to what the bravest of us may have argued in […]
Continue reading »Morning routines are an important way to start your day and increase your productivity. We talk a lot about productivity here , and for good […]
Continue reading »Feeling anxious? Even if this moment does not bother you, chances are good that at some point in the Year of Pandemic you will feel […]
Continue reading »This is a challenging time for optimism. Back in March and April – when most people were just beginning to realize the scale of the […]
Continue reading »Exercise during a pandemic is a good and healthy use of your time. Playing sports while watching your favorite shows is an even more efficient […]
Continue reading »I woke up this morning and suddenly realized that today I have another play night scheduled with my friends. This is what our quarantine lives […]
Continue reading »When Christa signed up for the Science of Happiness course at UC Berkeley, she didn’t know what to expect. The closest she has done before […]
Continue reading »Until recently, I have not finished reading the book since the end of January. In that sense, I’m not unusual – a 2018 Pew Research […]
Continue reading »Not a day goes by that I don’t see friends turn against each other, stupid relatives or people they knew, and the rest of us […]
Continue reading »There is a quote from Kurt Vonnegut that I often relied on in 2020, taken from his 1969 novel Slaughterhouse 5 , this strange sci-fi […]
Continue reading »After spending a couple of months in isolation, I started looking for ways to improve our living space in small ways. If I will have […]
Continue reading »Growing up, my family used the slightest achievement as reason enough to go to a festive dinner. Maybe it was just a cover for my […]
Continue reading »Just because you’re at home with your partner, children, or pets all the time doesn’t mean that you’re better off spending time with each other. […]
Continue reading »For some reason, I held on to my last nonstick skillet for 12 years. I bought it in Florida, moved it to Portland, and took […]
Continue reading »Times are tough. Unemployment is off the charts; schools cannot decide how to open safely or whether to open at all; We did so badly […]
Continue reading »If you haven’t worked from home before covid, chances are good that you will now, and you may be tired of looking at the interior […]
Continue reading »The birds are beautiful and fun to watch, and if you are lazy, you don’t even need to leave your house to see them. Imagine […]
Continue reading »If you’ve always dreamed of becoming a gymnast, or putting gymnastics at the top of your list of your favorite Olympic sports, the good news […]
Continue reading »If you’ve been thinking about writing a novel, writing a play, keeping a diary, or simply keeping a record of what you’ve experienced during this […]
Continue reading »If you’ve ever tried to upload a panoramic image to Instagram – or, to be honest, any interesting horizontal image – then you’ve probably run […]
Continue reading »I’m not saying I’ll be the next Deadmau5, but the new Citizen DJ web app from the Library of Congress is great to play with […]
Continue reading »If you are spending some time at home to learn how to draw, Disney Parks has several videos to help you. The How To Draw […]
Continue reading »If you’ve spent your time socially distancing to work on your photography skills, now you have a few more ways to do it. Last weekend, […]
Continue reading »If you’re in the middle of a NaNoWriMo draft and feel like your novel lacks those sensory details that other writers seem to naturally include […]
Continue reading »Work-life balance for creative people is more like work, work and life. You must make time for both your work and non-work responsibilities, plus time […]
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