Screen Time Satisfaction: 3 More Creative Ways to Scroll
Every Sunday morning, a notification pops up on my phone alerting me of how many hours and minutes I’ve spent using the device that week.…
September Resolutions: Setting Goals for the Other “New Year”
It’s been five years since I completed graduate school, and I have no plans to re-enter student life anytime soon, but I can’t seem to…
How to Politely Stop a Conversation
One of my favorite aspects of airports, parks, and shopping malls is the opportunity that these venues offer for people-watching, and similarly, one of my…
Thoughtful Thrifting: 5 Good Reasons to Shop Secondhand
I still remember stepping out of the car and looking furtively around the parking lot, squinting in the sunlight and with the full throttle of…
“You’re Not Special”: What I’ve Learned from Anna Delvey
I enjoy a good scam story as much as the next person, so when the Netflix series “Inventing Anna” — which chronicles a fictionalized version of…
Embrace Inconvenience: The Lesson That Helps Me Step Out of My Comfort Zone
A year or two ago, I heard something on a podcast that I continue to think about from time to time. A listener left a…
How I’m Setting Myself Up for a Super Summer
I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that my days of three-month summer vacations are behind me. But, never one to glorify the…
3 Rituals That Take Reading to the Next Level
For one reason or another, I love setting creative standards for various aspects of my life. My criteria for a five-star recipe: healthy, delicious, inexpensive,…
Giving Up and Giving Away: Two Sides of the Lenten Coin
When I consider Lent, the first question that comes to mind is “what should I give up?” Though abstaining from meat, chocolate, alcohol or one…
How Watching Others Lead Helped My Career
Recently, I attended the kick-off meeting for a new Catholic young adult social group in my county. It’s the type of event that I often…