Reframing New Year’s Resolutions: Choosing a Word, Quote, and Quest for the Year
The beginning of a new year is a great time to consider where we are in life, what matters to us, and where we want…
Cheers! How to Say Grace, Give a Toast, and Offer a Blessing
My in-laws have a lovely meal-time tradition in which the family gathers around the kitchen island before dinner and the oldest grandchild, who is 4-and-a-half,…
How to Be a Good Houseguest
An optimist by nature, there are a handful of things that I consistently overestimate. I put twice as many items on my to-do list as…
Life Hack: Look for the Simple Fix Rather Than the Drastic Change
When I graduated from college, one of my aunts gifted me the sewing machine that she received as a high school graduation present. If people…
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…