Here’s a cute story: A man took his two sons (a six-year-old and a four-year old) to a holiday party where the great Saint Nick would be handing out gifts. The instructions, though, asked the parents to bring their own gifts. So, the parent brought a couple of wrapped boxes containing [...]

Welcome to Holiday-Palooza! Yes, we are now entering the crazy month of December. One of the best annual traditions of this month is the time-honored ritual of baking cookies. In fact, this week, December 1 – 7 is National Cookie Cutter Week. That’s a week-long celebration of cookie cutters (like those [...]

“Why are you smiling like that?” “I just like it. Smiling’s my favorite.” - Buddy the Elf November’s coming to a close. You might now be realizing that Christmas is just 26 days away, and there’s not much time left to prepare. As December progresses, stress might start to pile up [...]

If you’re a procrastinator, it might not be your fault. Many folks in the psychology world believe that procrastinators have a skewed perception of time - they genuinely believe they have more time than they do. Or the procrastinator thinks that the task they need to do will take less time [...]

I know, I know. 2020 statistically has not given us a whole lot to be thankful for. I’m not here to convince you that everything’s perfect, because it is far from it. But, as you sit six feet apart at the dinner table thinking about the giant mess that has been [...]

You must have heard the stories by now. Warriors of social injustice, riding in on an imaginary steed to give hell to whoever crosses their path and wrongs them. They are called "Karens" on the internet - a name that evokes not only fear, but also disdain. But what exactly makes [...]

Commercials are the worst. And so manipulative. We’ve all seen those ones where the color scheme is grey and drab looking. The subject (the most uncool person in the world) is sitting by themselves looking with hangdog eyes at the group of WAY more interesting and successful people who are having [...]

If you’ve gone out for a cup of joe at any point within the last 10 years, you’ll have noticed something. Coffee shops tend to cycle out flavor additives to their coffee and snack offerings. In September and October, you get the iconic pumpkin spice flavor. It’s not just coffee chains, [...]

Bad advice surrounds us. You only have to look at Facebook for five minutes to get bombarded with it - have you noticed that? You can’t take anything at face value anymore. I find that the most common pieces of bad advice (and some of the most harmful!) surround what we [...]

I think we’ve all experienced this. I call it pandemic incompatibility. For the vigilant: you might have a friend or relative that doesn’t seem to care that we are in a pandemic. They might be having parties, or not wearing a mask when they can’t stay 6 feet away from people. [...]