Why It’s Worth Reading the Newspaper Again
When I was a senior in college, I read the newspaper cover to cover every single day for a year. At 11:00 AM, I took myself to the Dunkin’ Donuts on the URI campus, ordered a bagel with cream cheese and black coffee, and cosplayed a retired man with nothing to do in the middle […]
How to Get Through a Difficult Time
Happiness is a lot like troubles: It comes from within.
How to Find More Quiet in Daily Life
Instead of seeing silence as some frightening void I must rush to clog up, I savor it. More than that, I savor the daydreams and reflections to which only silence can send me.
Memoirs to Remind You What’s Possible
Get a peek into someone else’s story to remind you that life doesn’t have to be linear and there are many different ways to build yours.
How to Put Yourself Out There
Nobody is going to knock on your door and hand you the life you want. You have to put yourself out there and become an active player in your own life.
7 Ethical Tea Companies for Fair Trade Tea Bags & Organic Tea
Not to be a bummer, but even a seemingly harmless cup of tea is steeped in big business, environmental desolation, and capitalist exploitation.
Best Tea for Non Tea Drinkers
Your guide to finding the best tea for non tea drinkers.
14 (Easy) Classic Books for When You Need a Little Perspective
Classic literature reminds me that my life is manageable: Others have cried before me, loved before me, grown, and died before me. Whatever I am facing now, I, too, will come out the other side.