How Marie Kondo Might Clean Up The DC Swamp
The more I watched, the more I became convinced that Marie Kondo is the hero we need to declutter the giant, oppressive mess we’ve made of the U.S. government.
58 New Year’s Resolutions That Don’t Involve Dieting Or Exercising
It’s that time to commit to a new year’s resolution. Rather than resort to the go-to pledges of years past, such as dieting and working out, here are 58 fresh ideas.
Why You Shouldn’t Make New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s resolutions are a polite conversation piece while at a party with friends and family. It is a bunch of worthless empty talk, and the worst sort of virtue signaling possible.
How To Start Organizing Your Life With A Bullet Journal
I am the most disorganized person alive. Of all of the personal organization methods I’ve tried out, the bullet journal works best for me.
5 Things Thanksgiving Can Teach Us About Living Better All Year Long
The quintessential Thanksgiving image of friends and family gathered around a beautifully set table represents something that many no longer experience regularly yet still deeply crave.
How To Shop Second-Hand Without Wasting Time Or Money
Here’s what I learned from my mom, the garage sale queen. She knows how to find beauty in things that others no longer want.
Household Labor Is Only Degrading When You Don’t Do Your Own
As long as we continue to stigmatize household labor such as cleaning and child care, we stigmatize those to whom it falls by unavoidable extension.
10 Reasons I Still Keep A Clean House Despite Everyone Insisting It’s Stupid
It’s not that I believe plungers are more important than people, but I do think keeping a clean house best serves the mortals—big and small—that I love.
Take These 5 Steps To Better Relationships In The New Year
I have learned a particularly effective strategy that many therapists also use to help clients work through their emotional and relationship struggles.
15 Ways To Beat The Post-Christmas Winter Blahs
With a few simple household items, you have at your tongue-tip a never-ending response to the ‘I’m bored’ refrain. After all, necessity is the mother of invention.
The Man’s Guide To Wrapping Christmas Presents
Learn to be the king of wrap. There is none higher. Sucker present-wrappers will call you sire.
6 Ways To Give Great Christmas Gifts While On A Tight Budget
Your family and friends know you’re working on a budget so they’ll understand. If you put time and thought into your gift, it’ll show.
Don’t Shame The Unsung Heroism Of My Fake Christmas Tree
In times of turbulence and chaos, fake Christmas trees remain the same. They’re like the Rock of Gibraltar, if the Rock of Gibraltar were a manufactured petroleum product.
Don’t Let Chip And Joanna Gaines Destroy Your Marriage
The number of marriages Chip and Joanna Gaines have ruined with their happiness and success is probably incalculable at this point.
Here’s What To Do When People Like Ted Cruz Disappoint You
Rather than sinking into despair, here are proactive ways to channel life’s inevitable disappointments.
How To Navigate Tricky Conversations In 8 Easy Steps
Putting relationships over winning arguments may feel weak, but it is really valuing the humanity in the other person.
10 Tips For Photographing Your Children
You don’t have to be a professional to get high-quality images of your favorite subjects.
Forget Politics. Here Are 8 Ways To Improve Your Life Today
Like most Americans, I am too inclined to look to government or the election of a single candidate to enhance my situation when it would be far more productive to improve my life myself.
Marie Kondo’s Teleology Of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo’s cleaning methods are not aimed at wealthy, childless people. They’re for dealing with the psychology of stuff—Aristotle-like.
Millennials Still Need Speed
Most millenials have lost all mechanical ability. But under the surface, there’s a subtle renaissance of responsibility reemerging.
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