We live in a self-help society. Books, videos, websites, and podcasts that promise beneficial advice and self-help methods and philosophies flood our media. In fact, according to Market Research, the self-improvement market was worth $9.9 billion back in 2016 and was...
Christmas has once again come and gone, and the decorations are starting to come down if they haven’t all been put away already. The new year is getting going, and the winter weather is encouraging a great deal of indoor time. But it’s also quite likely that, for some...
Everyone loves to celebrate, and one of the best ways to do that is with a party. Christmas parties are an age-old tradition that has never grown old. Whether it’s the often stilted or crazy office Christmas party, or simply an annual get-together of friends and...
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; For most of us, Christmas would not be complete without...
In spite of the decorations, the music, the favorite Christmas movies, and animated specials, despite all the trappings that make the holidays so special, the giving and receiving of holiday gifts is at the heart of it all. Our modern, or fairly modern, version of...
Over the years, it seems that Black Friday and the majority of the holiday shopping season has gotten a fairly bad rap, as they say. Apocryphal tales of fistfights between suburban moms and crushing crowds and missed deals, and on and on. For many, the thought of...
