LIFE IS GOOD...

Self-care. It’s a term you’ve likely heard many times before reading this article and probably will many times after. And after all, why shouldn’t it enter the common sphere? There’s something so human about wanting to reward yourself, to do something nice for yourself that only you can do. I know I’ve certainly used the word many times to justify staying home when I don’t want to go out, or eating a piece of chocolate when I’m really craving one. So much of popular culture revolves around negative self-talk that it can be difficult to be kind to yourself...

The best advice my therapist has ever given me is when she reminded me how powerful it can be to laugh at yourself. She probably didn’t phrase it exactly in those terms, but she’s constantly reminding me to look at life more lightly. Not everything is a dramatic moment. Not everything is a life or death matter. In fact, most of the time, life is pretty hilarious… At some point in their lives, everyone will have something irritating or frustrating happen to them. It’s just a fact of life. What matters is how you react to it...

As a self-proclaimed phone addict, there’s nothing more maddening than someone telling you to simply turn off your phone. Granted, there’s a million other more useful things you could be doing than scrolling through Instagram — but is there anything more aesthetically pleasing? Every now and then, it can be utterly relieving to turn off your phone and shut your computer screen, that blissful moment when there are no more notification sounds and no virtual world screaming at you to log back in. But...

The people who majored in ‘Creative Writing’ in college were the ones who everyone pegged to be journalists, newspaper editors, or novelists. But say you wanted to write and you didn’t get one of those degrees. All you know is that you love writing. Is it possible? Could you break into the writing industry without one of these prestigious certificates on your wall? What’s so magical about writing is that all you need is practice. Of course, a class here and there teaching you about structure, introductions and SEO wouldn’t go astray...

Do you start your day with a cup of coffee or by practicing yoga? Each person might answer differently depending on what kind of history you have with coffee or with yoga. Maybe you wake up and the first thing you do is settle down with a cup of coffee before speaking with anyone. Or maybe you wake up with a glass of lemon water and 10 sun salutations to start your day. Either way, you’ll wake up alert and ready to take on the day. But is one better than the other? While coffee is great, there are some drawbacks...

Why the sudden return? Considering the upcoming and past releases of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movies as well as the Cursed Child play opening on Broadway after a fantastic opening on the West End, the return isn’t really so sudden or unsurprising. Since Harry Potter’s entry into our world 20 years ago, the lives of readers everywhere were changed. With each successive movie and book release, the hype has gotten bigger. And the fan base has grown larger into something almost immeasurable...

There’s nothing more uncomfortable than realizing that you’re at the end of your rope. That feeling where you simply don’t want to do it anymore. But in fact, many of us won’t make it there. We prefer to coast to the very edge of falling into the burnout void, taking baby steps of self-care to bring us back to just beyond comfortable but not quite yet overwhelmed. There are so many articles on the internet discussing how to address burnout once it happens, but there aren’t very many that talk about how to handle it when you’re constantly floating around the edge...

As someone who can’t do the slightest bit of math without double-checking via Google, you might not peg me as someone who loves to read about abstract math theory. And yet it’s one of my favorite subjects to read about. The answer as to why is a bit more complicated than can be so easily summarised in one sentence. There is something fascinating about math theory. When all is said and done, math is a man-made concept. Derivatives and theorems are names and concepts that we created to make sense of the world...

Between the moments of waking up and reaching for a morning cup of coffee, it seems like a new trend is coming to the forefront in the wellness world. Whether it’s moon milk, counting macros or drinking a glass of cold lemon-infused water in the morning — there’s always something new on the horizon. And it’s always being covered. It could be said that the wellness world is a bit like a groupie, latching onto one new topic after another, never truly stopping to give its followers time to decide whether this new hip movement is worth the hype...

Like most things in life, the truth is often far less glamorous than the world would like you to believe. Take yoga. Most people’s exposure to yoga comes through Instagram, where they see photos of people gracefully holding a forearm stand or some equally challenging pose without any visible kind of effort. In reality, yoga is nowhere close to easy. When I first started practicing yoga in 2014, I wasn’t good in the slightest. I trembled in downward dog and my wrists hurt no matter how much I tried to fix my alignment...

I’ve always been a bit of an optimist. Broken computer? Hey, finally a chance to read. Less money during the month? What a great opportunity to get creative with food on a budget. Cat parenting is the kind of the opposite. I love my kitten and I’ve absolutely adored every second he’s lived in our house, but with each passing moment — I can feel that optimism turning into thoughts like ‘What’s he up to now?’ and ‘Padfoot… why is there that suspicious sound coming from the bathroom?’ This isn’t to say being a cat parent isn’t amazing...

I know I’m not alone when I say I love to learn. Place me in front of a book, the front of a classroom or in the audience of a documentary and I’m the happiest clam. Of course, now that school has, for most of us, come to an end — it can be hard to figure out exactly how to keep learning. For myself, I’ve always been a fan of studying and going to school but I know that for many, school wasn’t always the most fun of experiences. Luckily, learning has nothing to do with school! Well… it does in...