We live in an age of excitement and expectation. The internet is filled with inspiring stories of people doing amazing things across the globe. And many of us believe that our own lives can…

In today’s culture, bigger is often equated with better. There’s a constant pressure in nearly every area of life to strive for more, accumulate more, and push yourself to achieve greater things—in the name…

If you’re in the market for a new home, or simply love being around buildings with more character, you may have stumbled upon a fact that surprises you: new homes are less interesting than…

In our modern lives, subscriptions have become more and more prevalent. What started out as a few magazine and newspaper subscriptions has grown into everything being available as a subscription. A subscription promises to…

I don’t know about you, but food has always been strongly tied to my emotions and memories. So many positive experiences in my life have been with family and friends around a table or…

I have a theory that most of us underestimate the effects of stress in our lives. Not only the ways it affects our mental health and emotional stability, but also how it can lead…

Some transformations happen in an instant, but others unfold more quietly behind the scenes. For example, I think many people in our modern world are waking up to the idea that the fast-paced consumerism…

In a world that’s constantly racing towards the next big thing, the art of fixing what is broken is slowly fading away. It’s not just a matter of nostalgia; it’s a reflection of values…

As a young boy, I remember my mom would do a huge spring cleaning every April. My job was to wipe down our baseboards with Pine-Sol and a damp rag. As I lunged and…

Tough times are relative. The world today is a much more comfortable place to live than 50 or 100 years ago— no question about that. But each generation has its own share of struggles,…

In America, we have a standard of living that would have been unimaginable a few generations back. Even those on the lower end of the income spectrum have access to the latest technology, affordable…

What if being called lazy was sometimes a compliment? Many definitions of lazy would probably include someone who takes the easy way out of a task, or someone who looks for shortcuts. But I’d…