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  Watch the news, they say. It will keep you updated on world events. It  will keep you well-informed. Instead, all that following news has done is make you feel overly-stressed  out and informed about the things you didn’t want to know in the first  place. Did you really want to know that a woman lost her purse in the food court? Or a dog pooped on the jogging track? Not to mention, news reporters occasionally exaggerate and dramatize events  to make them more than what they actually are. For example, they will  report on a catastrophic event that could end the world. Only the asteroid  misses the earth and we later find out that it was nowhere near our planet  in the first place. No wonder many call reading the news “doom-scrolling”. Following  the news is rarely informative and is mostly stress-inducing. Here are the TOP 10 Reasons Why You Should Avoid the News 1) Ignorance is Bliss  Yes, there is much going on now. In your home,...

Have you ever looked at something and thought, "Why is this still a thing?" I’m talking about the baffling, outdated, or downright annoying things that refuse to disappear—like fax machines, mile-long receipts, and the dreaded “Reply All” email chain.  We live in an age of AI, self-driving cars, and space tourism, yet somehow, we’re still dealing with broken shopping cart wheels and streaming services that charge extra but still show ads. It’s time to call out these relics of frustration and ask the big question: Seriously, why is this still a thing? 1) Non-skip Intro I've already watched the intro once and know and appreciate the cast and crew that worked on the show. But the last episode ended on a cliffhanger, and I really want to know what happens next! Not all streaming services have the skip intro button, and it can get annoying. I have to watch the two-minute intro before the episode finally starts. Besides, I'm on episode nine and know the theme music by heart...

  Do you always find yourself sitting down rather than standing up?  No, this is not talking about you sitting while you’re working or eating or even watching TV.  This is a different kind of ‘standing’ up, the one that so many of us are afraid to do because there are a lot of factors involved. Some of these factors include you too afraid to say something that could get you fired, or lose an important relationship. Since we are always worried about the consequences of us being assertive, somewhere along the way, we learn to give up on self-respect and self-protection.  It seems safer to keep quiet.  But what if you find out one day that you no have lost your self-worth and that you keep quiet so often that you’re taking more hits than you should have allowed. And now anyone says anything they want and gets away with it, leaving you tongue-tied and at a loss of words.  Realization hits. You’ve forgotten to voice your beliefs and found that you can no longer ...

  Let's face it: Your New Year’s resolutions have already collapsed, your enthusiasm for the new year has vanished, and the universe is throwing lemons at your face instead of handing them to you to make lemonade. If this year is already shaping up to be a disaster, don’t worry—you’ve still got ten months to begrudgingly endure it. Here’s how to survive the madness with your sanity (mostly) intact. 1. Lower Your Expectations (No, Lower… Even Lower) Remember how you thought this would be your year and time to shine?  How adorable! Now let’s bring those expectations down. No, lower. Keep going. There it is—just aim for “Didn’t Completely Fall Apart,” and you’re golden. 2. Take Life One Day (or One Snack) at a Time Are you thinking about surviving the entire year? Overwhelming.  The whole month? Still too much. Break it down into tiny pieces: just survive the day. If that’s still too hard, just make it to your next snack break. From snacks to snacks, you can make it through ...