As a child, what adult roles did you dream about?
Years ago, boys often wanted to be firemen and policemen while girls frequently aimed at nursing or teaching in addition to being a mom. Since more types of work became more available to both sexes, today’s girls may be the ones who want to fight fires [...]

Did you ever have one of those days with your children where you just wish you could hit the restart button? Start the day over and this time avoid all the chaos or bad moods? We’ve all experienced those times when the children are just a little out of control, a little louder than [...]

“We lift ourselves by our thought. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always everywhere.”
–Orison Sweet Marden, 1850-1924, Author and Founder of Success Magazine
How do you see yourself in your [...]

On September 21st, 1938, thousands of residents of the small coastal towns of Connecticut were going about their daily routine without any knowledge a massive storm heading their way. At the time, storms were tracked using barometric readings and educated guesses based on previous storms and results. The storm was originally on a path of [...]

Honestly assessing your writing temperament can help you be more productive; you’ll learn to work with your natural strengths and navigate around the spots that give you trouble. We continue in our exploration of the most common types of temperaments (and you may see yourself in more than one) with a look at “The Island.”
The [...]

The English language, like mathematics, has rules that make your message clear and understandable. In today’s era of e-mail and text communications, some may feel the rules of communication are largely unimportant as long as one gets the message across. But we know from verbal communication that how one says something is often as important, [...]

The number one problem most freelancers have is that their income is inconsistent. This makes it hard to plan. As a freelancer with some financial savvy, I’ve noticed some things that have helped me keep the debt monster at bay.
NOTE: Notice I wrote “at bay”; I haven’t completed escaped him, but he’s not an all-consuming [...]

The British population have been locked in a not so bitter dispute on a daily basis for many generations over how to brew a perfect cuppa. Kitchens around the country, in homes and in offices, have duels with teaspoons, using teapots as shields over whether bag removal precedes milk addition. The finer points of how [...]

Hopefully, single adults with children will talk about the issues of co-parenting and blending a family before they try it. Raising children together involves values, parenting and discipline styles, religion and ethnic traditions, which must be understood and agreed upon by the parents.

Feeling stressed lately? Too many to-do’s on your to-do list? If you are doing too much for too many people, you must eliminate some of the stress in your life. Start by eliminating the responsibilities that do not directly contribute to the top three goals in your life.