When it comes to making it through day to day life, many people are feeling overwhelmed. Polls have found that employee stress levels are at all time highs, and people’s levels of fatigue have risen dramatically since before the pandemic. When life is rough, we often fantasize about big things…

After a two year slump, this past summer has — thankfully — featured the full complement of receptions, ceremonies, and parties. Many summer events happen outside. …

As I’m writing this, my kids are still two weeks away from starting school. Two weeks is a lot of time. …

I’m editing this essay on an airplane. We are somewhere between Philadelphia and Tampa right now, and while it is not a long flight, to be honest, I’d like it to be over. My first flight to Tampa was canceled so the travel process has already felt epic. I’d like…

Actor Tom Cruise became a household name in the mid-1980s with the movies Risky Business and Top Gun. …

We all know someone who really struggles with time. Perhaps this person can’t figure out what to spend time on, so things get done at the last minute or don’t get done at all. …

My kids, like most kids, love their screens. Who can blame them? YouTube offers up videos on anything under the sun, to say nothing of the possibilities offered by Minecraft, Fortnite, and so forth. In the past I’ve tried setting daily hour limits, but it always felt like a huge…

Back when I was a kid, summer camp was often one of the highlights of my year. I went to different kinds — outdoorsy, artsy, academic — but regardless, something about the experience just seemed more fun than normal life. I felt more engaged and challenged. …

Working on vacation seems to be a contradiction. If you’re working, you’re not really on vacation, right? And certainly, if you work in a traditional on-location job, you are entitled to your time off. But for some of us, the lines between work and vacation can be blurry. Many remote…