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How to Make a Tough Decision Without Having Your Head Explode

How many decisions do you make in a day? A dozen? A hundred? A thousand? There are so many little things to consider: Should I get up now or hit the snooze button again? Should I pack a healthy lunch or grab something at the sandwich shop? Does the weather seem nice enough for a…

How to Travel Like a Rich Bitch

Oh, hello, dah-ling! Do come in, won’t you? Can I offer you some tea? I just got back from Manhattan—I’m quite the jetsetter, you know. My trip was simply divine, and I’m just dying to share with you my tips for staying sane while away from your mansions and butlers. Follow my lead, and you’ll…

5 Situations Where “Good Enough” Is Enough

At some point or another, we all get caught up in perfection. We’re so engrossed with the idea of doing something perfectly that we don’t enjoy ourselves, or worse yet, may never finish what we set out to do! Now, take a deep breath and relax….I’m here to give you permission to do a “good…

3 Ways to Avoid Falling Off the Face of the Earth

“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”–Mark Twain Last fall, this blog went through a lot changes. A 2-week break to move and settle into my new home in real life turned into almost a month and a half of no updates on my blog. I was using that time to decompress from…

3 Questions to Help You Establish a Productive Morning Routine

beep! beep! beep! beep! beep! beep! Do you ever feel like smashing your alarm clock into little pieces? Do you feel like that most days? Sometimes it’s hard for me to get out of bed in the morning. I think my lack of get-up-and-go spirit is the result of several factors: I didn’t do the…

How to Stay Sweet in a Sour World

“You’re always so happy.” I get that a lot, and it’s true. I am happy…much happier than most people I know. These days, it’s unusual to find someone whose baseline is happiness. What I mean by baseline is the most common state the person is in. If you walked into your coworker’s office without knocking…

Lessons From the Farmers Market

On the weekends, Chris and I like to go to the farmers market on the Embarcadero by the Ferry Building. I’m always finding something new to try. Have you ever eaten a pluot? I’d never seen them before moving to California (they’re a cross between a plum and an apricot). Pluots are absolutely delicious, fresh,…