For the better part of three years, I had chronically chapped lips. Not just a little dry — I’m talking about lips that were constantly cracking, peeling, sometimes bleeding, and always uncomfor...
Three years ago, I looked at my bank statement and felt a wave of nausea. I was making a decent salary, but my savings account had less in it than when I\'d started the year. Where was all the money go...
A couple of years ago, I was driving home on the highway when my car started pulling to the right. At first I blamed a crosswind. But the pulling got worse...
Let me be completely honest with you: I am a lazy person when it comes to skincare. There, I said it. When I see those influencers posting their 12-step morning routines and 15-step evening routines, ...
For most of my adult life, mornings were something I survived, not something I enjoyed. I\'d hit snooze four times, drag myself out of bed at the last possible second, stumble through a chaotic rush of...
I used to be that person who scribbled passwords on sticky notes and tucked them behind my monitor. I know — it sounds ridiculous now — but back then I figured if someone wanted my Netflix password ba...
I buy bananas almost every week. They a…
A few months ago, I gave a coworker a ride home. When she got in my car, I saw her subtly brush crumbs off the passenger seat and try to discreetly wipe something sticky from the door handle. I wanted...
There was a period of about six months where I averaged maybe four hours of sleep a night. I\'d lie in bed for hours, staring at the ceiling, my mind racing through tomorrow\'s to-do list, random conver...
About a year ago, I decided I wanted to cut back on plastic wrap in my kitchen. I was going through rolls of it every month, and every time I peeled off a sheet, I felt a twinge of guilt knowing it wo...