Having loving, supportive friends who care deeply about you is part of what makes your world go round.
It makes you feel loved and valued.
You thought you had that, but lately, you’ve been getting the feeling that what you actually have are friends who don’t care about you.
And it’s painful, to say the least.
Let’s take a look at possible reasons they don’t care, signs to look for, and what to do about it.
Doing special things with your significant other builds a stronger bond and draws you closer together.
Not only does it give you memories, but sucking the marrow out of life will make you wiser and kinder.
As such, we’ve curated a list of 101 unique bucket list ideas.
Our goal was to include options for all budgets.
So pour a drink, pull up a chair, and let’s take a magical carpet through our bucket list ideas for couples.
Are you wondering how to stay positive during pregnancy?
You’re not alone.
Yes, it’s a beautiful experience, but it can also be one of the most stressful, irritating, and uncomfortable times in your life.
But never fear: solutions abound.
Yes, a (semi) blissful pregnancy is possible if you cultivate a positive mindset.
We don’t expect you to deny the aches, pains, anxiety, and worries.
But applying a few tips and tricks — like implementing a pregnancy mantra — can elevate the experience.
If you are anything like me, you have a handful of life difficulties or minor problems lurking in your brain at any given point in time.
They can be minor irritants like computer problems or taxes due.
And then we have the biggies like coping with ailing parents, issues with our children, marriage problems, or job loss.
Most of the time we spend far more brain energy worrying about the issue than we do actually suffering from the reality of it.
In fact, for me, the worry alone causes more suffering than the problem itself.
Back in my twenties, shortly after my mother died, I had a close friend tell me she had been to a psychic.
During the meeting, she asked the psychic about me, and the woman said that my mom (now deceased) had a message for me.
The first message was funny, but as it turns out quite useful. She told me that my mom wanted me to stop wearing such high heels. They would cause bunions and foot pain later in life. That proved to be correct.
But the second message was far more useful and quite startling at the time. The message from my mom was to stop worrying so much.
Worrying doesn't do anything to make life better, and it would steal my joy.
I had been a chronic worrier, and although her beyond-the-grave admonition didn't change that immediately, it stuck with me.
At the time I didn't know you could control worry. I also didn't trust messages from dead people.
“You have zero chill. You need a hobby.”
If you’ve heard this before (or some variation thereof), you’re in the right place.
Everyone needs stress-relieving hobbies to counterbalance the anxieties of work and life.
That said, what’s calming for one person can be nerve-wracking or dull to someone else.
In the list below, we describe 21 hobbies that are good for anxiety.
Some will stand out for you (in a good way) more than others.
There’s a reason.