If you are a human person then you know that having cold hands is no fun at all.
And sometimes it can be excruciatingly painful.
Even when we are engaged in extreme outdoor sports and our body temperatures are through the roof, our poor little fingers can still be frozen solid.
Luckily for us, some smart people have come up with the solution. So, stay tuned as we walk you through the best heated gloves available.
I once thought you were either funny or you were not.
Either you have the personality and natural wit to make people laugh, or you were just one of the crowd laughing at the naturally witty people.
Nothing is more cringe-worthy than someone who's trying to be funny.
They tell a joke that falls flat. They say something inappropriate in hopes of getting a laugh. Their timing is off, or they completely misread the audience.
For those who aren't “naturally” funny, the fear of being this cringe-worthy jokester is enough to keep you in the role of the straight man forever. You can be the appreciative audience, but you're not going to risk looking like a fool.
But the thing is — everyone has a little funny in them. Even the most shy, introverted, and socially awkward have the ability to entertain others with their wit.
If you have a sense of humor (and most of us do), then you have what it takes to be funny — and there are all kinds of funny . . .
It’s not your fault if you learned at a young age to measure your value by how perfectly you did something — or how perfect you looked. More than a few of us did.
As you’ve no doubt experienced, anxiety and perfectionism go hand in hand.
And letting go of anxiety is no easy thing when you’ve gone your whole life feeling as though everyone sees the worst in you.
Maybe others can feel sanguine about being “perfectly imperfect,” but that’s just not you.
If you’re ready for some real help in learning how to cope with perfectionism, read on.
All too often, we’re taught harmful ideas about what it means to be courageous.
We’re taught that courage means bulldozing our way through life without any regard for others, and that courage and compassion are mutually exclusive.
But Brene Brown aims to change all that.
As a research professor at the University of Houston, she knows a thing or two — and by “a thing or two,” we mean “a couple of decades worth of research” — about empathy, shame, and vulnerability.
She’s authored a number of books, given a number of talks, and actually walked the talk on the above subjects.
Below are some of her most memorable quotes.
There's a difference between that feeling of joy as you walk out of work on a Friday afternoon and the feeling of true happiness.
Pleasurable feelings come and go, but genuine happiness is both natural and unplanned.
Everyone experiences significant moments of happiness at times.
Maybe you got a raise or won a race — and if you could bottle and sell the euphoric feeling of falling in love, you'd be a millionaire.
During these situations, you might truly believe that sustained happiness comes from these exterior events.
Since the mind relaxes during these experiences, it gives you a mistaken sense of relief. You have achieved your goal, so you briefly stop obsessing over it.
With a quiet mind, you experience intense satisfaction and may believe that happiness is the result of these outside sources.
But by this way of thinking, you become insatiable as happiness is dependent on the next “hit” of a positive experience.
You may have learned that this false thinking leads to pain, attachments, suffering, and denial.
The reality of happiness is knowing that you can feel this pleasure whenever you want, without having to fulfill outside desires.
You can achieve happiness because it is inside you, not outside.