Quit chasing fads and trends

I know a woman who sells high-speed blenders for a living. A few months ago, she casually mentioned that cottage cheese and pistachio nut butter were trending. “How do you know this?” I asked. “My company hired a new digital media strategist and that’s what she told us . . . I’m off to buy […]

Cultivating calm with the control test

I’ve developed this story that I’m not the world’s best bag packer. Every holiday, I tend to pack either too much or too little. At the start of the Easter long weekend, I was overwhelmed by the task of packing for a four-day trip. To be fair, other things were on my mind, such as […]