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Hooray for the Mundane! Ordinary Memories Are the Best
TIME: Never mind those dreamy recollections of your fab trip to Rome or that perfect night out last Valentine’s Day. Want a memory with some real sizzle? How about that time last week you went
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Psychologists say overly connected children can’t read human emotion
Quartz: How to limit children’s use of digital devices is a hot topic for many parents. They worry their children, aka the most connected generation ever, are too obsessed with looking at screens and interacting with apps
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You Can Buy Happiness, If It’s An Experience
NPR: We humans spend a lot of time waiting in lines: People queue up for days in order to get their hands on the latest iPhone, or what feels like eons for a table at
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Why Waiting Actually Makes You Happy
TIME: Want to know the secret to happiness? Wait for it. No, really. Wait for it. As long as the “it” is an experience, according to a series of new studies published in the journal Psychological Science. We
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You’re reminiscing wrong
The Washington Post: Nostalgia is a funny thing, and you may be missing out on some of your best opportunities for reminiscing. While you’re likely to expect notable events – like holidays and unusual activities
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Why You Shouldn’t Race Through Those Thank-You Notes
New York Magazine: Thank-you notes are the bane of newlyweds ever — they take forever, are drenched in overly saccharine language, and seem to serve little point other than adhering to an established social more. But
