What can you gain from taking a no-restaurant challenge? That may seem pretty obvious in the age of COVID-19 and the coronavirus, but one day the current lockdown will end, restaurants will re-open for dine-in visits, and the age of all-carryout / all-delivery restrictions will end. In the meantime, plenty of people are relying heavily on delivery and take-out orders. When you think about going restaurant-free to take this challenge, it’s easy … [Read more...]
Why Are People Hoarding Toilet Paper During The Coronavirus Outbreak?
Why are people hoarding toilet paper during the coronavirus outbreak? This is a phenomenon that is not uncommon in situations that require restricted movement, quarantines, or other unusual measures to contain a problem like a viral outbreak. There is a lot of derision over the panic buying of hand sanitizer, face masks, and toilet paper...what are the underlying causes? Fear Of Prolonged Problems Of all the reasons why people start panic … [Read more...]
How To Recover From Holiday Spending
Holiday spending is stressful, and many Americans overextend their credit cards, take credit card cash advances, and apply for new credit during their holiday shopping. How can you recover from all of the money you spent on Christmas presents or similar shopping “obligations”? The Simple Start: New Year Austerity Measures? Some people cannot afford to spend much after the holiday season, others choose not to purchase. No matter whether you’re … [Read more...]
Change what you can and accept the rest
There is a song that includes the lines "I will learn to let go what I cannot change... but I will change whatever I can." I think this is a good lesson for life. People always say "If you don't like something, change it." But that's not always possible. You change what you can and you learn to accept what you can't and work around it. I have a coworker who is currently very stressed about a situation here at work. The situation affects … [Read more...]
I need a vacation
As my coworkers have been vacationing around me, I have been at work all summer. No days off, just work. Okay, I took half a day for a doctor's appointment. But other than that, it's been work as normal. My thinking was that I was trying to conserve my leave. After all, a lot of my vacations are scheduled around races, and I refuse to race in the summer (it's way too hot). I vacation in the spring and the fall. But it's been a while since … [Read more...]