Sit your pants down because I am about to blow your sun hats off with this one. As a general rule, anything that's been sitting around for a year (sometimes less!) or more, whether it's in a basement, a storage unit, or even a closet, without your having touched it is stuff you don't need. WHAT?! I know. The hats; they're airborne. The fact that various items have been packed away while you've continued on ...

After years of living a particular lifestyle, relying upon various habits, or leading with certain behaviors, you may suddenly decide that it's no longer working for you. You'll arrive at the decision that you want to live differently, feel differently--that you want to change. This decision will usually be arrived at in a sudden panic. Not in a gradual awakening, but in a moment of complete overwhelm. Once you identify that the way you have ...

The Cross has already been featured around these parts, that much is true. But then again so is their knack for knocking it so far out of the design park that well, really far, anyhow. You know what I love about their work? I love how unapologetically feminine it is. It's dainty, and luxe, filled with soft pinks and metallic accents and don't expect it to say sorry for one second because it won't. Not ...

1. Honor your commitments (or, be a person who does what they say they will). 2. Be on time. Whether it's a business meeting, an appointment, or even a lunch date, if someone has factored you into their schedule they are giving you their time, a precious commodity. Do not make them waste it. And furthermore, realize that your tardiness may actually throw their entire day off schedule, causing them to be late, unorganized, or ...

Programs for recycling electronics are old news around here. What might be new news to you is that more and more companies (some slightly more exciting than Best Buy; no offense meant BB) are beginning to offer similar recycling programs to their customers. Perhaps the only thing better than doing right by the earth is doing right by the earth while simultaneously obtaining retail treats (there's a time and a place, hello). By offering recycling rewards programs, ...