It isn't that we have anything other than good intentions when we ask questions of others. We want genuine connection, after all. It's that the questions we rely upon to accomplish this are tired at best and wholly ineffective, verging on alienating, at their worst. So...go on asking the same old, boring, expected questions that elicit equally uninspiring responses? Or adopt fresher, juicier, more insightful versions of said questions that (bonus!) actually have the potential ...

Last week we talked about the small space solution that is a storage bed. Storage beds are ideal for those people who anticipate themselves residing in close quarters for the foreseeable future, and for those with the budget to buy a bed. Lest you think I was going to leave the rest of you small space dwellers hanging, today I shall bestow unto you suggestions for more temporary, budget-friendly underbed storage options. To reiterate, there ...

The truth has a way of coming out in the end. We've seen it demonstrated time and time again. Affairs exposed. Corrupt dealings caught. Compromising images and statements brought to light. Catty emails meant for one colleague sent to entire companies. Petty messages accidentally sent to the wrong recipients. These are the ways people are brought down respectively from wherever they're positioned on the societal ladder. Ironically, it's the very nature of technology and the ...

The only thing better than a regular Spotlight is, if you ask me, a Spotlight in which I know the person who's work we're oggling. That way I can give you a fuller picture (i.e. not only is this person's work impossibly stellar, they, themselves, are also the bee's knees). And then we can lament together about how some people have it all. Last week, it was a tour of beloved client's home that I'd ...

There are a slew of reasons why clutter continues to occupy people's homes. One which should not be overlooked is the fact that people hold on to clutter because they're concerned about where those items end up. It's a really lovely, well-intentioned thought, see; people are aware that the item or collection of things they possess would be of particular value to a select group of people. They thusly want to ensure that what they ...