15 Worst Date Foods
Different people’s idea of great food and a great date experience varies dramatically. There are people who love food in all it’s messy glory, and the thought of devouring a shared plate of sloppy messy finger food on a date…
How to Win a Free Honeymoon
With the average wedding running a total price of $25,000-$30,000, many couples find that after the dress, flowers, rings, photographer, and cake, they don’t have much of a budget left for a honeymoon. With a bit of planning and flexibility,…
Can You Really Find Romance at the Grocery Store?
My research into this time honored venue was disappointing. I found reference to a Forbes article from 2006 which gives the percentage of people finding love in the grocery store at 5%, below online or in bars, but other than…
How to Have a Zombie Wedding
Are you dying to get married? A zombie wedding theme can be a fun, unusual theme that transcends the “till death do us part” verse of the classic wedding vows. Whether you want to add just a few undead touches…
How to Pick Up Girls in a Coffee Shop
Approach any girl in a coffee shop with the blatant intention of picking her up, and you will fail. I’m not a fan of the term ‘picking up girls’. I am a woman, I have many female friends, trust me…
What Does Happiness Mean to You?
Poets, philosophers and theologians, not to mention almost every person in the world, has thought about happiness. What is it? Can we define it? Whilst these are important questions, perhaps a more useful question is What Does Happiness Mean to…
How to Cope with Exam Failure
The exam hall may be a distant memory as the results are posted. Your stomach churns in anticipation. Loved ones, peers and tutors join the throng. It isn’t what you expected. It isn’t what you hoped for. But there are…
15 Ways to get in Your Boss’ Good Books
So, you want to shine that bit brighter at work? Or feel the heady glow of well-deserved recognition? Perhaps you love your work and want to progress? Being a boss is hard work, if your staff make it so….
How to Use Self-Talk Successfully
Affirmations have become a trendy topic in the past decade. It was once practiced only by New Age-y types and satirists. Remember Stewart Smalley on Saturday Night Live in the 80s? “I’m good enough. I’m smart enough. And gosh darn…
10 Things Every Person Should Bring on a Camping Trip
A large majority of my life has been spent in the wilderness. My father raised me to be capable and prepared for whatever may come, whether I found myself in the woods or in the desert. Over the course of…
