lifestyle

The feeling of renewal as the seasons change likely has a hand in why we associate spring with cleaning, decluttering, and organisation. It provides an opportunity to clear the mind and renew focus as you rid your surroundings of the things…

"No" is one of the first words human children learn in life — and it usually becomes our favorite the instant we figure out that it gets a rise out of our parents. We're contrarians from birth, it seems. But where does this tendency come…

I’m on a first date. All is going well. We’re having the usual pints and chit chat. Getting to know each other in this capacity is easy. You don’t need to know the grisly details just yet. What do you do for a living? Where have you…

Travelling is often seen as a luxury pastime, but it’s actually an activity that requires a lot of knowledge and preparation. Overcoming any potential fears of flying, figuring out public transit in a different country, and getting to your…

Gratitude is a perennial human experience. The wonderful thing about psychology is that it can add empirical information to such human experience. By examining the psychology behind gratitude, we can understand its importance for healthy,…

First published in 2011, Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up is back on The New York Times Best Sellers list after Tidying up With Marie Kondo hit Netflix in January this year. The show prompted higher rates of the common…

"To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That's what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games - nothing like saving the world." -…

Every year, people inevitably move during the winter. Whether you get a better deal for moving during the colder months, more flexibility or more available moving companies, there are benefits to making a move in the winter if you do it…