Here's a fact: you cannot be both off and on at the same time. You might want to argue with me, but I bet that's only because you really want it to be true. Me too. But hey, if wanting something to be true made it so, I imagine a whole lot of things in life would look...

Have you even gotten upset about something after you've already let it go? I know, me neither. Just kidding. I constantly find myself irked by irksome things I've already moved past. I suspect that when that happens, I, along with you, probably haven't really let it...

Positivity and optimism are awesome. I'm not joking. There's no "but" here. There is an "and" though. Wait for it... As someone who has frequently been described as Sally Sunshine, an optimist and an idealist (I don't think that person meant the last one as a...

Did you know that the average balance held on a credit card is about $6,000, at least for Americans and Canadians (taking the exchange rate into account). That's not nothing, obviously, and a lot of people would find it difficult to pay off the debt without incurring...

I don't mean to boast, but if you know me, you would say that I'm pretty darned committed to doing things The Right Way. Doing things properly is one of my favourite hobbies. Bonus points if I find the hardest possible way to do it properly (because the hard way is...

Has anyone ever made you feel angry or sad? Resentful, small or unappreciated? I bet they have. Jerkwads. I know, because me too. People, right? They're The Worst! They make us feel terrible! Ugh! I mean, I suppose people can also make us feel happy, joyful,...

Did you get excited when you read the title of this post? Maybe you even felt vindicated? I get it: it's like if I discovered that flossing (an activity that requires a nightly battle between my grown-up desire to have healthy teeth and my...

I know, right? Finally, an answer to a question you’ve long asked anyone who’d listen, including God and the Universe, not to mention the person who is the subject of your enquiry. Maybe you’ve been on the receiving end of the question, whether your inquisitor was...

There's a problem with believing in fairytales. I bet you thought that's a sentence you never thought I'd write. Me neither. I'm just as surprised as you are. Now, I enjoy fairytales and fantasy fiction, very, very much. It's almost entirely what I read, instead of...