1. Make mine a grande. Your Starbucks habit may be costing you big time. I paid $4.59 for my last Grande latte (Cinnamon Dolce is my favorite). At that price, five days a week, you’d be spending nearly $100 per month, or $1193.40 per year at Starbucks. And that’s just the coffee; throw in a muffin a few times per week and you’re looking at $1500 per year. What this could buy: With that amount of money, you could buy a new laptop or some living room furniture or maybe a cruise for two....

You are not alone. We have all been through something that has made us a different person. That particular moment is different for everybody, though. Maybe yours is the loss of a loved one, a divorce or breakup, an accident, a scary health diagnosis, or a big move. Whatever you have experienced, it has changed you. You can’t go back, and you can’t turn back time. Why not? Because now, you are a different person....

I’ve been there. Many times. On the last day of my internship during college, I called in sick just so I wouldn’t have to deliver a short, 15-minute presentation to less than 10 people. I was crippled by fear. I’m not alone with this kind of thing. In fact, according to a Gallup Poll, 40-45% of people are afraid of public speaking. It is often listed as the most common fear, after snakes and even death itself....

Tim and Lily are colleagues. They had no trouble falling for one another after meeting in their workplace. It all went very well at first but soon they found that they were quite different from each other. Opposites retract Opposites attract and that’s what helped them get together. But now it’s setting them apart. Little things like booking a table for dinner begin to be an issue. Lily wants to book the table just to have peace of mind and not worry about having to wait in line....

However, it is not beneficial to the neck and back. The uncomfortable head positioning leads to soaring muscles around these two areas, which could be detrimental to their movement for some time. This immobility leads to serious aches and pains that might sometimes need the intervention of the doctor or medications to ease it. Make Your Neck FeelComfortable The DPL neck relief pillow is a therapeutic alternative system that uses various features to make sure that the user does not have neck related pains and aches....

Subconsciously, they mirror others desires, moods, and thoughts. Some people say empaths are highly sensitive, but it goes much deeper than emotions. Set emotional boundaries. Being the empath is wonderful in the beginning of a relationship. You’re able to emotionally connect with people on a level that not many can achieve. You see, empaths pick up emotions as fast as a radio picks up a station. However, it becomes troublesome when the relationship goes on and you start feeling overwhelmed with your significant others emotions....

However lately, that image seems to have reversed. Today we seem to imagine the rich and successful to be always incredibly busy and overworked. Indeed, research has shown that some are beginning to view a hectic overworked lifestyle as a symbol of status.[1] As something to work towards, and not away from. Excessive free time is no longer seen as the domain of the rich and successful, but the domain of the lazy....

If you’re feeling this way, making some key routine changes could offer the variety you didn’t even know you were looking for in your life. Remove Negative Words From Your Vocabulary As cheesy as it may seem, make a conscious effort to remove negativity from your life. Start with your own vocabulary by not allowing yourself to say words and phrases such as “I wish I could…”, “can’t,” “won’t,” “never,” and “shouldn’t....

Why don’t Japanese schools hire school janitors? As part of their education, children are taught to keep their surroundings clean. If everyone takes care of and respects shared space, everyone will be existing in a harmonious environment. It is believed that learning this mentality will teach children respect and responsibility. They will understand that cleaning is everybody’s responsibility. So students don’t see themselves as above such work; they help each other out during cleaning duties....

If you are planning a winter holiday, but can’t make up your mind where to go, just sit back and relax. We have a list of some of the best ski towns you should visit this winter. Aspen, Colorado Winters are amazing in this ski town along the Rocky Mountain Coast in the United States. When one mentions the word “Aspen”, the mind automatically visualizes the snowy expanse and crowds dressed in furs and ski fashions....

We are a nation awash in data smog. This is more than just information overload — it’s not just that there’s too much information out there for one person to adequately encompass, it’s that there’s too much data out there to even make out the information clearly, let alone to evaluate and act on that information. What’s worse is that unlike normal smog, which is the unintentional byproduct of our need to burn things to provide energy, much of the data smog is intentional....

It’s well written and has lots of interesting questions to consider throwing at your boss when the time is right. Interrogate Your Boss – [PartialLobotomy]

Furnace Cost One of the first factors people consider is the cost of buying a new furnace. In most cases, new gas furnaces are notably more expensive than electric ones. However, even though the upfront costs of a gas furnace are higher, that doesn’t mean you will spend more over the life of the furnace than you will with an electric version. Installation and Operating Efficiency Neither gas nor electric furnaces are overly difficult to install....

But is social media running our lives, or are we? In this episode of The Lifehack Show, I’m diving into the 3 main problems that come with social media and what you can do about it to help combat the “social dilemma.”[1]

Coming from the “cult-like” GTD background I have been shaped to believe that there is no such things as priorities, that something is important or it isn’t and that we can intuitively figure it out without a 1, 2, 3 – A, B, C type of prioritization code. Yet, the masses of people in the corporate world hang onto prioritization for dear life and with it do work that may not be important to them at all....

The internet is the global talent pool. If you don’t have a presence online, it will affect your job search, your career, your business, and your personal life. The reason for this is simple: people are already searching for you or people like you. For every time you don’t appear in a search for your name or a specific need that you want to rank high for, you lose an opportunity....

If you do, then we have something in common. I’m very passionate about personal growth. It was just 4 years ago when I discovered my passion for growing and helping others grow. At that time, I was 22 and in my final year of university. As I thought about the meaning of life, I realized there was nothing more meaningful than to pursue a life of development and betterment. It is through improving ourselves that we get the most out of life....

We are not the center of the universe without a doubt. There are hundreds of thousands of creatures wandering around and yet we think we can achieve a lot in our flawed life? It’s thought provoking how we as human beings achieve compassion and consider ourselves as the central hub of this universe. However, this compassion is necessary for life and this is exactly what David has tried to describe in his book....