There are a million motivational posters and memes that warn against giving up, and look, I get it, perseverance is important! But for me, knowing when to quit is one of the most important skills I’ve developed over the last several years. Giving up can allow you to break habits…

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It was indeed a white Christmas. The Reno-Lake Tahoe area was totally snowed in, and the surrounding major highways and freeways were closed. I was desperate to get out of the city, but my flight got canceled, and there was no getting around the aforementioned road closures. I was stuck…

I watch movies all the time, and it’s gotta be one of my top five favorite things to do ever. An ideal movie-watching experience takes me outside of my humdrum life, transporting me into a different and more interesting universe for 90+ minutes. Every film I watch, good or bad…

Time is kinda fake, but the new year nevertheless feels like a clean slate, a moment where you have the opportunity to shed old sins and reinvent yourself anew. For many, this translates to buying a gym membership and vowing to lose 15 pounds. So by March, when you still…

I might be a professional writer or whatever, but for many years, I have felt deep shame over the fact that I don’t read enough books. It’s not that I hate books or anything. They’re fantastic! …

When I checked out the Hanukkah stock at my local Target earlier this week, there were no menorahs or gelt or dreidels. …

I am not a parent, but from what I understand from my tenure as a child, feeding your kids is not an easy task. My sister went through a phase where she’d only eat Kraft Macaroni & Cheese slathered with barbecue sauce, a personal affront to my mother, who only…

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I didn’t set out to be a journalist, but the reason I became one, strangely enough, is because, in 2015, a friend invited me to go to…