Even Superman Needed An Accountant

I like to think of myself  as someone who can do it all on my own. As best I can tell, I picked up this mindset from my dad, who I watched fix our cars, make repairs on the house, and do our taxes on his own for as long as I can remember. He’s […]

The Perfect Puppy

Ah, puppies. Cute, fluffy, adorable little creatures. The embodiment of all that is right with the world…innocent little things that capture your heart and never give it back. Right? Right. Unless this adorable creature is eating my shoes, dragging our laundry throughout the house, or getting sick because he chose to eat sticks from the backyard instead of […]

The Bucket Runneth Over

Whew! I don’t know about some of you, but this time of year is always when things start to get a little crazy in my life. Traveling for the holidays, planning family get-togethers, dealing with daylight savings time (it gets dark at 4:30!), etc…it’s enough to stress out even the calmest of people. And this […]

When Your Brain Is Too Smart for Its Own Good

These brains of ours. They do so much – think, feel, perform day-to-day operations, keep us alive, etc. But it turns out that sometimes they’re a little too good at streamlining performance. A while back, the New York Times published an article detailing our brain’s response to stressful situations. There were two main points of the article, […]