Claire Hopple

You may have seen a snarky high school friend post countless articles about habits of insanely successful people, and early rising always

Let’s face it, people love to throw around the word “healthy” as much as they love to sit on the couch in workout clothes.

It’s not that you don’t love the people calling you (unless you’re solely receiving spam calls), it’s just that you’d rather be with them. You think that the phone can’t replace seeing their faces, experiencing their presence in all the dimensions currently available to humans. And sometimes (okay, a lot of the time) you just need time to recharge by yourself. Why does that feel so wrong sometimes?

In case you haven’t noticed, food elitism did not go out with the abolishment of the food pyramid. But before you call your broccoli a power-hungry classist, make sure you know your basic facts.

Perhaps the following scenario describes you. You’re at a party and you remember that you detest small talk. You have a tinge of social anxiety.

It’s no secret that time away from the office needs to be savored as much as humanly possible.

The year’s not over yet and already its bizarre occurrences and oddities are innumerable.

Just don’t do it. In fact, reading this is in direct opposition to the titular admonition above.

Strange, that bad mood of yours won’t disintegrate with someone shaking you and shouting “Snap out of it!” That alllllways does the trick.

Good news: Festival season is upon us. Allow yourself to rock with the best of them by compiling your own crucial folk festival kit with these must-have items.