1. OVER-SOAPING If your sink looks like a luxurious bubble bath when you’re doing the dishes, you’re almost certainly using too much soap. It just doesn’t take many suds to get your dishes clean, especially in the dishwasher. Start with the least amount of detergent recommended by the dishwasher manufacturer and slowly add more until …

If you want to develop your natural resilience—because we all have it—I’ve found honing these traits brings out your best in times of trouble. 1. Get perspective. One of the most important things to have in life is a sense of perspective. When we were wrestling with an IPO and trying to fight for the …

22 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO LOVE YOURSELF We get it: self-confidence is challenging to master. It’s entirely too simple to fall into a discouraging rhythm of beating yourself up, because let’s be real – culture isn’t always kind. However, it is possible to surmount the odds and discover a place in which loving yourself …

Sometimes a quick vacation is better than nothing, but if you can swing it, try for at least eight days. Research suggests you need at least that much time to truly unwind and feel refreshed. The research, published in the Journal of Happiness Studies, suggests that your feelings of happiness and personal well-being rapidly increase as soon …

YOUR MESSY DESK Being surrounded by heaping piles of paper and junk—either on your desk or anywhere in your home—can shift your brain into overdrive and overload. Researchers from Princeton University asked volunteers to focus on one object and then moved another object into their view. When object number two appeared, the investigators noticed a …