happy

If I asked you who gets the most satisfaction from their work, how would you answer? Would you assume that the investment bankers and corporate lawyers are happiest because of their fat salaries?

We've developed an increasing dependence on fast fashion, and some of us (ahem) have even been able to justify shopping on a weekly - or even daily - basis. But when we get that $4 tank top home, does it really make us any happier?

My husband’s been on a tear around the house lately. I woke up Sunday morning to his brave proclamation that, despite having decided on a colour or doing any prep, today we were painting the front porch. Today!

Just in case you missed it last weekend, you should head on over to The New York Times and take a gander at Tim Kreider's story, 'The "Busy" Trap'. Kreider offers a great thesis that will likely sound familiar:

Many of us have an escape fantasy. For me, when the work piles up and the dog poops on the rug and soufflé collapses (literally or figuratively), I think that running off to Paris might solve all of my problems. And that's exactly what Eloisa James did, along with her husband and two children,