How about that, right? If you’ve ever done a quick, dirty wash in your sink, you know it would be great for cleaning and sanitizing things around the home – but that’s just me. For most people, cleaning a toilet bowl is not as scary as it is for the rest of us. A little […]
They are one of the things I love the most about home decorating. For my friend’s wedding, I decided to give them a try. I have been trying for years to figure out how to get rid of the plastic food tipping tongs that come in plastic containers but I ended up spending too much […]
Put it on the stove when it’s cold. And take all the water back in when it’s hot. Water heater oil is one of the most common household cleaning and maintenance materials. But there’s a good reason for it, says Desrosiers. If he could go to a time machine and bring with him his college […]
If you’re a gas furnace owner, keep this in mind, too. If you use a gas furnace, keep this in mind, too. In a few decades, electricity will likely come and go, so the gas fireplace should be used when gas lines are down and gas leak detectors and monitoring systems are not in use. […]
You have a bunch of utensils in the cabinet. A few questions that can help you in the long run: 1. Where do I place the kitchen utensils? They are placed on the right side of the counter or on the bottom drawer. 2. Which is the most practical to clean? Use a kitchen squeegee […]
We have a tendency to want to just “snap” and get rid of some part of ourselves that is not working. It’s not that those parts are “bad” or “lazy”, it’s that we are over-identifying with them and thus are giving them a negative interpretation. The one thing I wish I understood before I started […]
I’m a writer and I need to learn how to use new vocabulary regularly in my writing and in my speaking. When I was in high school, I used to love to make myself laugh on the toilet so I’d take a peek at whatever the littler ones were looking at. When that first flush […]
This is probably the most powerful question to ask yourself right now in your 20’s and 30’s and beyond, and I wanted to write a guide on how one can master this question and become less focused on negative emotions. In addition to addressing the fact that happiness isn’t a number or a number alone, […]
Over my career of more than 35 years as a personal development expert, I have always tried to provide practical strategies to change your life and overcome your problems. I used to be very strict about it. However, some of my clients have been following the strict rules for so many years that I am […]
We tend to justify our lives to ourselves. We have to be smart, we have to be ambitious in a certain way, we have to be talented, we have to do our job well so that we can get a good salary, etc. That’s not what life is built around, however. Life is built around […]