“Good morning ma’am. You must be Olive? And I see you’ve got the box. I’m Groot, your chauffeur for the weekend.” — She felt a rush of emotions come over her as they drove off; like the wind against her face as she looked out through the window on the road trips she took when she was a child. Olive had only just shipped off the last of her two daughters to…

Keeping Up With Your Workload — We’ve all been there — staring down a mountain of tasks to complete with no clue how you’ll get it all done. You make a list, prioritize the most urgent items, and plough through your workload. But despite your best efforts, that list never seems to shrink. …

How to Transform Disagreements into Opportunities for Deeper Connection — No one actually looks forward to conflict and disagreements in their relationship. Arguing with your partner can be uncomfortable, frustrating, and downright exhausting at times. But what if I told you that conflict isn’t necessarily a bad thing for your relationship? …

Have you ever used a product that made you think, “This is so unintuitive!” or watched someone struggle to do basic tasks on a website you designed? Those frustrating experiences exist because the products were not sufficiently tested with real users ahead of time. …

“Woah, would ya look at that!” I said to my little sister Sally as we gazed out her bedroom window. “Fireworks lighting up the sky already and it’s only the first week of December!” Sally scratched her head, making her curly pigtails bounce around. “I know, right? …

I’m used to you, my dear, Like the sun is used to the sky, Like the moon is used to the night, Like the stars are used to the high. I’m used to you, my love, Like the birds are used to the trees, Like the fish are used to…

Raise your hand if this unfortunate drama sounds familiar: You’re walking your usual 10k daily steps, phone in pocket, minding your Fitbit business as your personal step count steadily ticks upwards. 10k steps come and go. Then 15k. At 20k steps (did you take up marathoning overnight?!), …

We’ve all been there — struggling with a software tool or app that seems needlessly complex. Fighting through confusing menus, error messages that might as well be written in code, buttons that do the opposite of what you’d expect. …

What a concept! It’s like a messy room that’s still kept in check. A place for everything and everything in its place, But it’s still a bit wild, like a dance or a race. It’s like a jazz band that’s improvising on stage, Or a chef who’s cooking with whatever’s…