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How do you maintain the routine necessary for fitness goals without everything feeling so, well... routine? What may come as a surprise is why our motivation slips away in the...

While signing up to take on a race can seem like enough of a running challenge, it never hurts to have some extra motivation along the way. After all, training...

The holidays came to a close with festivities and fun as we gathered around with friends and loved ones to celebrate the start of a new year. During that celebration,...

Pushing yourself past the 5k to a new race distance this year? You’re not alone! Millions of runners will be signing up for races this year as they test their...

When you’re starting out as an artist and learning how to draw, one of the main pieces of advice you’ll get is to go to an art museum.  At an...

What we love about board games is how even the smallest ones can lead to larger-than-life emotions.  From a tiny Jenga block leading to the whole room roaring in laughter...

One of the best ways to make a difference in your community is to donate blood.  There are plenty of good reasons to get out to your local blood donation...

As of December 7th, half of the 48 new courses for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe had been released.  If this is news to you and you’ve been rabidly playing the...

If you think about it, a surprising number of our New Year’s Resolutions blame the same culprit: too much screen time. From wanting to spend less time scrolling through social...

With the year coming to a close, it’s time to start thinking about your next set of New Year’s Resolutions. While the practice of setting goals at the beginning of...

New year, new books! What reading resolutions are you setting for yourself this year? We ask because it’s a question we’re also sharing more and more with our families as...

Whether or not you’re a morning person, the choices you make in the morning make all the difference for how you go about your day. For those of us trying...

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year - and it may be the most musical time of the year, too. From artists and bands releasing holiday albums every...

While Christmas celebrations always mention Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus has for years been relegated to an afterthought. Just think: Christmas without Santa is almost impossible to imagine.  Whose lap would...

“The weather outside is frightful… but that Netflix glow is so delightful. When you’ve got no place to go, let it stream, let it stream, let it stream.” While those...

With Thanksgiving Day just around the corner, that sound you hear is the clatter of pie tins and baking dishes being prepped for the year’s most delicious day. While all...

Thanksgiving’s just around the corner, and that means it’s time for a day full of food, family, and football. But before all of that delicious fun starts? It’s time for...

As millennials, we’ve been at the center of a fair number of heated debates. Avocado toast that keeps us from buying homes. Refusing to answer the phone. Being obsessed with...

With the arrival of the holidays, many of us find ourselves in the kitchen trying to get fancy with the spices. Yet, other than dutifully following the ingredients about which...

Though politics may have us as divided as ever, there is still one thing that should unite us American voters: our right to vote. With two-thirds of Americans believing that...

If you’re passionate about learning to draw, you likely know there’s plenty of ways you can improve.  From doing a daily doodle to non-drawing exercise to improve your drawing, there’s...

When it’s warm out, sweat is a nice visual reminder that water is leaving our body so we’d be wise to put more water back in. When it’s cold out,...

At this point, we can all agree that chasing after the ideal summer body is not a great standard. Yet, there’s something interesting about the summer body, because it suggests...

If getting a tattoo is on your bucket list, you have a lot of questions to answer. First, you’ll need to know what you want tattooed. Maybe it’s something sentimental,...