M. Evan Wolkenstein

On the other hand, as long as you gotta wear something (assuming you’re vacationing with family in, say, San Diego, and not at “Sea Mountain Nude Hotsprings”) why not wear something well put together? The trick is this: if you know that you won’t have the headspace to pick out a bunch of vacation outfits as you rush to cram your suitcases, pick them out in advance. Way in advance. In other words, identify a couple of pairs of pants, a few shirts, a pair of shoes, and yes, a c

When I leave work, stressed out and exhausted, I have two options, and I usually do the wrong one. I can come home, take off my teacher-costume, and lay on the carpet, watching cats on Youtube —  or I can go to a cafe, read for an hour, draw in my journal, blog, and then go home. When I do the first option, time passes, but I never really feel more relaxed. My evening quickly turns into an ongoing quest to feel relaxed. In some sense, I never really get off the floor. When I