Uplifting

Distilled happiness

Turn that frown upside down

Daily dose of serotonin for those who woke up on the wrong side of the bed today

Triple whammy

Awww

The holidays are hard on a lot of people, for a lot of reasons. Many people don't get along with their families - or worse, can't see them - and experience a lonely week of watching other people enjoying the company of loved ones. Some people do get along with their families and have loving friends , but are in a dark place and feel awful around them. I happen to fall into the latter camp. Having a good relationship with one's family is tricky. I happen to be struggling with a heavy bout of d e…

Everybody gets addicted to saying specific little phrases. 80% of my vocabulary comprises the words “werk” and “gorg.” It's so easy to fall back on cute little slang terms that they can come to define you. My friend Zack is addicted to saying the phrase “dudes rock.” He interjects it whenever he doesn't know how to respond to someone, especially when that someone is a dude. “Dudes rock” is a central tenant of this man's philosophy, and I cannot begrudge that. I don't say “dudes rock” often, but…

There are good days and there are bad days. But the magic of being a human is that the simplest moments of joy can instantly transform the worst day into the best one. Just the other day I woke up emotionally feeling like a pile of garbage. It was one of those days where nothing went right—I locked myself out of my apartment and couldn't pay for a locksmith because earlier that morning, my bank called me letting me know that they'd noticed some fraudulent activity and had to freeze my account.…

These days, going on the internet often feels like you're stuck in a machine specifically designed to make you have a bad time . The algorithm shows you content guaranteed to make you mad; sure enough, you read it, get angry, and post about it more, feeding into the monster. One would think that eventually, you'd have a bad enough time just to quit these hostile social media platforms altogether, but the anger they induce gets addicting. It is fun to be outraged, especially when you're outraged…

There's no denying it: it's pretty damn easy - and normal - to feel bummed when the going gets tough. Over the past few years (ya know, since the pandemic), we've been looking for the proverbial light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. And each time we catch a promising glimpse of anything optimistic on the horizon, it feels as though it's canceled out by yet another terrible world event or a personal tragedy. The number of people I love who have died recently, or who are struggling, is a lot…

So sweet

Faith in humanity: restored

Dawww

So wholesome.