The one law of economics affecting your goals

It’s peach season, and I’m obsessed. I’m the person who buys a box of peaches at the farmer’s market and eats one before she leaves, doing a funny half-squat move so that the juice doesn’t drip all over. I was peeling some of my peaches for cobbler (I prefer mine au...

Are you getting distracted from your goals?

I’ve always loved looking at houses. These days, everyone loves creeping on Zillow, but as a kid, I combed through the real estate section of the newspaper and was probably the only eight-year-old who knew what a “WBF” was.  My search is a bit more realistic now as my...
Disappointment = Expectations – ??

Disappointment = Expectations – ??

“It’s delicious!” I said. “Eh,” replied my boyfriend’s dad.  He had made one of the best farro dishes I’ve ever had–but he wasn’t satisfied with it. We’ll set aside the fact that farro is the lowest on the grain totem pole, more likely to be hidden inside a veggie...
4 Shortcuts to Better Decision-Making

4 Shortcuts to Better Decision-Making

One thing that bothers me more than leaving kitchen cabinet doors ajar (why??) is the question of why we don’t do what we say we want to do. We say we want to be healthier… but still eat the bag of Hot Cheetos. We say we want to get up earlier… but still snooze the...