From his perspective, he was being forced to audition for “character roles” (“which is code for not attractive in the entertainment industry” says Gaffigan) instead of the archetypes his physique fit into. Then he had a realization: he might strike others differently. “I remember this realization like why am I being cast as this? That’s just how I come across,” says Gaffigan in a recent video for Bigthink. “And I’ll often meet people and they’ll say ‘You’re much taller than I thought....

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here. She was able to make all my Prom-Posal dreams come true with this interactive invite. It’s a dot-to-dot for your sweetie!! Because the print is that luscious dark navy, you’re going to want to include a white or silver gel pen or paint marker. If you want to go to extremes {we’re thinking sticky notes all over the car, balloons filling the inside, you know, the usual} go for it!...

Think you’re destined to respond the same way to the same old triggers? While understanding the science to turn around your bad mood can be helpful, as well as mindfulness practices, sometimes lending a good old helping hand does the trick, too. Caroline Adams Miller is a Maryland-based author and psychologist specializing in Applied Positive Psychology. She says one of the easiest ways to rebound from a bad mood is to help someone out....

From the article: “A good example of how it can work is when you’re kept awake at night thinking,” says Williams. “You toss and turn and you get angry because you can’t sleep. The anger doesn’t help, but you can’t seem to stop it. Mindfulness isn’t about suppressing those thoughts, but about enabling you to stand back and observe them as if they were clouds going past in the sky. You see them and you cultivate a sense of kindness towards them....

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here. But first, we have to give a gigantic summertime shoutout to Carisa from Messes to Memories for designing such truly adorable printables for us. Seriously, this ultra-high level of summer fun just wouldn’t have been possible without her skills! Assembling your Summer Activity Board Assembling your Summer Activity Board Alrighty, let’s jump right into the sprinklers er…we mean the goodies!...