Image Source: Pixabay If you’re going out of town for a vacation, a business trip, or personal reasons, you may be worried about sticking to your exercise routine. While not being able to stick to your regular schedule might feel stressful, it can be a hidden opportunity to get creative and try some new exercises. With the right mindset and a little planning, you can stay fit even as you travel. Road Trip Fitness For some, road trips provide time to yourself to listen to music and focus on nothing but the road and your company for a few hours. For others, road trips are simply an unavoidable, stressful endeavor to get from point A to point B. Regardless, the long amounts of sitting accompanied by junk food snacks from the gas … [Read more...]

Image Source: pixabay.com The vast majority of people agree, traveling is one of the best ways to completely check out and reset. But given this information, a shocking number of people, especially within the United States, just don’t do it. In fact, nearly 29% of American adults admit they have never left the country.  Many of these people are missing out on the thousands of reasons to experience traveling. Sure, there are certainly reasons traveling abroad can be out of reach, but even getting out of the state offers a lot of positive experiences. Believe it or not, traveling can actually change your life altogether.  Traveling — not just business trips, but actually packing bags, turning off the work phone, and taking … [Read more...]

Image Source: Unsplash Your home and your car are probably always going to be two of the biggest assets you have at any given time. So, it only makes sense to make them a priority. Taking care of your home and your vehicle will make them withstand the test of time and can actually end up saving you a lot of money, time, and headaches in the long run. There are plenty of benefits to performing your own maintenance checks and doing some handyman work. When you do something yourself, you’ll undoubtedly take the time to do it right and protect your investments. But there’s also a sense of pride that comes along with doing your own maintenance. You can feel as handy as Tim Allen in “Home Improvement” — but maybe with a few more safety … [Read more...]

Image Source: Pexels Schools are supposed to be one of the safest places for children. With hundreds of kids concentrated in one place filled with staff who are focused on their education, parents are supposed to feel secure that their children are in good hands. However, the large number of people moving in and out of one place can often pose certain risks. Whether your child rides the bus, a bike, or walks to school, there are many factors that can influence how safe they are at any given time. This includes whether their school campus is well lit, if there are safe zone markings along the road, as well as low speed limits in case children walk into the street without warning. Safety in School Zones Depending on where you … [Read more...]

I was 25 years old, engaged to be married. Fallen off the graduate degree track, I’d left academia behind with a master’s degree and, amazingly, no college debt. Only a few years earlier, I had been convinced to pursue a Ph.D. in history and become a professor. History, or at least certain fields within history, remain a passion to this day. During my senior year, one professor after another counseled me to find another use for my pending history degree. My strong academic inclinations and track record were not sufficient to justify the politics of higher education, the exceedingly tight job market or the long wait it would take to get there. If you can’t teach college students, I thought, why not try high school? My brief stint in … [Read more...]

Image Source: Pixabay Anyone who remembers life before smartphones knows that there’s a life outside of them. Generation Z, on the other hand, is the first group of people growing up in a world where this technology never wasn’t. It should come as no surprise to find out that our kids are spending way too much time on their phones. It’s critical that we make an effort to understand exactly what it is that keeps the younger generation glued to their screens and consider what we can do to help them understand and experience life outside of technology. After all, if moms and dads already struggle to turn that screen off, how much harder is it to expect kids to do so? How Too Much Phone Time Is Hurting Our Kids There’s no doubt … [Read more...]