Helpful tools to ease money worries I worry too much about money, or rather the lack of it. It’s been like that as far back as I can remember. …

A surprising tool for self-empowerment — What do you do when you’re stressed and need relief? There are quite a few options, from meditating, enjoying relaxing music or tea, all the way to exercising or hugging a friend or a pet. But one surprisingly powerful tool turns out to be writing poetry. …

How to get more customers from your business marketing website — Do you have a small, local business? Then you’ve surely noticed that local business marketing has changed. Due to the pandemic, there’s a lot less foot traffic for those who have stores or local offices. Networking events are rare these days, and if they happen at all, they’re online. But…

How To Start Your Affiliate Marketing Business The Right Way — At first sight, affiliate marketing seems so simple. You don’t need your own product, your own sales page, or even your own website. All you need to do is recommend products you like, send people to your affiliate link and rake in the cash. Some of that is true. You…

Plotting and pantsing are not just approaches to writing fiction — If you write, especially fiction, you may recognize yourself as someone who plots their story or article carefully before writing it like we‘ve all been told in school. Then again, you may not… Clearly, the predominant and “official” approach, especially to fiction writing, seems to be plotting. Either you do…

It was full of surprises. — Have you tried intermittent fasting? Or does the mere idea of fasting turn you off? It seems, that lately, a lot of people talk about intermittent fasting, and some of them promise incredible results. Well… Those might be an exaggeration. Here’s how I got involved, and some of my key…

Making the best of an inconvenience — When I first tried to buy face masks to protect myself from Covid-19, I couldn’t find any. I asked at every pharmacy I came across, and they just said, “Sorry.” Even my go-to place, Amazon.com, had not a single mask-related product available with Prime shipping, They would all take weeks…

What can you hug when you live by yourself — The rules about sheltering in place and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic have a lot of side effects. Some of these were unexpected — I saw firsthand how quickly American culture changed to prioritize personal health. Life has become more challenging than it used to be. And it has…

A rather personal poem — When I saw myself for the first time in the bathroom mirror through my new reading glasses (cute expensive frames, bought in Germany), I thought Oh my God! What happened to my eyes? Where did those wrinkles come from? For years, I’d believed my fancy eye creams — Christian Dior…