Your daily dose of inspiration, tips, and trends for a vibrant life.
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For many people around the world, a sudden huge injection of cash would be an absolute dream come true. Bills, holidays and rent are all buzzing around your wallet, fighting over your hard earnings; all gone with a cool extra multimillion dollar sum. But how would you get there? Some…
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Every day when I get into work, I speak at length with my colleagues about how if I don't have my morning coffee I will be very tempted to bite somebody. They think I'm kidding, but I'm not. Although energy drinks aren't good for you and caffeine pills come with…
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If you asked me to document my weight loss journey on an Instagram account, there would be three pictures of meal plans, healthy breakfasts and vague workout equipment before I gave up and posted seven photos, four videos and one unnecessarily long Instagram story of myself crying into an extra-large…
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People can be very particular about their tastes in coffee. Just go to any coffee shop in your town and you'll soon realise this, especially if you get stuck behind the guy ordering a skinny mocha frappe latte with light soy milk and an extra shot of sugar-free caramel syrup…
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Though we may not talk about it often, sex work is a very common profession all over the world. Some folks are totally fine with the concept; others are a little prudish about it. Either way, it does go on - and probably a lot more than you think. What surprises…
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A new trend is adding weight to the argument that men are more concerned with their looks than we tend to think. With a prescribed norm provided by television, advertising, and glossy magazines, men are under more pressure than ever to look the part. However, the pursuit of perfection has…
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Ah, McDonald's. If the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, then my many trips under the Golden Arches are pretty much the precursor to a wedding chapel by this point. Whether I'm trudging there after a heavy night of drinking or popping in for a quick batch…
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Ever since our caveman ancestors figured out that holding raw animal flesh close to the flames made that flesh taste so much better, humans have been eating (and absolutely loving) meat. Whether we're talking steak, burgers, or cured meats like chorizo or sausage, there's no greater testament to human ingenuity than…
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It has long been known that smoking cigarettes is an incredibly unhealthy habit, but the true extent of the damage caused by lighting up is still being established today. A recent study conducted by Vanderbilt University found that it takes smokers' hearts upwards of 15 years to fully recover from…
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Now that it's been a full week since Halloween and my neighbours are yelling at me to take down my Jack O'Lanterns, I can no longer deny the fact that the holiday season, and Christmas, is here. No more can I groan at the decorations on shop windows, no longer…
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If my work schedule, budget and arteries allowed for it, I would literally spend all of my days eating pancakes. As we all know, breakfast food is the best kind of food, and standing top that delicious hierarchy is the pancake. IHOP, as I'm sure we're well aware, is the…
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As a man, I'll never experience the act of giving birth, and I'm totally fine with that. Based on what I've seen in television and the movies, it looks incredibly painful. Some new dads put on contraptions so they can see what it feels like to breastfeed; should they ever invent…
