I never thought I’d describe myself this way, but lately I keep coming back to the same realization. I think I might be ...
I have been lecturing my adult son recently on how much time he spends playing video games. I don’t think he was listening, so next time I’ll wait until he takes his headset off. I was going to really ...
I’m writing this while 30,000 feet in the air on my way to a gorgeous island. And yet all I can think about is one thing: This plane does not offer wifi. Not for any good reason, either; I’m flying to ...
I downloaded TikTok back in 2020, by which point it had moved from cringe teen fad to pandemic must-have. Since then, I’ve seen my attention span fracture and metastasize. The endless scroll subsumed ...
I know what people may think but I don't care about their expectations. I'll beat them. "You can do that as, like, a side job, but that can’t be your actual career." This is a sentence I began hearing ...
I have noticed lately, after much reflection, that I seek out opportunities on the internet to push people's buttons and elicit a response. How and why this has come about I really don't know as I ...
“I’m addicted to playing lottery scratch-off games,” says Tvonia, who has been playing for the past five years. “It became my everyday obsession.” Tvonia says at times, her playing became so out of ...
Dear Reverend, I think I'm addicted to thrift shopping. I go to at least one or two thrift stores a week, and I rarely leave... I think I’m addicted to thrift shopping. I go to at least one or two ...