TODAY IS:
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National Stress Awareness Day: A day to breathe and take it easy, even if the currently undecided election results are consuming you!
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National Candy Day: Which is odd, given that Halloween seems like National Candy Day…
A new study found that adults will ask for help and advice more than 6,000 times in their life. In a typical week, the average adult will ask for help or advice twice – 104 times a year. According to the research, here’s who people are likely to turn to for different help and advice:
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Help with relationship advice — Friends
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Help with moving — Dad
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Help with gardening — Partner/spouse
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Help with finances — Dad
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Help with career advice – Partner/spouse
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Help with cooking — Mom
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Help with technology — Partner/spouse
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Help with fixing/buying a car — Dad
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Help with health issues — Mom
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Help with parenting advice — Mom
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Help with fashion advice – Friends (SWNS)
So, apparently, there’s a reason you instantly get in a better mood when your favorite song comes on the radio. Researchers in France say your brain goes into “pleasure overload” when your favorite song starts playing.
There’s always that one person who’s impossible to buy a gift for during the holiday season, but thanks to Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Gift Guide, you’re saved! This year, in addition to a candle that smells like a va-jay-jay you can also give your loving friends and family a coloring book of the female anatomy. Your nearest and dearest will either get a good laugh out of your gift choice, or a much-needed lesson in the female reproductive system. (She Knows)
Zoom meetings have become the norm these days – and an unexpected result is an increase in demand for cosmetic procedures. Plastic surgeons are calling this the Zoom Effect. People aren’t liking the way they look on video calls, so they are going in for procedures from Botox and fillers to liposuction. (The Ladders) Wouldn’t it just be cheaper to start applying Instagram and Snapchat filters to Zoom calls?
