Personal Improvement

There are road trips. And there are road trips. A post-retirement adventure taken by Bill and Heidi Watson of Solon belongs in the latter grouping. Their 10-part trek began in the spring of 2021 and ended in the fall of 2024 after visiting the 48 contiguous states. ...

Living in a mess wastes time and money. People spend about 2.5 days a year looking for misplaced items, while 60% of us have repurchased missing things, resulting in wasteful impulse buying and reinforcing the cycle of over-accumulation. ...

With just the eight of us in a beach house, it was easy to clear away relationship clutter and see us as the adults we are today, not the ones we remembered. ...

I just got back from a 23-hour road trip that took my husband and me through mountain roads and oceanside byways. The drivers were relatively laid back on the sideroads, but the interstates were another thing entirely. ...

When I was a kid doing exercises in gym class, one of the calisthenics that we always did was side bends—not as dramatic as the yoga pose above, but side bends nonetheless. I was not sure that they served any purpose. Now I know better, and once you know all about the Q-L, you'll want to start doing more side bends as you age. ...

Incredible authors will return to the Maltz Performing Arts Center for the popular William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series, presented by the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation and its academic partner, Case Western Reserve University. ...

Assistive health-related technologies—such as mobile apps, health trackers and medical alert devices—have and will continue to help older adults age in pace, a survey finds. ...

This one hits close to home; more specifically, close to my living room. Ever doze off on the couch at night, then struggle to fall back asleep once you move to your bed? Don't do it. ...