relaxation

So you've managed to lock yourself in. Associate Editor Lora Grady did too. Here she shares has a few tips for having a blast during your self-imposed 48-hour hibernation.

In the dead of winter, keeping up with life can seem impossible. Stop feeling guilty about taking time outs — there are pluses to practising strategic slothfulness.

I don’t consider myself a workaholic. I can’t be, because I’m not working all the time. However, I am thinking about work a lot of the time, which is pretty exhausting.

Finding time for some kind of meditative practice can lower stress and boost happiness.

When I was a kid, I was a champion television watcher. I could sit in a basement and watch sitcom after sitcom, from Growing Pains to the Hogan Family.