I remember it like yesterday. I was out to dinner, enjoying a pleasant conversation with my mother… when suddenly, she started gasping for air. She’s a bit of a comedian, so I thought she was joking… and I even laughed a bit. But as she desperately pointed to her throat, her eyes got wider and wider. She knocked her glass over, shattering it on the table. My laughter turned to fear… then shock. As she tried to scream, I could see it in her eyes: My mom believes she’s about to die. By this point, a crowd had formed. Everyone was yelling and calling 911… but nobody knew what to do – immediately – to help my mother. I’ll never forget how helpless I felt in that moment.
There’s no better feeling than plopping down into a perfectly made hotel bed. I just LOVE that crisp, clean feeling of sleeping on perfectly tight sheets – don’t you?! I’ve always wanted to know the secret to getting them so perfect… but I tried everything, and until recently, I was still stuck struggling with wrinkled sheets that fall off in the middle of the night.
My headaches started in my early 40s. Of course, I’d had headaches before – but when they began happening daily, I started to freak out. I assumed it was stress at first… but the pain simply didn’t stop. In fact, it got worse. Eventually, my headaches felt like they were in control of my entire life. My work suffered. I felt less present with my family. I was completely drained of energy all the time. After a few months of mild, but constant pain every day, I went to the doctor… who gave me drugs to ease the symptoms. I accepted this solution at first – what else was I going to do?
Did you know? Your toothbrush likely has 100 million nasty germs crawling all over it right now. The other day one of my close friends asked me the STRANGEST question: “When was the last time you cleaned your toothbrushes?” “WHAT?! CLEANED my toothbrushes??” I asked. “Aren’t toothbrushes self-cleaning? You just put the toothpaste on them and that cleans them, right?” Turns out, I couldn’t be more wrong. Apparently, her dentist told her that your toothbrush is often the third dirtiest thing in your house1. (Just after your soaked-in-filth dish sponge.)
As a lifelong handyman, I’ve seen my fair share of “multi-tools”. Some are excellent lifelong tools… but most are gimmicky garbage. They’re either completely worthless (none of the “functionalities” work), or they fall apart after a few weeks of mild use. Bah. So, when my friend gifted me a new multi-tool called Keyzmo that claims it’s “an entire toolbox fit into a small key-sized device”, I was naturally skeptical… However, my friend insisted it could handle all of my daily tasks in a pinch. He said he picked up a pair just to test out after finding it on Facebook. First, he was going to give it to his son, but after trying it, he thought someone like me would appreciate it even more…
