Nail-job craving: Something punchy. And distracting (so people won’t notice my knees, which I scraped up big time during a run).
How I satisfied that craving: With Urban Outfitters nail polish in Binge, a purply magenta (a colour I always gravitate towards for many things, not just nails).
How this nail colour make me feel: Loved. A close friend gave this to me as part of a gift. She’d seen me covet it in store and made the trek back to UO to get it for me.
It also makes me feel relieved — I’d done my nails quickly one night because I couldn’t bear idea of going to a day full of events with chipped nails, and sure enough, someone grabbed my hands to see what I was wearing. Soooo thankful and relieved my nails were presentable 
Lots of pressure having pretty nails all the time! (kidding)
Love it or hate it: Love. Just like I love my friend. (Sheesh, that’s kinda sappy, eh? Ah well, sappy it is! Most of us probably don’t tell our friends often enough how much they mean to us.)
July 27, 2012
That pal at the office you go to grab coffee with every morning? Or that one you know you can confide in when your boss drives you batty? They often feel like lifesavers, especially when things are insane at the office, and it turns out they may be helping increase your lifespan.
According to a study from Tel Aviv University, the social support you get from coworkers at work is linked to reduced risk of death over a 20-year period. Buddies with the boss? This relationship showed no similar benefits to your health.
Image: OfficePod.
May 12, 2011
No, not that kind of benefits.
Chatting with pals in a social, friendly way may help you become a better problem solver (by providing a boost to your executive functioning, that’s your cognitive functioning that encompasses your working memory and your ability to suppress distractions), says a study from Social Psychological and Personality Science. But conversations that are competitive in nature? No such benefits.
P.S. Did anyone else used to want to save up their allowance back in the day to buy one of these Best Friends Forever breakaway pendants??
October 29, 2010
