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These 35 Illustrations Hilariously Sum Up The Struggles Of Adult Life (New Pics)

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Clare Kayden Hines is a writer and illustrator who shares spot-on observations, universal truths, relatable struggles, and mundane, sometimes ridiculous moments from our daily lives in the form of funny and entertaining comics. Having struggled with anxiety for years, Hines openly expresses her experiences and battles through her art, and many people around the world can deeply relate to it. reply View More Replies… Unfollow 12 hours ago I may not be an adult but I get anxiety sometimes reply View More Replies… Unfollow 12 hours ago So cheesy “I…

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The App That Wants You to Treat Self Care Like a Garden

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Amber Discko’s descent into a state of emotional turmoil started as a slow trickle. It began around the time Donald Trump won the presidential election in November 2016 and when Discko’s social media and voter registration work for the Hillary Clinton campaign ended. But then, when Trump was inaugurated in January 2017, the emotional levee broke. The extremes of the campaign—working late into the night just to start again at 4 am, day after day—had drained Discko of all their usual enthusiasm and radiance. Discko, who uses they/them pronouns, hustled…

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Billie Eilish says Instagram comments were ruining her life. So she quit reading them. Smart.

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Billie Eilish has gone from being a pop star to a superstar over the course of about a year. Her meteoric rise to fame has forced her to reevaluate how she deals with her fans online. She used to be happy to read the comments on her Instagram feed, but the tone of the posts has become exceedingly negative. So she’s decided to stop reading them altogether. According to psychologists, that’s a very good idea. Eilish admitted she quit reading the comments during an interview with Louise Minchin from the…

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Stop sharing the ‘I’m in a mental hospital’ Facebook post. It’s not funnyit’s harmful

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People love Facebook posts that invite them to create silly lists of their friends and family members, and most of the time, it’s all in good fun. But a “mental hospital” post that keeps circulating is nowhere near good fun, and it needs to go away, now. The post begins, “This is Hilarious!” before telling people to follow the directions to fill the following list with Facebook friends’ names: “I’m in a mental hospital My roommate: Licks the glass: Helps me escape: My psychiatrist: Asleep in the corner: Shouts at…

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From renewables to Netflix: the 15 super-trends that defined the 2010s

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It was the decade of austerity, fracking, populism and internet lies. But not everything about the 2010s was terrible The plastics backlash Garbage, including plastic waste, is seen at the beach in Costa del Este, Panama City. Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images It was once the height of metropolitan chic: the dash into Starbucks for a skinny decaf caramel latte en route for work, the takeaway cup a mark of upward mobility. Those were the days of Sex and the City, when the culture of doing everything on the…

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Animal magic: how my pet saved me

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From Wolfy the lurcher to Trixie the hamster, these affectionate animals helped five people get their lives back on track I put myself on peternity leave and we hung out: Kate Spicer, 49, journalist, and Wolfy the dog, 9, London There were a lot of things that were a bit awry about my life. The main problem was that I went out and didnt come home. Id go on these benders that were incredibly destructive to my wellbeing. And then when I was working, Id never leave the house. Id…

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