A retired Secret Service agent explains why you should always be backing into parking spots.

A retired Secret Service agent explains why you should always back into parking spots

Scott Bryson explains why pulling in puts you at risk.

By Emily Shiffer

Parking lots are stressful places. According to AAA, approximately 29% of all car accidents happen in parking lots.

Whether you’re accident-avoiding parking strategy is to hunt for the closest spot to the entrance or park as far away as possible, there is one parking technique you should always be utilizing, according to retired Secret Service agent Scott Bryson.

In a recent Instagram video, Bryson explained to his viewers why you should always park by backing into a parking spot—not just pulling in.

Happiness researcher reveals the ‘enduring’ secret to being happy in the second half of life

Don’t worry. Be happy.

By Tod Perry

Happiness researcher Dr. Arthur Brooks says that one of the most important things people can do as they enter the second half of their life is to focus on internal well-being rather than satisfying all of their wants. Even though this may feel like it runs counter to how many live the first half of their lives, he says it’s the best way to find joy in middle age and beyond.

Brooks is a professor at Harvard University, author of From Strength to Strength and Build the Life You Want (with Oprah Winfrey), and is a lifelong student of the science of happiness. He says the key to finding it in the second half of life is recognizing when enough is enough and reducing unnecessary desires.

“What happy, successful people do in the second half of their lives is they go from adding to subtracting,” Brooks says. “Mother Nature tells you that satisfaction comes from having more. More of what? More money, more power, more pleasure, more honor, more everything. More. But that’s not the secret. The real formula for happiness is all the things that you have divided by the things that you want.”

A woman named Debbie helps explain Mahjong-gate.

Seniors ranting about their friend Barbara cheating at Mahjong is the Internet’s best new reality show

“The Barbara Chronicles are giving me life.”

By Cecily Knobler

If you’ve ever watched seniors play Mahjong, you know they’re not messing around. Some might find it complicated. A player’s guide explains, “Mahjong is a 4-person game of skill and chance that originated in China.” It involves numbered tiles, winds, dragons, flowers, and jokers. It’s serious business that, while fun and an excellent way to stretch the mind, can lead to actual fights.

No fight has been more dramatic than what happened between Allison Novak (@allisonnovak) and her family. While visiting her parents in Florida (an escape from the cold Minnesota winter where they all usually reside), Novak, alongside her brother, sister, husband, and son, piled into the car en route to the airport. From there, we get the full rundown on “Mahjong-gate.”

A tired woman sitting at her desk.

Psychologist reveals the number one habit that seems good, but secretly kills your motivation

On the surface, it appears virtuous.

By Tod Perry

Most people will say that those who care about other people’s feelings and don’t want to step on anyone’s toes are a pleasure to be around. In fact, no one would complain if the world suddenly had a billion more people who considered other people’s feelings before they do anything.

People who make decisions with others in mind make the world easier for everyone by cleaning their dishes in the office kitchen instead of leaving them in the sink, moving their car from the EV parking spot after it’s charged, and putting their phone on vibrate while watching a movie in the theater.

However, according to psychologist Mark Travers, Ph.D., and a whole heap of research, people who care too much about others’ approval before taking action can unknowingly zap themselves of their motivation to achieve their goals.