Tiny pep talks: bite-size encouragement for life's annoying, stressful, and flat-out lousy moments

You at home

For when it's time to get off the couch and go to bed

For when you just remembered something really embarassing you said years ago

For when you should probably do some kind of exercise

For when you can't stop checking WebMD: a haiku

For when it's time to do your taxes (tiny coddled baby edition)

For when it's time to do your taxes (tough love edition)

For when your favorite TV show has just been canceled: an obituary

For when you want to order delivery but should cook

For when your home is (really, really) messy and people are coming over: a pop quiz

For when you've had way too much coffee

For when your clothes don't fit

For when your houseplants are dying of thirst

For when you want to leave the dirty dishes for tomorrow: a permission slip

For when it's terribe outside but your dog needs to pee

For when you work up at 2 AM and can't fall back to sleep: a lullaby

You in the world

For when you're about to sing karaoke

For when you have to make that appointment you've been putting off for months

For when you have to parallel park

For when you left late and now there's traffic

For when you agreed to do something months ago and now it's time to actually do it

For when you're overdressed

For when you're underdressed

for when you're on hour six of an eight-hour drive

When for you're about to leave for a big trip: an in-flight announcement

For when you're awkwardly early

For when your phone battery is at 5 percent

For when you're really bad at something you've never tried before: a very sarcastic pep talk

You & other people: strangers and acquaintances

For when you're going to a party and you only know one person

For when it's time to split the bill: a mathematical equation

For when you've had spinach in your teeth all day and nobody told you

For when somebody spoils your favorite show

For when you just spoiled that show for someone

For when you have to tell the server that's not what you ordered

For when you 1,000 percent forgot that guy's name: a Sherlock Holmes mystery

For when you have a big juicy secret that you absolutely cannot share under any circumstances: a loophole

For when you're thinking of telling everyone about a weid dream you had one: a crossword puzzle

For when you need to ask the neighbors to please, please, please keep it down

You & other people: friends and family

For when your friend keeps suggesting a podcast that you have no interest in listening to

For when you're gonna have to see that one cousin

For when you think you might hate your friend's partner

For when you're worried your friends are all secretly mad at you

For when you forgot their birthday

For when your friend is going through it and you don't know what to say

For when you leave your kid with a babysitter for the first time

For when your parents leave you with a babysitter for the first time

For when you're babysitting a family who's leaving their kid for the first time

For when your friends start having kids

For when you have to apologize

For when you can see your parents gearing up to have a big conversation before the end of the visit

For when you forgot to reply to that text: a template

For when you're throwing a party and no one's here yet

You & work

For when you need to get that boring work thing done

For when it's time for your annual performance review: a fill-in-the-blank

For when you have to send a scary email: a foolproof checklist

For when you sent the wrong name in an email: a foolproof checklist

For when you're asking for a raise

For when the customer's wrong

For when you know that one coworker wants to chit-chat: the board game

For when everyone at work apparently took stupid pills today

For when you want to rage quit: an interactive saga

For when you feel like you're about to get fired

For when you actually are fired

For when you've already asked what everyone at lunch did last weekend and now you're out of things to talk about

For when you're out of vacation days

You & romance

For when you have a little crush: a news alert

For when you'r egetting back on the dating apps (again)

For when you're about to see your ex

For when you just got ghosted: a spooky tale

For when you want to ask someone out on a date: a top-secret mission

For when your crush starts dating someone else

For when everyone seems to be in a relationship but you

For when everyone seems to be single but you

For when you want to say "I love you" for the first time

For when you're introducing a new partner to your friends

For when your partner's just kind of being annoying

For when you get dumped

You & the big stuff

For when it's monday: an op-ed

For when you freak yourself out thinking about how big the universe is

For when you're living smack-dab in anxiety city: a real estate listing

For when the news is too much

For when you're grieving: frequently true cliches

For when you really beefed it, big time

For when you're celebrating a win (of any size)

For when something is ending: a yearbook sign-off

DIY tiny pep talks