Pinned beneath a three-tonne excavator that plunged him into a muddy dam, Daniel Miller could keep his eyes and nose above water only by straining to his utmost. With help at least six hours away, he began the hardest battle of his life.
It should come as no surprise that in one of the few major studies ever conducted on commuters, researcher Meni Koslowsky, Ph.D., a psychology professor from Bar-Ilan University in Israel and author of the book Commuting Stress, found commuters experienced significantly high levels of stress.
However, Dr. Koslowsky also found that not all commuting is created equal, nor is the stress a foregone conclusion.
Whether your party is for 10 or 500, the best planning tool you can have is a timeline.
This is just a written checklist, broken down by day and hour, of what you need to do before the event.
How do you reach a goal, change your life, realise a dream? If you delve into the backstories of successful people, a common theme emerges: They think big.
Too often, when faced with a fork in the road - whether picking up and moving cross-country or having a child - we fret and dither so long that choice is no longer an option.