Waiting in line while checking out at the grocery store, I checked my bank account wondering where all my money went. I swear yesterday I had more than enough for this transaction. Now, it looks like a good share of it is gone. I study the transactions more, Netflix, Spotify, Amazon Prime, Disney+, iCloud storage, that random one that I had to sign up for their free subscription that I forgot would charge me later. The list goes on. I am surprised my electric toothbrush, car

There I am driving home from work when my phone rings, it’s one of my kids, “Why are you going to Walmart?” As if as an adult I must check in with my kids about where I am going and why. I guess something as simple as going to the grocery store now requires an explanation. With apps like Life 360 or sharing locations with others, now multiple people can see where we are always. With these apps my kids can open the app and know my location at any given moment. Sometimes it i

There I am, driving up to the glorious drive up-window of my favorite drink stop. I can't wait to get my hands on my beloved Diet Pepsi with little ice. I place my order, I wait for the total, I hand over my card and then... I see the cashier start to hand over the handheld POS system. I know what is coming, you probably do too. She says, "It's going to ask you a question..." How much would you like to tip? Of course, the tipping starts out at 15%, then 20%, and then jumps to

Have you ever stood in line at the fast food counter, called your family member a million times and wondered why they aren't answering, or asked yourself why you are paying for multiple streaming sites, and thought, "Wait...When did this become normal?" Many of the things we do everyday are just things we do without questions...but they didn't used to be. They have crept their way into our lifestyles without us noticing and now we don't even think twice as to how it happened