Virali Dave | Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived https://witanddelight.com/author/viralidave/ A Lifestyle Blog Fri, 07 Oct 2022 18:21:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 The Case for Rereading Your Childhood Favorites https://witanddelight.com/2020/03/the-case-for-rereading-your-childhood-favorites/ https://witanddelight.com/2020/03/the-case-for-rereading-your-childhood-favorites/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=53570 Harry Potter? The Baby-Sitters Club? Anything by Roald Dahl?? Today Virali Dave is making the case for rereading the books that shaped you.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2020/03/the-case-for-rereading-your-childhood-favorites/feed/ 4 10 of the Best Trader Joe’s Products to Add to Your Pantry https://witanddelight.com/2020/03/10-of-the-best-trader-joes-products-to-add-to-your-pantry/ https://witanddelight.com/2020/03/10-of-the-best-trader-joes-products-to-add-to-your-pantry/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=53162 These are 10 lesser-known, *very* good items from Trader Joe's that you should add to your list, along with ideas of how to best enjoy them.

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]]> The Practice That Helps Me Begin the New Year on the Best Note https://witanddelight.com/2019/12/the-practice-that-helps-me-begin-the-new-year-on-the-best-note/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/12/the-practice-that-helps-me-begin-the-new-year-on-the-best-note/#comments Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=50200 As we head toward 2020 and reflect on the past year, many of us are making plans for what we want these next 365 days to include. Today contributor Virali Dave is writing about the New Year's practice that's helped her begin each year on a good note (hint: it's not a resolution!).

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/12/the-practice-that-helps-me-begin-the-new-year-on-the-best-note/feed/ 1 Homemade Face & Body Treatments to Try Tonight https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/homemade-face-body-treatments-to-try-tonight/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/homemade-face-body-treatments-to-try-tonight/#comments Sat, 27 Jul 2019 15:00:06 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=43955 All of the time we're spending in the sun this summer can do a number on our skin. Today contributor Virali Dave is shaving 5 homemade face and body treatments to give our largest organ some love.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/homemade-face-body-treatments-to-try-tonight/feed/ 1 6 Games & Activities to Help Us Relive the Joy of Our Childhood Summers https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/6-games-activities-to-help-us-relive-the-joy-of-our-childhood-summers/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/6-games-activities-to-help-us-relive-the-joy-of-our-childhood-summers/#comments Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:20:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=43329 We have a solid month and half left to enjoy all that summer has to offer. Today contributor Virali Dave is sharing a few of her favorite ways to soak up summer exactly like she did when she was a kid.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/6-games-activities-to-help-us-relive-the-joy-of-our-childhood-summers/feed/ 1 10 Summer Activities to Do Solo or with a Loved One https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/10-summer-activities-to-do-alone-or-with-a-loved-one/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/10-summer-activities-to-do-alone-or-with-a-loved-one/#comments Thu, 04 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42754 Happy 4th of July! As we kick off the hottest two months of summer, contributor Virali Dave is sharing a list of 10 summer activities to do solo or with loved ones in this most glorious of seasons.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/10-summer-activities-to-do-alone-or-with-a-loved-one/feed/ 11 What Cutting Down on Screen Time Taught Me About Creativity https://witanddelight.com/2018/12/what-cutting-down-on-screen-time-taught-me-about-creativity/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/12/what-cutting-down-on-screen-time-taught-me-about-creativity/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:00:04 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=32790 I begin and end my days like so many of us do: scrolling through my phone. The act feels far from mindless: if I’m checking emails and my bank balance in between spending hours looking at memes on Instagram, it means I’m being productive, right? Apparently not, according to the numbers. A few months ago, […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/12/what-cutting-down-on-screen-time-taught-me-about-creativity/feed/ 2 Finding Home in a Public Library https://witanddelight.com/2018/11/finding-home-public-library/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/11/finding-home-public-library/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2018 17:06:03 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=31351 I learned to read in a laundromat, sitting on yellow linoleum ledges surrounded by washed sheets and towels. While our clothes cleaned themselves, my mother would take me into the 100-acre woods, and over and over, we’d join Pooh and Piglet on their search for rainbow-colored berries. Then we’d go get more books from the […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/11/finding-home-public-library/feed/ 19 How Attachment Theory Helped Us Get Back Together https://witanddelight.com/2018/10/how-attachment-theory-helped-us-get-back-together/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/10/how-attachment-theory-helped-us-get-back-together/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:00:29 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=31033 My boyfriend and I broke up in July. We’d been dating for four months at the time and as things progressed forward between us, I was convinced we weren’t going to go farther than where we were. So rather than risk leading him on or hurting him even more down the road, I ended things.

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