The Weekly Grind

How lucky am I to have my birthday fall on my blog post day? So I get to celebrate myself along with my ClearClub night guard! Yay.

As much as I love my bday, it always seems to be accompanied by a lot of stress. (I'm sure I'm not the only one who experiences that.) First of all, I drive myself crazy over whether or not to have a party. If that answer is yes, then I ruminate over just whom to invite, where to throw it, what the theme should be, what to serve, what to do about music, etc. You know the drill. It's crazy! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR, CLEARCLUBBERS!

I hope that you've all had a wonderful first week of 2022.

Now let's all get the new year off to a great start by checking on our health, right off the bat. This is the time to schedule all of our doctor and dentist check-ups. All too often many of us procrastinate in this area, (I'm raising my own hand,) and then panic when it gets later in the year. So I suggest we all do it right now.

Even though we've just finally arrived at Christmas Eve, if your mind is always working, as mine is, this is also the time to think ahead to New Year's Eve and New Year’s Day. After all, those two holidays are just a week away!

In January, I’ll have some tips for you to have a successful year, in general. But meanwhile, here's an idea for your New Year's festivities. I'm telling you about it now because it will most likely take a tad of planning. Not much, but hard to do on the fly.

In recent years, I more often than not work for myself. That means that I don't have an outside employer, per se. But I have some good news for those of you who do, (which I'd venture a guess is most of you.)

I actually just became aware of FSAs—Flexible Spending Accounts, which are set-up by your employer so that you can contribute some of your pre-tax dollars to health care expenses. (The maximum this year is $2,750.) What a fabulous perk of working for someone else!

After having to mostly be away from family and friends for the Fall and Winter holidays in 2020, I'm sure we're all thrilled to finally be able to celebrate with loved ones once again this year. But we all have to remember to not get crazy with it yet—we have to be careful for a little while longer.

So to make everything easier for us, I suggest we “baby-step” back into the holidays this season.

After the full examination, my dentist told me I should really be wearing a night guard for several reasons. I grind my teeth at night and grit them often during the day, and all that can lead to cracked teeth and receding gums, not to mention headaches, as well. I had used a guard many moons ago, but was not up on the topic anymore. And when I found-out how expensive ones from a dentist are, I panicked.

So I consulted a few pals, and a trusted one recommended ClearClub for a wonderful and affordable product.