The Latest: Jul 28, 2018

One of the most talked about celebrity homes just hit the market. Elvis Presley once hosted a party for the Beatles at his Bel Air mansion. We don’t even need to see pictures of the place to know that it is amazing. If you want to live in a home that has seen Elvis, Howard Hughes, and Zsa Zsa Gabor as owners, you’re going to need to drop $23.4 million. That’s a steal for a former home of Elvis! The house was originally built by the businessman, Howard Hughes.

How many times have you wished that you could get paid to take a nap? If we counted on a Monday, that number would be pretty high. Well, it looks like this is actually an option for some select people! Mattress Firm is going to pay their interns $200 to take naps. This is a sweet deal for people looking to gain experience, make money, and take naps. It is basically the dream internship for college students! Seriously, where was this internship when we were in college?

Your next trip to IKEA might be a lot faster than usual. Anyone who has ever shopped at the Swedish retailer knows that you can get lost in there for quite a while. The stores are so big and there are so many things to look at and buy, it is nearly impossible to just walk in and out of the store. However, it seems that IKEA is going to test out some smaller stores. This is a direct result of a 40% drop in profits in the UK.

Free your mind and the rest will follow. Forget what you thought you knew about email mix-ups, plane delays, and endless panic over signed contracts. This mid-2018 Mercury Retrograde season (from July 26 to August 19) is ripe for deep dives into our past narratives, revised relationships to our mission statements, and juicy convos about what we really want. To get to the good stuff though, we’ve got to first be willing to engage in a little myth-busting and self-empowered action.

Full disclosure: I’m the last person to give advice about not worrying. I was up half the night last night thinking about everything currently going wrong with my home renovation. Trust me, if it wasn’t that it would be something else. But look, there’s plenty of actual Bad Stuff happening out in the world—none of us need to add to that worry load. So take a look at a few things around the house that I believe we can just strike off the list.