1. Do: Have an exit strategy Remember the three p’s of ending a social interaction: parents, practice and pets. If these fail, give the most dramatic excuse you can think of. 2. Don't: Talk for too long After 10 minutes of talking, the casual chat starts to become more of an actual conversation,...

Digital etiquette and technical difficulties dominate our new social lives. We strive to glimpse our friends’ faces or our teacher’s new pet through tiny windows on our screens. Video calls, it seems, have provided the perfect remedy for our social isolation. In reality, video call services...

You can sense the change in the air as December begins to arrive. It starts to get dark around 4 p.m. and the biting cold air seeps into your room. It’s the beginning of winter. Some try to reconcile themselves with it and pretend to be happy about the coming of the holiday season, but on...