25 Photos That Can Make You More Attentive to the Things Around You

We don’t always pay attention to small details. However, quite often it’s exactly the small things that hide the most interesting and funny information. For example, you can see a huge spider when looking at the window and sigh with relief after realizing that it’s just an optical illusion. Bright Side is going to show you photos that will make you want …

9 Non-Obvious Reasons Why Waking Up Early Is a Great Idea

Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group, wakes up early every morning while everyone else is still asleep. Many successful people stick to this routine. Science says that waking up early can have a lot of positive effects not only on your productivity but also on your entire body and emotional state. Bright Side has collected a few good reasons to wake up early every day. You’ll …

Hard Proof That Grandparents Make Our World a Little Brighter

Having 17 sons and daughters that we know of, Genghis Khan must have had hundreds of grandchildren, making one out of every 200 modern people a more or less direct descendant of his. People on this list might not have taken the “quantity approach” in grandparenthood, but they are totally taking the quality one. We at Bright Side experienced so much joy collecting the stories for this article …

23 Photos That Prove Animals Are Just Like Us

Have you ever noticed that pets can express the same emotions as humans? Just like us, they tend to look at windows longingly when the weather outside is good, they don’t like to grow old and they try to keep calm when in awkward situations. Bright Side has collected pictures of 23 animals whose emotions can be understood without using any words. 23. When the doctor …

26 Photos That Can Calm You Down Better Than Chamomile Tea

Every person who lives in the city sees hundreds of annoying details every day. That’s why even simply looking at perfect order, symmetry, or an ideal match of things found in the inevitable chaos of everyday life can make people feel really good. Bright Side offers you a chance to forget about your stress for a moment and look at our new photo compilations that could have …

15 Reasons We Love Our Grandparents More and More Each Day

Grandparents never fail to amaze us. Some of them type recipes on an old typewriter to pass them on to their grandchildren while others hunt down Pokemon better than any teenager can. And they do everything with extreme sincerity and warmth. Let’s look at this compilation together as it warms our hearts. Bright Side has collected 15 photos that will make you feel touched by your grandparents and remember …

21 Parents Who Are Running the Show Like a Pro

In the past 10 years in the US, the amount of families with three or more children has increased. And with just one child being a handful, we can only imagine which chaos 3 or more bring. Here are some pages straight out of the books of parenting pros. Here at Bright Side, we admire all talent and parenting is no exception! “My sister lost her phone at a bar. This is what my mom …

21 Photos That Are Literally Screaming for Help

“I used to stand before the mirror and look deep into my unhappy eyes, sigh and say, ‘Oh cruel fate!’ And in a few minutes, I felt a little bit better.” This is what Moominpappa used to say. Sometimes life presents us with challenges that are difficult to get through, and this practice can actually help. Bright Side has prepared a collection of situations in which this small exercise …

Vision Test: Check How Good Your Eyes Are

Nowadays, there are lots of gadgets around us. We stare at our computers and mobile phones all day, every day, and of course this affects our vision. How many people feel their eyes aching at the end of the day, or have blurry vision and eye dryness? All of these symptoms can indicate ophthalmic problems. There are a variety of vision deficiencies: colorblindness, near- and farsightedness, …

How I Tried the Japanese Method of Decluttering and Dumped $2,000 Worth of Stuff

“The Japanese Art of Decluttering” is a term popularized by the book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo and the book Life Free from Dream by Yukiko Kaneko. The principle described by the authors is simple: you need to get rid of all the things in your house that don’t bring you joy. It is believed that tidying up helps everyone not only to get rid of useless stuff but …