If you use Gmail and Google Calendar, planning an event over email should be easy, but it can be annoying to jump back and forth between the two apps to check your availability. Now, it looks as though Google finally has a solution to this first-world problem, and you'll find it in a major update coming to Gmail's desktop view.

There are plenty of people who both crave human interaction and find it a terrifying experience full of social pitfalls. We contain multitudes! If you're one of those people who struggles to leave the house even when you really want to, take some advice from a psychotherapist on how to get yourself out the door.

Birthday parties: children daydream about them, while their parents often dread them. Before social media, parents had nothing to compare their kids' parties to, aside from a cursory glance at friends' events during drop-off and pick-up-time. Not to get all nostalgic, but some of my favourite birthdays were at the local McDonald's.

Legally, all you need for a wedding is a visit to the registry office, and whatever else your local government requires. Everything else is optional. Of course, some things are more optional than others.

Putting together a guest list for a wedding is more stressful than it needs to be, especially when you've got plenty of other stuff to worry about -- like the budget. Here are seven types of people you can keep off the guest list for your big day, guilt-free.