It would be hard to overestimate the importance of the Levante SUV for Maserati. The brand came back to the US over a decade and and half ago, but since the financial crisis and amid an SUV boom, it's been selling only stylish luxury sedans and sexy GT sports car.

That will all now change, and it couldn't happen at a more important time for the Italian automaker, part of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles empire. It's down at the bottom of the luxury sales hierarchy in the US, with a puny 0.1% overall market share (Porsche sells five times as many vehicles annually).

The Quattroporte and Ghibli sedans have their fans (me, for example). But in the US and increasingly China, you really need a strong crossover offering. Porsche established the template for an automaker that had never built an SUV crossing that river in the early 2000s when it created the Cayenne, a hugely successful vehicle.

Now Maserati has taken the same plunge.

We first saw the Levante when it was revealed at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show and later in the flesh at the New York auto show. Last year, we spent some time behind the wheel. It was a relatively brief, two-hour run from a working farm and restaurant, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, about an hour north of New York to Bear Mountain.

This wasn't enough time to fully evaluate the vehicle — we'll get a crack at that later — but we formed some early impressions. And those impressions were good.

Read on:

SEE ALSO: The Levante is Maserati's first SUV — here's what it's like to drive

I arrive at the driving site. It's the rustic Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, home to the well-known and highly regarded Blue Hill restaurant.

The scenery is spectacular. This is a working farm. There are cows and sheep in the fields, a beekeeping area, and lots of farming plots and pastures.

Gorgeous. A fine day to drive an Italian luxury SUV.

Time is a precious commodity, especially when you're a small business owner and it feels like there are always a million things to do.

"Most small business owners don't build time into their workdays for things that are not just run, run, run for the business," Laura Vanderkam, time-management expert and author of "I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time," tells Business Insider.

While the core production of doing things for your business will obviously take up the majority of your day, Vanderkam says it's also vital to make time for other high-value items, like networking, building skills, interacting with employees, and leisure.

While this routine may not be right for everyone, Vanderkam's sample schedule is a good jumping-off point for fitting it all in when you run a small business:

SEE ALSO: How to schedule your day for maximum productivity after a terrible night's sleep

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6:00 a.m. Wake up and work out

Research out of Belgium suggests that working out early in the morning — before you've eaten breakfast — doesn't just help you meet your fitness goals, but could even give you more energy than those few extra minutes of shut-eye.

6:45 a.m. Get ready for the day ahead

Time to hit the showers, eat a healthy breakfast, take care of family responsibilities, and get people where they need to go.

8:30 a.m. Do the most important stuff

The first thing in the workday is your core production time, when you should focus on the day-to-day priorities that need to get done for your business to stay afloat.

When it comes to getting someone flowers on Valentine's Day — or any other holiday for that matter — things can get pretty hectic. A fresh cut bouquet of your partner's favorite blooms can speak volumes, but there are a lot of questions that arise.

Luckily, people like John Tabis, Founder and CEO of The Bouq Company, have some answers. 

Here are the do's and don'ts of ordering Valentine's Day flowers: 

DO: Be picky with your florist.

When it comes time to chose your florist, think hard about what you care about from a company. Tabis recommends following three easy steps.

"First, find a brand that stands for something you care about," he explains. Whether it's their commitment to supporting farms that are eco-friendly or their modern approach to arrangements, Tabis stresses the importance of making sure that their values align with yours. 

Tabis then says to make sure they can deliver to your recipient. Nothing will annoy you more than finding the perfect place, only to realize a few orders later that they don't deliver somewhere you need them to. 

Lastly, he says to check out the user ratings and reviews. Look through their social feeds and see if people are happy. If they have good posts and reviews, they probably have good flowers.

DON'T: Rely solely on a local shop.

It's great to have a go-to flower shop in your area that you can rely on, but it's always helpful to have a backup, especially if you need to send flowers across the country.

Picking out one online retailer that you trust (and that can ship nationally) will save you a lot of stress when the time comes for you to send that bouquet to your aunt who lives 2,000 miles away. Plus, the plethora of options doesn't hurt. 

DO: Get ahead of the game.

If you want to get deals and be alerted to recurring events, Tabis suggests signing up for subscriptions. 

"Folks who sign up for those get significant discounts," he says. There are even ones that automatically send out a bouquet for you on major holidays and birthdays so you don't ever have to worry about it. 

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• Dressing in the winter can be as bleak as the weather. 
• Fishnets aren't just meant for Halloween costumes.
• They can be an eye-catching and versatile accessory to layer with jeans or dresses. 

If you're tired of accessorizing skirts or dresses this winter with basic black tights, patterned fishnet stockings will help liven up your look. There are so many different fishnet tights styles out there, from geometric patterns to polka dots, to traditional fishnets in white, you will definitely be able to find a pair that fits your style.

If you're weary about wearing typical fishnets, just think about the new ways you can implement them into your wardrobe. If you have ripped jeans, you can wear fishnets underneath, or you can of course pair them with skirts and dresses. It's a trendy accessory to add to your wardrobe without spending a fortune! For starters, you can get adorable pairs from Forever21, ASOS, and other affordable retailers.

While fishnets may rip easier than typical tights, you have to be careful on how you wash them, so hand washing might be best to keep them clean. Fishnets don't just have to be worn with costumes for Halloween, they can give a sexy look to any outfit. You don't always have to wear think tights or leggings for the winter — switch up your look with one of the cute pair of fishnet stockings below!  

Diamond Mesh Tights

This diamond pattern is too cute!

Diamond Mesh Tights, $6.90, forever21.com

Khaki Fishnet Leggings

For an all-neutral look, wear these khaki fishnets.

Khaki Fishnet Leggings, $18, forever21.com

Semi-Sheer Floral Tights

Pair these bold tights with a simple outfit for a fashionable contrast.

Semi-Sheer Floral Tights, $7.90, forever21.com

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• Everyone could use some extra help with their makeup routine.
•There are plenty of tools that can help you achieve the perfect cheekbone contour, longer eyelashes, and that perfect winged eyeliner line. 
•From unicorn makeup brushes to charcoal swabs, these tools are the ultimate beauty hacks you need. 

There are two kinds of people in the world: the ones who can do their makeup in 15 minutes and it looks perfect, and those who say they can't do makeup. While the average person doesn't have a team of makeup artists on deck, there are weird but useful makeup tools that can help you master those tricky makeup skills. Enter these fascinating beauty products that will help you achieve the look you want.

Personally, if I had to rate my makeup skills, I'd give myself a seven. While I'm great at blending shadows and contouring, my liner never matches, my brows are challenging, and it's tough for me to apply red lipstick without looking like a clown. That being said, I feel like everyone could use some extra help with their makeup routine. I mean, beauty hacks are so popular on the web for a reason. Maybe it's getting your brows to match, or it's nailing that perfect winged line. Well then, consider these tools to be the ultimate beauty hacks.

In this list, you'll find eyebrow stencils, tons of brushes, and makeup sponges galore to help you nail master your beauty skills. Once you have these makeup tools on hand you'll wonder what you've ever done without them.

1. The ultimate makeup sponge set

SHANY Makeup Blender Puff Sponge Set, $15, Amazon

While some single makeup sponges can cost over $25, this set gives you 10 for just $15. It features 10 makeup sponges of different shapes and sizes to help you apply all your makeup, from concealer to blush. It also gives you enough sponges as backup for when your go-to one needs to be cleaned.

2. Keep your makeup intact with this setting spray

Urban Decay All Nighter Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray, $31, Sephora

Setting spray is one of those things that you wonder whether or not you really need it, but despite it being gimmicky, it really works to keep your makeup set all day. This Urban Decay Setting Spray will help you avoid your makeup from melting off, so there's no need for reapplication.

3. Clean up your makeup messes with this pencil

NUDESTIX Clean-Up Pencil, $24, Sephora

Smudged your lipstick? Applied way too much eyeliner? The NUDESTIX clean-up pencil has got you covered. One swipe melts away your makeup mistakes sans soap and water, leaving the rest of your face looking exactly how you want.

BMW used to be easy.

The point of entry for the ultimate-driving-machine experience was the 3-Series, especially in four-door sedan trim. Versatile, quick, with razor-sharp handing and seating for two grown-ups in the back and room for luggage in the trunk.

BMW has been selling the 3-Series for so long that it's kind of stuck with the thing.

Its excellence is an albatross, as the market has soured on sedans and wants SUVs. What's BMW to do? The 3-Series wins every car-magazine comparison test and has for decades.

The automaker has tried to craft other points of entry, via the discontinued 1-Series and the 2-Series, but neither has a crossover to sell.

As buyers skip out on sedans, 3-Series sales have been getting clobbered. But it's not as if BMW can up and say "See ya!" to its most legendary vehicle, so something different is called for.

It's called the X1, and it's a subcompact crossover SUV, a bit smaller and cheaper than the very successful X3.

I borrowed one for a few days, a 2016 X1 xDrive28i priced at about $44,000 and nicely equipped. Here's what I thought:

SEE ALSO: The MINI Cooper S Convertible is the perfect MINI

The X1 is a small crossover, introduced in 2009. Our car was the second generation, around since 2015. The color was a very European "Alpine white."

The BMW badge and kidney grille define the front, along with those slightly angry-looking headlights.

Up close.

Europe's wealthiest individuals are a mixed group.

Some of them hold fortunes derived from centuries-old dynasties, while others are hard-nosed entrepreneurs who scrabbled up from humble backgrounds.

There are those in eastern Europe who made their money recently after the collapse of the Soviet Union, there are industrialists from Scandinavia with fortunes derived from old industry, and there are some in Western Europe with ancient royal connections.

Business Insider has used Forbes' rich list to determine the wealthiest individual in each European state, ranked from the least-wealthy upwards.

In some countries, no residents made the Forbes list, and the countries were therefore not included in this ranking.

Mike Bird contributed to an earlier version of this post.

Romania's Ion Tiriac — NET WORTH: £804,000 ($1 billion)

Romania's richest man is known as the "Brasov Bulldozer." A retired professional tennis and ice hockey player, he made his fortune following the collapse of Communist Romania in 1989 with a number of business investments across banking, retail, and insurance.

Monaco's Tatiana Casiraghi — NET WORTH: £1.8 billion ($2.3 billion)

Beer heiress Tatiana Casiraghi is Monaco's richest resident, and she also happens to be a royal there. Casiraghi inherited the bulk of her fortune from her late grandfather, who sold his Colombian brewery Bavaria for billions in 2005. She is married to Prince Andrea Casiraghi of Hanover, who is fourth in the line to the Monaco throne.

Finland's Antti Herlin — NET WORTH: £2.9 billion ($3.6 billion)

Finland's richest man made his money in an unlikely way — the escalator and elevator business. He's the great-grandson of Harald Herlin, who purchased the KONE engineering company in the 1920s.

LONDON – Personal safety and security is one of the most important aspects to consider when moving abroad for work.

In a survey by InterNations, the world’s largest network for people who live and work abroad, the company asked 14,300 expats, representing 174 nationalities and living in 191 countries or territories, to rate 43 different aspects of life abroad on a scale of 1-7.

One of these aspects was "personal safety and security."

The safest countries for expats, according to the survey, span across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

The US and UK did not make the top of the list.

Check out the top 11: 

11. Oman — The cost of living is low in the country and crime rates are very low across all metrics, making it a prime spot for expats.

10. Taiwan — The country ranks highly for job satisfaction, good career prospects, and for being on the safest places to be in the world.

9. Finland — Seven out of 10 expats in Finland said they thought of personal safety as a benefit to their move.

LONDON — One of the world's oldest judicial events is taking place right now in a quiet corner of central London.

The Trial of the Pyx, a near-800-year old ceremony to count coins and verify Britain's currency, got under way at the Goldsmiths' Hall in London on Tuesday.

The process, which takes months and involves the counting of nearly 40,000 coins produced by the Royal Mint, dates back to the reign of Henry III.

A sample of all the coins made by the Royal Mint are tried in this way – from a £49,995 commemorative coin made from a kilo of solid gold, down to the lowly 20p piece.

One of the new attractions for the Trial this year was the new £1 coin, which has 12 sides and will be released to the public later this year. It is considered to be the most secure coin ever developed.

It is a trial by 16-jurors of the coinage to ensure that the country's metal money is the correct weight, size and composition, and it features all the pomp and circumstance you might expect from a tradition that has taken place every year since the 13th century.

Take a look inside the ceremony:

The ceremony takes place in the opulent Goldsmiths' Hall in the City of London. Members of the public and invited dignitaries are sat on one side of the room. The Queen's Remembrancer, a judge, sits at the head of the table to give her address and start the trial. She is not actually present when counting process happens.

The Pyx are reinforced boxes of currency ready to be assayed or tested. The word Pyx comes from the Greek for wooden box. In them are hundreds of envelopes containing thousands of coins.

This is the 16-strong jury. They are members of the Goldsmiths' guild. The wardens get to wear special robes. They have small white bibles, which they must swear on before the trial begins. You can see the two counting bowls. With more than 35,000 coins to count, a lot of the work is done behind the scenes by machines.

Europe's tech clusters in London, Berlin, Paris, and elsewhere, host thousands of fast-growing technology startups.

And if you look solely at "unicorn" startups that are worth $1 billion (£803 million) or more, they're even starting to rival Silicon Valley.

We ranked the 34 coolest startup CEOs in Europe, taking into account the founders' personal careers, as well as how innovative their companies are.

We've decided to use a broad definition of "startup" for this list, in line with VC Paul Graham's definition as pretty much any fast-growing company. So we've got companies that range in size from a handful of people all the way up to companies that are on the verge of going public.

We also decided not to include Israeli startups on this list. You can see our ranking of tech startups in Israel here.

Additional reporting by Shona Ghosh, Hannah Roberts, and Lara O'Reilly.

34. Sean Murray, CEO of Hello Games

Sean Murray is the CEO of Hello Games, the small British game development studio that created "No Man’s Sky"— one of the biggest (and most controversial) games of 2016.

Hello Games used to be known for its "Joe Danger" series which let people play as a stuntman on a motorbike, pulling off stunts and tricks. But Murray had an ambition to build something much bigger.

"No Man's Sky" lets players explore a vast universe that was created by an algorithm. Its scale has impressed everyone from Kanye West to Elon Musk. But not everyone was a fan. The game caused outrage online after it failed to live up to many of Murray's promises. Cut features included planetary physics, rivers, and large spaceships.

Country: UK

33. Pietari Päivänen, CEO of Future Fly

The younger sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Arielle Zuckerberg, was an early investor in this Finland-based startup, which has so far raised $2.5 million (£2 million) in seed funding.

Set up by a team of former game designers, including CEO and cofounder Pietari Päivänen, Future Fly is best known for its gamified chat app Rawr which lets its users create 3D-animated avatars.

Country: Finland

32. Mariusz Gralewski, CEO of DocPlanner

DocPlanner is a service that lets users find doctors and book appointments. It was founded by Mariusz Gralewski, a former University of Warsaw computer science student, who serves as its CEO today.

In June 2016, the Polish startup acquired and merged with Spanish rival Doctoralia, and raised $20 million (£16 million) in a Series C funding round.

Country: Poland

You may think food trends change drastically by culture, but if takeaway orders are anything to go by, our easy-eating habits are all very similar — and often not reflective of the home country's cuisine.

We teamed up with online food delivery company Deliveroo to find out the most-ordered dishes in 12 of the website and app's most popular cities around the world.

Here are the most popular takeaway orders on Deliveroo around the world, ranked by price, from cheapest to most splurge-worthy.

From falafel in Ireland to dim sum in Belgium, scroll down to see the surprising results.

Italy: Daruma Roll from Daruma Sushi, Rome — £5.15

Ireland: Palestinian Falafel from Umi Falafel, Dublin — £5.15

Germany: Bulgogi BBQ Classic from Mmaah, Berlin — £5.58

Over the past 15 years, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, a company with more than a century's worth of heritage and brand equity, has completely reinvented itself under BMW ownership. This reinvention was not conducted in a way that abandons tradition — because that would be foolish— but rather by embracing it while injecting a heavy dose of modernity.

In other words, rather than slapping a the brand's badge on a run-of-the-mill luxury car, they decided to build honest-to-God Rolls-Royce motor cars with the latest chassis, engine, and infotainment technology money can buy.

First there was the flagship Phantom limo. Then came the "entry-level" Ghost sedan. That was followed by Wraith coupe. Now, with the arrival of the Dawn, it's safe to say the Rolls-Royce revolution is complete.

Late last year, just before the winter chill bore down on the Northeastern part of the US, Rolls-Royce dropped off a brand new Dawn for Business Insider to check out at our top secret suburban New Jersey road test facility — the nerve center of our vast vehicle evaluation operation. Otherwise known as my colleague Matt DeBord's drive way.

Obviously, this was the perfect opportunity for a weekend drive through the wilds of New Jersey. 

The Rolls-Royce Dawn starts at a lofty $335,000. However, our option-laden test car clad in Midnight Sapphire and Blue Ice livery cost a whopping $402,675.

Hollis Johnson contributed to this story.

SEE ALSO: Porsche now sells 21 different versions of the 911— here they are

I began the day at Business Insider's suburban test car facility located not too far from BMW/Rolls-Royce North America's headquarters in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

The Dawn is the latest addition to the Rolls-Royce family. It joins the flagship Phantom, ...

... The Ghost, and...

It's hard to separate Donald Trump's businesses from his politics. As a result, some are calling for a boycott of any company that sell Trump products.

Shannon Coulter, a brand and digital strategist, started the #GrabYourWallet hashtag in October following the publication of a leaked tape that showed Trump making lewd comments about women. Coulter used the hashtag to encourage people who were offended by Trump's language and actions to boycott companies doing business with his family.

In the months since the election, she and other anti-Trump Twitter users have circulated a spreadsheet with retailers that do business with the Trump family. 

The list includes Trump Hotels and other Trump Organization businesses on its "consider boycotting" list. Yuengling Beer, whose founder endorsed Trump, and The Honest Company, which has advertised on Celebrity Apprentice," are also included.

A few retailers have dropped Trump brands, including Shoes.com and Zulily since the movement started. Others have been added to the list as Coulter and others collect more info. 

As of Monday, Grab Your Wallet's list of brands that carry Trump products included 33 retailers, including Amazon, Walmart, and Bloomingdales.

SEE ALSO: Trump's plan for what will happen to his businesses when he's president has a massive flaw

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The discount retailer carries Ivanka Trump's lines of shoes, clothing, and accessories.

Amazon

The e-commerce giant carries both Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump merchandise, from the book "The Art of the Deal" to Ivanka Trump's shoe line.

For what it's worth, some Trump supporters on Reddit have also called for a boycott of Amazon because CEO Jeff Bezos said he wants to send Trump to space. The CEO has also said the president-elect "erodes our democracy around the edges."

Belk

The Southeastern department store chain sells Ivanka Trump's lines of shoes and handbags.

After years of waiting, Nintendo finally has a new video game console on the way: the Nintendo Switch.

It's a hybrid console — you can play it at home on your living room television, or you can take it on the go. Here are the basics:

• It's called Nintendo Switch.
• It's scheduled to launch on March 3.
• It starts at $300.
• Nintendo has a gaggle of games starring its most prominent creations in the works.

There is, of course, much more to the Switch than that, and Nintendo just offered a ton of new details. Here's everything we know about the Nintendo Switch, straight from the horse's mouth.

SEE ALSO: I played Nintendo's new game console, the Switch — this is what it's like

This is everything that comes in the $299 package.

Here's what's in the box:

• A Switch tablet — the console itself is the tablet.

• A set of Joy-Con controllers.

• The Switch dock, for connecting to your TV.

• The Joy-Con dock/gamepad.

• Two wrist straps for making sure you don't lose the Joy-Con while playing a motion game.

• Two cables (power and HDMI).

There are two bundles that each cost $300. One has a blue and a red Joy-Con, and the other has two gray ones.

Here's a good look at the Nintendo Switch dock and the Joy-Con Grip gamepad.

What you see above is exactly what'll come in the box when Nintendo Switch arrives on March, 3: the Nintendo Switch dock, the tablet-like console, and a home gamepad with the detachable Joy-Con in tow.

Notably, the controller is called the Joy-Con Grip. Since you can detach each of the Joy-Con bits and attach them to the Switch tablet, the Grip turns the Joy-Con into a more traditional gamepad.

Of note: Everything in the package is also sold separately. Want another dock? You can buy one. Need just a left Joy-Con? Can do. Nintendo breaks it all down on its site.

The 59th annual Grammy Awards are Sunday, February 12.

While musicians will go home with gold, over 50 presenters and performers will have the option to go home with a gift bag worth more than $30,000.

This year's swag bag from LA-based entertainment marketing company Distinctive Assets is valued at over $30,000. The Grammy Gift bag, which will be made available to over 50 presenters and performers, includes gifts ranging from ChapStick and customized Crayola crayons to an over $8,000 spa trip.

Distinctive Assets provided INSIDER with a peek at what will be inside this year's bag. Keep reading to see what the performers will take home.

The most expensive item is a $8,850 trip for a week at the Golden Door spa in Southern California.

The spa donates 100% of its profits to help end child abuse. You can learn more about the spa here.

The least expensive item in the gift bag is a $4.99 gift set of ChapStick moisturizer original and ChapStick 100% natural lip butter.

Some of the gifts are interesting, like these fashion adult bibs from BeBibs.

Check out all of the BeBibs styles here.

There are a number of habits that put us at greater risk of cancer — and almost as many things we can do to decrease that risk. 

But knowing what those habits are can be a bit more difficult, especially with new evidence coming in all the time clarifying what we know — and don't know — about those risks.

To help get a sense of what the public knows, the American Institute for Cancer Research surveyed about 1,000 people about whether or not certain factors had an effect on whether a person develops cancer.

In a new report out Wednesday, the AICR detailed the cancer risks Americans are good at identifying, the ones they're not so good at knowing, and the ones they tend to get wrong. 

SEE ALSO: Nutrition experts got together and ranked the best diets of 2017 — here are the top 12

DON'T MISS: We asked pharma executives the one question they didn't want to hear about drug pricing

GMOs — no conclusive link to cancer

Genetically modified organisms have been controversial, but there haven't been any conclusive links between GMOs and cancer, Alice Bender, the head of nutrition programs at the AICR, told Business Insider. 

Even though that link has been inclonclusive, 54% of those surveyed believed eating GMOs had a significant impact on whether a person develops cancer. 

Beef hormones — no conclusive link to cancer

The same holds true for hormones in beef, another case where there isn't enough evidence to link them to an increased cancer risk. 

Still, 52% of those that responded to the survey said they believed that hormones in beef have a significant impact on whether a person develops cancer. 

Diets high in fat and sugar — no conclusive link to cancer

The links between diets high in fat or high in sugar are inconclusive so far, according to AICR. When it comes to sugar in particular, diets high in the substance have been linked to obesity, an established cancer risk. But on its own, the evidence isn't quite there — especially when it comes to claims that sugar can lead to cancer spreading more quickly (sugar feeds all cells, not cancer cells disproportionately, according to the MDAnderson Cancer Center).   

Though the link isn't proven, 44% of those surveyed said they believed a diet high in fat had a significant impact on whether a person develops cancer, and 28% said the same about sugar.

The season of frigid temperatures and ice-encrusted everything is now upon us: Winter, with all its attendant gloominess, is here. 

But that doesn't mean we're powerless against seasonal mood slumps, according to Dr. Michael Dansinger, MD, an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. In fact, there's a whole slew of strategies proven to favorably adjust our internal cocktail of endorphins, dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin — better known as the brain chemicals most integral to happiness. 

Here are Dansinger's top six strategies for fending off winter blues the science-backed way.

1. Practice positive thinking.

The best way to get started? Think happy thoughts.

"You can affect your own happiness with the attitude that you choose," Dansinger told INSIDER. "A positive attitude improves these brain chemicals. So my number one recommendation is to treat positive attitude as a skill set and work on it."

In other words: Don't think of positivity as a personality trait that you do or don't have. Think of it as a skill you can hone — here are a few doctor-approved strategies to start with.

2. Avoid isolation.

Winter might make you feel like crawling into bed and avoiding human contact. That's one of the worst things you can do for your health.

"When you're in the cold, it's easy just to get into a habit of isolating yourself, and that exacerbates the winter blues," Dansinger said. "We know that engaging with other people makes a very big difference, so go out of your way to avoid isolation." Need proof? Research shows that lack of social interaction can be as bad for you as smoking.

Better yet, sign yourself up to do some volunteering with a group of people. Altruistic activities will even further improve the balance of happiness chemicals in the brain, Dansinger explained.

3. Eat right.

Let's get one thing out of the way: There is no one superfood that will invariably cure a mood slump. But committing to a healthy eating pattern will make a difference. 

"There are individual foods that might be especially favorable for brain chemicals — foods with antioxidants like blueberries and kale and pomegranates," Dansigner said. "But I would really emphasize an overall healthy eating plan rather than the idea of using individual foods." Broadly, Dansinger said, that means lots of fruits and vegetables and plenty of lean protein. 

Eating well during winter can boost your mood in two ways. 

First, it helps keep weight in check. "We all know about the cycle where you're eating poorly and then you gain weight and then you don't feel like exercising because you gained weight," Dansinger said. "The best way to break that potential cycle is with [healthy] eating."

Second, a produce-heavy diet is naturally rich in fiber, which is a major boon for the bacteria living inside your gut. "We know from research studies in animals and to some extent in humans that the intestinal bacteria can affect mood by altering brain chemicals," Dansinger said. Here's more on the fascinating gut-brain connection.

The rich and the famous go all out all the time, whether it's for vacations, designer clothes, or spoiling their offspring. That's why it's no surprise that they shell out some ridiculously big bucks for engagement rings, too.

While even the concept of a million dollars might seem wild, it is clearly chump change for these actors, musicians, and moguls who have dropped that and more for their baubles.

Keep reading to see the 23 most expensive celebrity engagement rings:

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Lady Gaga never got around to saying 'I do,' but she did say yes to Taylor Kinney when he whipped out this six-carat, heart-shaped diamond ring by Lorraine Schwartz.

The $500,000 ring also has a micro-pavé platinum band and is engraved with “T ♡ S,” which stands for Gaga's birth name, Stefani Germanotta. The couple split in summer 2016 and close sources are saying that she got to keep the ring. 

Kate Middleton's unique 12-carat sapphire — surrounded by diamonds, no less — popped perfectly with her navy dress when the royal couple announced their engagement in 2010.

This $500,000 heirloom might not be the most expensive ring on the list, but it's sentimental value is worth so much more. Princess Diana also wore this ring while she was engaged to Prince Charles.

Justin Theroux asked for Jennifer Aniston's hand with a stunning 10-carat diamond that would make anyone scream yes.

It's worth approximately $1 million and even has some sentiment to it thanks to the fact that Theroux called on her good friend Jennifer Meyer to help design it.

Super Bowl 51 is set to air on Fox on February 5 and, as usual, the big game's broadcast will be stuffed to the brim with big-money ads, reportedly costing $5 million for a 30-second slot.

Brands are now starting to share their ads and teasers as the Super Bowl draws closer.

We'll be keeping you up to date with all the latest commercials, teasers, and other Super Bowl ads news.

Scroll down to see what we know so far about the Super Bowl ads (we've organized all the news in alphabetical order, by brand.)

84 Lumber

Construction-supply company 84 Lumber has splashed out an estimated $15 million on a 90-second ad — its debut Super Bowl spot, AdAge reported. The ad, created by Brunner, will air in the second quarter, before half-time and aims to recruit new employees. 

However, the first cut of the ad has had to be scrapped after Fox rejected it for being "too political,"Campaign first reported. The creative had featured a wall blocking people looking for work in the US.

Here's a recent 84 Lumber ad, celebrating its 60th year:

Audi

The automaker is returning to the Super Bowl for the ninth time, with an ad created by agency Venables Bell & Partners, according to Adweek.

Last year's spot featured David Bowie's "Starman":

Avocados from Mexico

Avocados from Mexico told Business Insider in December it was coming back to the Super Bowl in 2017. It's the third year in a row the brand has advertised in the big game.

This year's ad will be focused on promoting the fact that avocados are healthy, something the company was not explicitly permitted to do so in the past due to old FDA rules.

Here's the ad itself:

Sometimes vacations are more trouble than they're worth. You spend a lot of money, travel far, and leave stressed.

Getaway, a hospitality startup launched out of the Harvard Innovation Lab in 2015, shakes up that routine by offering tiny houses for rent. It's like camping, but with the creature comforts of home.

The company maintains a dozen tiny houses, ranging between 160 and 200 square feet, in remote, wooded areas of Massachusetts and New York. Guests can book them for $99 to $129 a night.

Founders and college friends Pete Davis and Jon Staff recently pitched their vacation startup on "Shark Tank." The pair walked away from a $7 million investment because the judges offered a "lower valuation than we thought we were worth," Davis told WTPO News.

We spoke with Staff, the CEO of Getaway, to see why tiny houses might be the future of tourism.

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Getaway, founded by two Harvard graduate students, aims to provide a convenient and affordable way to disconnect from the daily grind.

"We really want you to do nothing at all," says Staff.

This is the Ovida, the first tiny home designed and built by Getaway.