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‘I would knock on the door’: 15-year-friendship is jeopardized over a $60 DJ set
Friends and money are a tricky mix. We try our best to keep things fair and square, but if you’re hitting the town, it can be hard to keep things straight. I’ve found that the best path for me is not squabbling over anything under $20. And just try your best to keep things even …
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‘It’s not a money thing, but it’s the principle of it’: Non-drinker starts beef with host over oddly specific drink request
Hosting a party can be a barrel of fun. It can also be immensely stressful. You’re in charge of everyone else having a good time, which can be a lot of emotional weight to take on. You want everyone to be stimulated, chatting, dancing (if it’s that kind of party), and perhaps most importantly, satiated …
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‘Rinsing chicken’: The popular cooking advice you should actually ignore
Everybody is full of advice, especially when it comes to the kitchen. And I’ll admit, I’m guilty of backseat cooking sometimes. If I see somebody not cutting onions in the most efficient way, or sautéing something at the wrong temperature, I have a hard time keeping that information to myself. But at the end of …
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‘Orca Man’ Goes Viral for Giving Unsolicited, Yet Surprisingly Wholesome Advice to Parents
Parenting is an impossible job, which is why no fatigued parent who’s on their 10th cup of coffee with a screaming toddler on their hip ever wants to hear unsolicited advice from a childless adult. If you don’t have kids, you have no idea what it’s like to be a parent– which is completely true …
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25 Hilariously Horrible Life Hacks to Inspire Productivity
Some people are naturally gifted advice givers. They have wisdom and a gentleness that makes you want to listen to them. In my experience, moms usually give the best advice. Sure, you may rage against it in a moment of rebellious angst, but in the long run, you might see that they’ve actually been right …
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‘HR isn’t your friend’: 30+ people share their best professional advice
There is no rulebook for how to be a working professional. Life gets much more complicated once you’re no longer working a low-stakes job at the Wolfgang Puck Express inside a regional airport, where you’re not particularly concerned with your professional development. When you’re working a big boy job with an annual salary and everything, …
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‘Everything works itself out’: 32 wise men of 2023 reveal the most important things they learned this year
The tail end of the year is a time when many choose to self-reflect. When we’re made abruptly aware of the unrelenting passage of time, it’s easy to feel the need to take stock and/or go into existential crisis mode, and we’re usually better off taking the more productive route with this. It’s never enjoyable …
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‘Create a routine for before exercise’: Time-saving life hacks from titans of optimization
I’m all about optimization and efficiency. If there’s something to be done, I want it done in the quickest and most effective manner possible. When it comes to washing my hair, I have an exact routine, down to the hand motions. It feels like a choreographed dance and it gets the job done every time. …
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‘I love it when the script gets flipped’: Savvy job applicant asks interviewers the same questions they asked him
It’s one of the most dreaded parts of job interviews: the classic ‘Do you have any questions for us?’ section. Even the best-prepared applicant can find their mind going blank when they’ve spent the past twenty minutes trying to convince the interviewer that they’re the right person for the role. This means that there is …
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