What Anxiety Affects Your Brain and What You Can Do About It
Worry is a completely normal and natural part of human existence. There will always be times when we are more nervous or anxious than others, […]
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Our Favorite Ways to Back up Windows PCs
One of the digital tasks I love to do on a regular basis – yes, regularly – is to clean my computer and reinstall Windows […]
Continue reading »Review Your Parenting Rules This Year
Some of the rules you set for your kids will be long-standing expectations. You will probably never be okay with kids hitting you or each […]
Continue reading »Your “ironic” Joke Will Come Back to Haunt You
The lucky ones don’t use Twitter at all , which undoubtedly contributes to their peace of mind. But it also means that they are overlooking […]
Continue reading »How to Increase Your Loan – or Create One From Scratch
Your credit rating will change not only because the calendar turned upside down for 2021, but at the same time, the beginning of the new […]
Continue reading »A Beginner’s Guide to Airline Miles
Frequent flyer miles are great. Use them correctly and you will save tons of money on your travels. But they are not always easy to […]
Continue reading »Is Cauliflower “Rice” More Nutritious Than Regular Rice?
With the news that Chipotle will now be offering cauliflower rice alongside traditional brown and white options on the menu, you may be wondering how […]
Continue reading »How to Cash Checks at Venmo Without a Bank Account
Venmo will soon introduce a new ‘Cash Out Check’ deposit feature for all iOS and Android devices. This will allow all Venmo users to cash […]
Continue reading »How to Unite Your Workplace
Back in the 1950s, nearly a third of the American workforce was unionized. This number has declined sharply in recent decades due to a variety […]
Continue reading »Understand Your Devices to Reduce Security Risks
When I think about “resetting” my digital life, the first thing that comes to mind is the many browser tabs I keep telling myself that […]
Continue reading »How to Teach a Child to Play Chess
I was just one episode in Queen’s Gambit , which meant that I was six episodes behind the rest of the world, but even one […]
Continue reading »Check Your Incentive Status With This Tool
Forget trying to call the IRS for your second COVID relief check – lines are clogged. As of Monday, their Get My Payment tool is […]
Continue reading »It’s Time to Clear Out Your Streaming Watchlists
Have you ever come across a show and thought, “I have to add this to my list,” just to find out it’s already there? With […]
Continue reading »How to Calculate Your Monthly Food Budget
Some recurring expenses in your budget are the same every month, so it’s easy to predict. But some budget items are more difficult to maintain, […]
Continue reading »Put Peanut Butter in Everything
Not too long ago, the main options for peanut butter were limited to smooth or coarse peanut butter offered by a handful of familiar brands […]
Continue reading »I’m Melinda Wenner Moyer, Author of How to Raise Children Who Are Not Dumb, and This Is How I Work
Whenever I feel stressed about feeling “too busy,” I often turn to writers who seem to have supernatural powers of getting things done. One is […]
Continue reading »How to Set and Maintain a Reading Goal This Year
Every year I make the vague but ambitious decision to “read more,” and every year I start out confidently, but after about three months I […]
Continue reading »How to Keep Children’s Drawings From Clumping
Around his fourth birthday, the boy I raised began painting what he called “ghost families.” He couldn’t draw people, but he could draw something that […]
Continue reading »Get More Shower Fun With Eucalyptus
You may have seen it grace the trendy foyer at HGTV: eucalyptus, a muted green plant with long stems and round leaves sprouting all the […]
Continue reading »Journaling Is Much More Than Journaling
If you can’t afford a therapist or schedule regular visits to a counselor, you have one self-soothing method that you may have long overlooked and […]
Continue reading »Is Discovery + Worth It?
Discovery has entered the streaming war today with the launch of another platform, Discovery +. At this point, a subscription to each streaming service will […]
Continue reading »You Really Only Need One Home Screen
When I got my new iPhone last year, I was looking forward to starting over with a fresh, clean home screen, but I had loads […]
Continue reading »Train Your Kids to Eat Peanuts Early, New US Diet Guidelines Recommend
This is the first time the U.S. government has added babies and toddlers from birth to 2 years of age to its official dietary and […]
Continue reading »Beware of COVID Vaccine Waiting List Scams
While most of us are waiting for the COVID vaccine, scammers posing as healthcare workers use it as bait to steal our money and data […]
Continue reading »How to Date Without Alcohol
Dating is hard. If you’re honestly trying to find someone special, the game requires you to accept a certain level of vulnerability. The conventional wisdom […]
Continue reading »How to Transfer the Board Game Dungeons & Dragons Online
COVID has erupted at the height of the Dungeons & Dragons board RPG revival, and while it’s not the worst aspect of the worldwide plague, […]
Continue reading »Make New Year’s Eve Decisions With Your Children
I know I know. After we had a year, you don’t want to make decisions for yourself, let alone your kids. However, if you get […]
Continue reading »How to Introduce Your Child to Horror Movies (and Why You Should)
Parents have always shared their terror with their children. 19th century mothers and parents read frightening and bloody books to their babies, such as Shockhead […]
Continue reading »What Are the Best Bedtime Stories You’ve Come up With for Your Kids?
As someone writing for a living, you might think that I am good at storytelling. But something I learned about myself long ago is that […]
Continue reading »Get Rid of Your “sentimental” Trash
My grandmother Jewel has accumulated many things in her life. Some of the items were beautiful antiques and some were bought from the Dollar Tree, […]
Continue reading »How to Turn Out a Cavity (and in the First Place to Prevent Its Formation)
As a child, the first thing we learn about oral health is that if we eat too much candy and / or don’t brush our […]
Continue reading »How to Actually Complete a Project After You Start It
There are countless reasons why people start projects but never finish them, and contrary to popular belief, many of them have nothing to do with […]
Continue reading »How to Watch the Latest New Jeopardy! Episodes Hosted by Alex Trebek
Even the old Jeopardy! Host Alex Trebek passed away on November 8, 2020, game show fans were still able to see his familiar face on […]
Continue reading »How to Clean and Disinfect a Humidifier Because There Is Probably Too Much Dirt
Moisturizers can make breathing and sleeping more comfortable in winter by creating a mild mist that can help with any problems, from dry sinuses and […]
Continue reading »Get a Houseplant for More Control Over Your Life
Over the course of almost a year, almost every aspect of our lives has been changed by things beyond our control (mainly the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Continue reading »Catch the Peak of the Meteor Shower With Brightly Traced Fireballs
As many of the personal New Years and fireworks have been cut or canceled this week, fans of the night sky may have been disappointed. […]
Continue reading »How Many Times Have We Hacked Each Other’s Lives in 2020
Lifehacker’s idea is to help our readers “do everything better”, including each other. Because even when we hack into other people’s lives, we still need […]
Continue reading »Use Disaster Psychology Strategies to Survive This Winter
For almost a year we have been experiencing a protracted disaster. This is in contrast to those associated with extreme weather conditions like hurricanes or […]
Continue reading »Our Best Hangover Cures, Conveniently Located in One Place
Does your head hurt this morning? What about a fuzzy mouth, bouts of nausea, and / or excruciating worry about what you said or did […]
Continue reading »Ask Yourself These Questions to Find Meaning and Purpose.
One of the many unforeseen aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been forced (or have the opportunity – depending on how you see it) to […]
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