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Avalanche Method: An aggressive way to slash your debt
If you're in debt, like 75% of Americans are, you may wonder what the best way to pay it off is. That depends on your personality, the type of debt you have, and the amount of debt you have. If the Snowball Method is too tentative, you may prefer the more aggressive Avalanching.
Saving 💰
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Snowball Method: A simple way to get motivated to pay off debt
There are many types of debt, from a note owed on a house or a car to student loans to credit card balances to predatory payday loans. Not all debt is created equally. Some debts, paid consistently, like a student loan or mortgage can actually help your credit score.
Saving 💰
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(Un)True Crime: When they get the wrong guy
In journalism, reporters can get it wrong sometimes. But the corrections and retractions go on the back page where no one reads. Law can operate in the same way. In a society obsessed with true crime, we often don't hear when it turns out we got it all wrong. Here's four cases:
Society 🏛
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Putting the Gefilte Back in Gefilte Fish
Walking down the 'international' foods aisle at the grocery store, you'll come upon the Jewish section sandwiched between Indian and Chinese. While kosher foods abound throughout, this section is for the particular, iconic dishes Jewish shoppers might need.
History 🕰
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Why online "mom-culture" can be your saving grace and your ruin
The rise of social media brought about a new culture of motherhood, "mom-culture,” where moms share parenting experiences, tips, and advice on various platforms. This in turn has given rise to a secondary culture, "mom-fluencers." Here's the good, bad, and the ugly.
Social media 💬
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The Most Underrated, Inexpensive Cities in North America Ranked
With the baseline Disney package for a family of 4 coming in at $6,000, traveling with family feels like a lost cause. It's not. While premier destinations like New York or Disney will always come with a steep price tag, there are many other destinations you can enjoy for less.
Food 🌶
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How to travel on a budget
Travel has been known to have many psychological benefits, including reducing stress and increasing happiness. According to a study by the Global Commission on Aging and Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, nearly 70% of people who travel regularly report feeling happier.
Saving 💰
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5 things to do to weather a recession
It is difficult to predict exactly when the next recession will occur in the U.S. Economic downturns are typically caused by a combination of factors such as high levels of debt, rising interest rates, and declining consumer confidence. Most agree we'll experience one soon.
Saving 💰
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Why your kid needs a 529
In 2041, the average 4-year public university will cost around $300,000. That's assuming the university is currently charging in the realm of $30k per year and building in 5% inflation. You'll need more for a private university. So if you have a newborn, get saving!
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The Importance of Having a Hobby
People are lonely. Even before the pandemic, statistics showed an alarming trend of individuals reporting they had no close friendships. The isolation of COVID only exacerbated that. That's why you need a hobby.
Society 🏛
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Pregnancy and Wine: The advice is as clear as a glass of cabernet
No sushi. No side sleeping. No soft cheese. Not a single drop of wine. 'No No No'. Pregnant women hear this all the time. But the evidence to actually back up these prohibitions is far less clear than you'd think for how stringently they're doled out. Particularly the wine rule.
Society 🏛
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Weightlifting: Burn fat while you chill out
"Mechanical overload-induced muscle-derived extracellular vesicles promote adipose tissue lipolysis." What? Weightlifting helps you burn fat. But that's not all. A new study has found that weightlifting not only burns fat for 24 hours after you stop but changes the metabolism.
Diet 🍏
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Everything You Need to Know About Hanukkah
It's that time of year. Snow is starting to fall. Stores are preparing for a big end of year rush. People are either stringent in saying 'Happy Holidays' or railing against the use of 'Happy Holidays'. Ah, Hanukkah and Christmas overlap again this year. So what is Hanukkah?
Religion 🛐
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Why men should read romance novels.
A couple on a cruise for the first time signs up for a lecture on how to have a better sex life. They think it will be cute and intimate, data based and professionally led. It ends up being a cringey two hours of being prompted to share personal details with total strangers.
Relationships 💞
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How to Sleep Train Your Baby.
Bring up 'sleep training' around parents, and you'll either get enthusiastic 'it was a life saver' or 'that's torturing your child;' there's no real middle ground opinion. But the term sleep training is drastically misunderstood by both mobs.
Success 🏆
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Is Melatonin Safe and Effective for Helping with Sleep?
A thread in an online group asked what is something every U.S. household has. But nowhere amid Ranch Dressing, junk drawers, and big televisions was a bottle of melatonin mentioned; though the supplement, requiring a prescription elsewhere, is unregulated and widely used.
Wellbeing 😄
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How to start a vegetable garden... for the black-thumbed novice
Google starting a vegetable garden, and you'll get a million results. But these tutorials assume you'll spend hundreds of dollars and an inordinate amount of time to make and tend this garden. Most people's first try at anything ends in failure. Here's a better first time guide.
Saving 💰
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What is Kosher and how do you 'keep Kosher'?
Kosher is Hebrew for "fit" or "appropriate." It's a designation that has come to encompass specific foods, preparation, timing, and what one can eat mixed together. It also has come to include a spectrum of observance from strict to none at all.
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How to quit a job... even if you've just started.
With a strong job market, people have more flexibility to find work that's meaningful to them ... or at least pays more. But handing in a resignation still feels cringey. Why? Old stigma and new 'family' work culture collide, making it hard to quit. Here's how to do it right.
Career 👩🏫
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How to Choose Great Dating Profile Pictures
So if you've already written a killer profile, now you just need the right pictures to match. People are visual creatures after all. Profile Polish CEO and You Probably Shouldn't Write That author Lisa Hoehn suggests 4 pictures.
Success 🏆
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Finding an Entry Level Job for Your Personality Type--No degree required
Look online and there're a million articles on how to find the perfect career for your personality type. ISTJ? Be a dentist. INFJ? A psychologist. But these careers take years of school. What if you don't have a degree? What if you're reentering the workforce after many years?
Career 👩🏫
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The Essential Guide to the SAHM Resume for the 100% Inexperienced
Your resume is the first communication between you and prospective employers. Everyone knows it has to impress. But what if your previous experience is as a stay-at-home-mom (SAHM)? What if this is your first job ever? You can still write a great CV sure to land you an interview.
Career 👩🏫
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How to: Write a dating profile
Dating is hard. Where we were once matched up by family or found love with serendipitous meet-cutes, we are all now judged first and foremost on a brief description of our attributes and a couple of pictures. So getting them right is critical. But what is 'right'?
Relationships 💞
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How to be an Introverted Mom
If you've ever heard other moms gushing over how excited they are to play with their little ones all the time, going so far as to have to stop themselves from waking said little one up just to play more, and thought "what are you smoking"--you may be an introverted mom.
Happiness 😀
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How to Reverse Balding
The hair growth industry is worth about $3.6 billion, with a b. And it's a long and storied industry dating from ancient times to present. Yet throughout that time, remedies have stayed the same--topical application. Now a pill will revolutionize the industry.
Society 🏛
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