Hot take: You deserve the best
By Rachel Katz A while back, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey made the news again, but not because of a controversial Twitter decision. A number of tabloid-style online news outlets began publishing pieces on Dorsey’s strange, frankly straight-up unhealthy lifestyle habits, which consist of minimal food intake coupled with long walks to work, frequent and alternating […]
By the time you’re 30: Adventures in personal finance
By the time you’re 30 you should have the equivalent of your yearly salary saved up. You should have an emergency fund of six months’ wages at all times. You should be well on your way to saving for retirement, and if you have/plan to have kids to save for their educations as well. You […]
The taste of virtue: Meal boxes as self-improvement
By Rachel Katz It’s Wednesday night and you just got home after another night of accidentally working too late. You’re hungry and pressed for time, but you swore that this would be the year you would learn how to cook and stop ordering take-out every night. You put your delivery menus away, and resign yourself […]
The scolding mirror and productivity: Marie Kondo and friends
By Kristin Mueller-Heaslip Dear reader, does your life feel out of control? Is your home overwhelmed with stuff, impossible to keep track of and keep tidy? Run out and buy Marie Kondo’s book on the simple art of tidying up! Or check out her Netflix show, if you prefer, and gawk as she cheerfully works […]
Welcome to the new you: Self-improvement and subjectivity
Well, here we are, nearly at the end of January. The fun (and not so fun) holiday memories are a couple of weeks away, and the reality of another long, cold winter has set in – especially at -30 degrees. Have you made and already broken your New Year’s Resolutions? I sure have. Don’t worry, […]