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What To Eat (And Not Eat) To Have The Perfect Game Night

August 20, 2021Matthew McLachlan

Game nights are back, and with the fun, the competition, and the crowning of champions comes something nearly as important as picking the right character class. Picking the right snacks....

The Tooth Fairy Charges How Much!? Time To Find Some Other (Cheaper!) Childhood Milestones

August 17, 2021Alex Jeffries

Childhood can be a time of joy and pain, excitement and nerves. And when it comes to losing baby teeth, sometimes we experienced all of those feelings in one go...

Tracking Macros on Your Weight Loss Journey

August 13, 2021Alex Jeffries

We’ve been told time and time again that the secret to losing weight is diet and exercise. From there, we’ve been told (time and time again) that the magic ratio...

Getting Back To Getting Gains

August 10, 2021Alex Jeffries

Gyms are open across the country, which means two things: We can all (safely!) get back to the work outs we knew and loved before the pandemic My neighbors don’t...

You Thought Adulting And Taxes Were Hard Before, And Then You Decided To Freelance

August 06, 2021Alex Jeffries

If you’re of working age, the last year and a half has been a capital-I Interesting time to be a professional person. From in-person work that was labeled “Essential!” to...

Using The New Normal To Make A New Community

August 03, 2021Alex Jeffries

As life as we knew it before COVID-19 continues to return to almost normal (or what we’ve been calling the “new normal” ever since toilet paper went scarce in 2020!),...

You’re Never Too Old To Find New Friends

July 30, 2021Alex Jeffries

With a relatively normal 4th of July celebration in the books, more and more of the country is racing back to normalcy. And after a year full of change, it...

The Secret Trick To Weight Loss That Only You Know

July 26, 2021Alex Jeffries

Look, unless you’ve just stumbled upon a supply of lizard venom, it’s likely you’ve heard about all the tricks, tips, techniques, hacks, shortcuts, magic, miracles, and diets to help you...

How To Take Your Reading Beyond The Rainbow

July 23, 2021Alex Jeffries

If you’re feeling a little tired of scrolling for The Next Thing to watch, that’s not surprising. For one, there’s about 30,000 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every hour...

Halfway Through The Year, All The Way Committed To Your Goals

July 20, 2021Alex Jeffries

If you’re on Twitter, you may already know about Year Progress, a regularly tweeted progress bar on where we are with the year. It caused a stir last week, breaking...

Tired Of Takeout? There Are Other Ways To Support Your Community

July 16, 2021Alex Jeffries

If I can do a bit of what the kids are calling a #humblebrag: way back in the early days of the pandemic, I made it TWO MONTHS without ordering...

Not Everyone’s Ready For The Real World Again

July 14, 2021Alex Jeffries

After what feels like forever, the world is opening back up. In the US, many states are back to the way they were pre-pandemic. In many countries, tourism is possible...