I love dusting. There’s something extremely satisfying about running a piece of cloth across a surface and watching…
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Nicole Dieker
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Nicole Dieker has been writing about personal finance for nearly a decade. She's also the author of The Biographies of Ordinary People, a Millennial-era Little Women.
The great thing about a vacuum is that it’s so versatile. Want to get the daily detritus of life out of your…
While many Americans are relying on the next stimulus package, if you’re no longer living paycheck-to-paycheck, it’s…
See if this scenario sounds familiar: You’ve put on your best Zoom shirt for your daily work check-in, you’ve poured…
A lot of us would like to be more active, but it’s hard to find the time—especially now, when many of us are…
A lot of us don’t wear sunscreen nearly as often as we should. Sometimes that’s because we don’t reapply it often…
I am currently in the process of buying my first home, and one of the more confusing (and frustrating) aspects of…
If you relocated out of state during the coronavirus pandemic, whether to stay with family members or hunker down in…
If you’re familiar with David Allen’s Getting Things Done productivity system, you already know about the importance…
Disposable face masks are an efficient way of protecting yourself and others during the coronavirus pandemic—as long…
The next time you find yourself staring down a difficult, time-consuming or boring task, don’t tell yourself that…
If you took required minimum distributions from your traditional IRA or 401(k) in 2020, you might be able to put…
Now that more and more states are reopening, job seekers might find themselves in the position of having to decide…
If you’ve got something that’s zip-tied together that shouldn’t be zip-tied together—whatever it is, for whatever…
One of the risks that comes with protesting—even peaceful protesting—is that you might end up getting arrested. Yes,…
If you haven’t thought much about Tay Zonday’s song “Chocolate Rain” since it became a meme in 2007, it’s time to…
Since the coronavirus lockdown started, those of us lucky enough to retain our jobs have been putting a lot of time…
If your meditation practice has become just one more thing to check off the to-do list—or if you’ve been trying…
If you’ve been furloughed during the coronavirus pandemic, you might be asking yourself whether it’s better to wait…
The next time you need to think critically about something—whether you’re considering a new idea, weighing the pros…