Collaborative Post | Switching careers is often fueled by different motivations, not just the promise of a higher salary. Some people are looking for a better work-life balance or the chance to turn a passion into a profession. Others want to learn new skills or position themselves for long-term growth. Whatever the reason, a career change can be an exciting opportunity to realign your work with your goals and values.
…Why Your Favorite Brands Make It So Hard to Cancel: The Psychology Behind Hold Music and Retention Calls
Collaborative Post | You can spend 40 minutes on the phone trying to cancel a $9.99 streaming add-on. Forty minutes. For ten dollars. Somewhere around minute 22, a pleasant voice can offer you two free months, and you actually pause to think about it, which is exactly the point of the call.
…The Recipe Wall: Saving the Cards Before They Fall Apart
AD – Sponsored | The most precious paper in most houses is also the worst looked after: a handwritten recipe card, kept in the one room designed to destroy it. Here is what we did with ours.
…My Favorite Magical Realism Books
I am not a big fantasy reader, but over the past couple of years, I have been enjoying magical realism. In this post, I want to share my favorite magical realism books.
…Why Comfort Food Cravings Spike in Fall (And How to Handle Them Without Restriction)
Collaborative Post | If you have ever found yourself craving comfort food in the fall season, then you are not alone. It is happening every time the true fall season starts. You are more tempted to grab mashed potatoes when you would rather have a salad. A bowl of chili is also better than anything cold and crunchy. It is not due to a lack of discipline. It is a common reaction tied to daylight and temperature shifts. When you know what is driving fall cravings, you can learn to work with your body rather than against it.
…Seller Disclosure, Defects, and What Buyers Can Do When Things Go Wrong
Collaborative Post | Buying a home means you enter into a plethora of legal responsibilities, and most buyers do not look at their responsibilities too closely until something goes wrong. Every state has seller disclosure laws, meant to give buyers the information needed to make a more informed choice.
What sellers must reveal depends on the location of the home, and the exact wording can vary widely. Then, when a defect shows up only after closing, what a buyer can do does not just involve one simple action.
…Cooking a 1930s French Vegetarian Meal
This summer, I went to an art museum that had a “Tak for mad” (thanks for the food) exhibit with food-themed artwork and tableware. The exhibit also had a vegetarian cookbook from 1901. Seeing the cookbook led me to research other old vegetarian cookbooks, and I came across the French cookbook La table du végétarien. I purchased the 8th edition and decided to cook a meal from the cookbook.
…Date Night Outfit Ideas for Women Seeing Older Men
Collaborative Post | The problem with dressing for a date with an older man is that most advice pulls in two directions at once. Half the advice states to look mature enough to be taken seriously. The other half recommends looking young enough to be worth getting to know. However, both recommendations produce the same result, which is an outfit built for an imaginary audience instead of an actual evening. A better starting point when deciding on an outfit is the venue, the length of the night, and what you can comfortably sit in for hours.
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