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Safe Delivery Practices During COVID-19: A Guide
Nobody knows anything right now, and that's the most frustrating thing. We know that social distancing works, and that washing your hands takes 20 seconds, and that we need more ventilators and PP
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Toilet Paper Shortages: Uncovering the Truth Behind Empty Shelves
Some things don't make it into the blockbuster disaster movies we may know, love, or just plain worry about. While the heroes are off punching aliens and rescuing the president, somebody else is a
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Watch HBO Content Free: Access 500+ Hours of Shows & Movies
It's not TV, it's Home Box Office, and everyone knows that HBO is a sure sign of quality. Having access to premium (some might even say peak) television and big-deal movies has always meant po
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Understanding Face Masks: Guidance & Safety Information
Leaving your house is even weirder and scarier than usual right now, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the disorganized response it's inspired from the federal government. On Friday, however, th
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Clear Vision with Face Masks: Solutions for Glasses Wearers
Two-thirds of American adults wear glasses to correct their vision at least some of the time. Fully 100 percent of them should consider wearing facial coverings to help fend off further spread of COVI
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Support Local Restaurants: Better Ways Than Delivery Apps
When all this is over, whenever all this is over, we want to be able to keep the things we love in our lives. This includes our favorite eateries, the places where we get comfort meals or great cockta
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Mastering Sourdough: Troubleshooting Common Starter Issues
One of the clichés of the moment is that while on COVID-19 lockdown, every millennial hipster out there has begun cultivating a sourdough starter. What's not to love? It's simple, it's sci
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COVID-19 Impacts: Temporary Closure of Chinese Restaurants
What's your go-to order at your favorite Chinese restaurant? (For your faithful scribe, it's chicken noodle soup with plenty of crispy noodles, then beef with broccoli for the main.) Being coo
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Understanding Food Waste and Supply Challenges: What You Need to Know
If you feel like the headlines are getting more and more apocalyptic, you're not alone. More than 25 million Americans are out of a job, including more than half the residents of Los Angeles. Belo
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Safe & Effective Outdoor Exercise During COVID-19
If your local gym isn't closed for protective anti-COVID measures, you definitely shouldn't be going to it. That said, our need to move around and clock some endorphins doesn't go away jus
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Building a Resilient Pandemic Pantry: Vegetarian Food Strategies
The foodpacalypse might just be nigh if you rely heavily on meat and poultry in your diet. Coronavirus fears (and sky-high numbers of cases) have shut down a number of beef and pork processing plants,
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Diversifying Your Spending: A Guide to Alternatives Beyond Amazon
There's a lot to be said for the Everything Store. In very real ways, it can save time and money, and many families and individuals rely on Amazon's ease of use, quick shipping, and vast onlin
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Understanding Robot Personalities: A New Study on AI Behavior
When you're trapped at home during a global pandemic, you look for interactions anywhere you can. Maybe you've imagined your pet has a rich inner life and are putting it all on TikTok. Maybe y
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Mastering Self-Control: Proven Strategies to Overcome Temptation
The worst thing about minor choices is that eventually, they all add up. You buy one Funko Pop and before you know it, you've got whole rooms devoted to them. Self-control is a lot less fun, but i
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Pandemic Grocery Costs: Why Are Food Prices So High?
Even as we're stretching our grocery runs out further and further, some of us may feel like our food bills are exploding. Even if you plan out what you're bringing home (and whether you're
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McDonald's Temporarily Suspends Kids' Playplaces Due to COVID-19
Rare is the kid who grows up with no experience of fast-food restaurants. The convenience and the price for parents can't be beat, and if you're young enough to get toys with your meal, it'
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Reduce Decision Fatigue: The Unexpected Happiness of Letting Go
Decisions are part of daily life for everybody, even decisions not to decide. Some people find them agonizing, whether you're a Hamlet or a Chidi; other people breeze right through choices, with n
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COVID-19's Impact on Small Businesses: Survival Rates & Recovery
When our worlds began shutting down to protect each other from COVID-19, in many places, it seemed to happen suddenly: One day you could stroll into your favorite coffee shop or browse a bookstore in
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Augmented Reality Reshapes the Future of Online Shopping
It will be a long time before everyday experiences go back to something like normal, but a pandemic doesn't mean our ordinary instincts go away. We still want to shop, even if access to brick-and-
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Spotting Price Gouging: What to Look For During Economic Uncertainty
When it comes to shopping, most things have gotten somewhat better since the first throes of the COVID-19 outbreak, when toilet paper was scarce and we were all hoarding flour and yeast. We all still
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Unretirement & Social Security: How Returning to Work Impacts Your BenefitsThe newest trend in retirement doesn’t have anything to do with a beach or eccentric hobbies — it’s about getting back into the workforce.More than half of workers nearing retire...
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Proven Investing Strategies for Millennials: Maximize Returns & Minimize RiskThe two most frequent questions I get from Millennial Money readers are “what do you invest in” and “what are the best investing strategies?” I’ve received over 300 of those emails in the past mo...
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Building a Strong Nest Egg: Your Guide to Financial Security
A nest egg is money that you’ve accumulated from saving and investing, and is typically used for retirement-related purposes. You might accumulate a nest egg in an employer-sponsored retiremen...
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Budget Reconciliation: Ensuring Your Budget & Bank Balance MatchWhat is Budget Reconciliation in YNAB? Reconciliation is the act of making sure your bank account balance matches your budget. If you’ve ever balanced a checkbook, this is a modern day version....