If you have a shorter timeline you shouldn’t have had too much money in stocks to begin with. Even without any political changes the stock market is supposed to be for longer term investment only, so you have the time to wait for your investments to come back and won’t need to sell low if the market goes down.

If you have the money for it I would also highly recommend live online classes. I’ve recently been doing a small group one with an instructor from a local gym. Which is a bit pricier since there are only 3-4 other people in them and the instructor can provide personalized feedback. But even in the larger classes where…

Even if your periods are pretty damn regular, I don’t know if there are many women who can actually predict it down to the day. I’d consider mine to be quite regular, but I still vary between something like 27-33 day cycles. If I took the median I’d still end up taking the ibuprofen too late a good proportion of the…

I get that the syrup might be better than just having a tequila-Dew-lime juice highball. But I also feel like having to wash a pan kind of defeats the spirit of this kind of drink, lol.

Idk how old you are but I feel like it’s mostly a misconception that the average young person’s parents came of age in an amazing economy. I’m 28 with parents in their late 50s/early 60s and things were definitely firmly in the wage stagnation stage by the time they were starting their first full-time jobs. Maybe I…

There are also online calculators that can do a lot of these calculations for you.

Buying and holding non-dividend-paying stock and then selling it when you retire is also a good option. Investing is often better as a strategy for long term goals rather than as an extra source of income while you are still working.

I feel like at that point just make muffin tin frittatas with bacon and cheese. Seems way easier to eat. And if you are already having to hard boil eggs and fry bacon (or waffle spam), it’s not that much more work to just scramble the eggs and mix everything together.

FWIW I’ve heard a lot of women who have had issues with hormonal BC in the form of the pill are able to tolerate a hormonal IUD OK. I’m not sure how accurate the whole “localized hormones have less effect” thing is. But in any case the hormone dose is way lower. You also still ovulate most of the time with a hormonal…

I realize I do need to work on my cardio, but the linked chart starts at what I would consider to be already pretty fast times (e.g., a ~30 minute 5k). Would be great to see some resources that go down into the 20s at minimum. Right now I won’t have a good way to measure my progress on this metric until I get way…

I think there is a case to be made for condoms being the default on a societal level. And then the pill or other contraception that works solely on the female body being another possible option *if the woman actively chooses it.* But even in a long-term relationship, it shouldn’t be treated societally as some huge…

I mean, the same idea could apply to your one friend who is also otherwise social distancing that you have over your home gym, or that you run outside with. Or even could apply to someone you live with like the article states.

Voting in November is definitely important. But I would also encourage your adult children to register with whatever party tends to have the more relevant primaries in your area (even if it doesn’t necessarily match your overall political leanings), and vote in primaries! In lots of super blue or super red areas, the…

For those of us still working remotely through the winter, I’d also say there’s a unique opportunity to take advantage of the daylight more than normal. With no commute, I can go for a walk in the morning light without waking up super early. I’m also better set up for an afternoon walk in the area around my house than…

Yeah it definitely reaches a point where hanging out outdoors becomes impractical even if you are willing to accept feeling cold and dress warmly. That said I feel like this article’s advice is still good for the many places where it gets cold, but not that cold. I know I’m really not a cold weather person, and it…

I think it depends on the circumstances. The school/daycare thing is a complex issue for sure. That said there are also some people who are just straight up acting irresponsibly during all this, and those include parents. If you are having big indoor parties or something like that I’d put those people in the same…

I also feel like those comparisons always make the numbers sound overly impressive. Like you start to get impressive-sounding distances even at pretty low numbers of units. Especially if the product is relatively large like a couch or something.

I feel like way more people get offended at Happy Holidays than at Merry Christmas at this point.

For someone who really wants to keep things simple and not even see the extra money in their paycheck at all, would it work to add $X (equal to what would be taken out by Social Security) to the “extra witholding” line of the W4 form? Or does that still not work because regular income tax is separate from payroll…

“According to Pink, about 15 percent of us are morning larks (that is, if your sleep midpoint is between 1:30 a.m. and 3:00 a.m.), and another 65 percent of us are third birds (the sleep midpoint is between 3:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.).”