an awful lot of people who “don’t eat meat” will still eat fish.

Here’s another question with about as much merit - “what if on Halloween, instead of candy you gave out microwaved fish?”  The answers are about the same to both of them.

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I’m lucky in that I get 4 weeks of vacation in addition to automatically getting the Christmas-NY period off, which is really like having 5 weeks of vacation. Despite that I usually only use 1-2 days from Jan-Jun. This is mostly because I have kids who are in school, and I prefer using my vacation when I can do things…

Thank you! When “adrenal fatigue” was all the rage, endocrinologists were constantly having to explain that adrenal fatigue is fake but adrenal insufficiency is real, and that proper medical tests can diagnose the latter.

Thanks for this great article Beth.

I did hungryroot for a year or two. I really liked it, but the meals/flavors got really repetitive and by the end, I just couldn’t do it anymore. I agree that they do a wonderful job of making the meals quick and take the pain out of the prep work. I have been doing Hello Fresh for about a year now and like the…

Two of my employers asked me for proof of vaccination last month. Having the card saved me lots of time contacting my physician and pharmacies in two different states.

I got my updated vaccine a few days ago, and the pharmacist told me that they weren’t allowed to update the original cards anymore.

Any records you hold as important should be a hard copy in a safe place.

Are ya’ll just filling this site up with hacks that make your life worse on purpose at this point?

You aren’t really knowledgeable enough to be giving out advice like this obviously. My job that I started this month REQUIRED a copy of it.

So because YOU forgot you had one its safe and good for all of us to do the same. Seems like sound advice. /s

Recent studies have shown that getting the booster shot in the same arm as the primary shot boosts antibody response and longevity by double digit percentages. Do you remember which arm? Cause I sure don’t but…

One area where this principle really applies well is transportation. For example, you will save money on gas by carpooling, but a lot of your fixed costs such as insurance and your car payment will stay the same. And while you might avoid some depreciation by putting fewer miles on your car, it’s still getting older —…

The intangible of the stress of commuting is also a huge consideration. When I lived in the San Francisco area, I would have paid someone to fly over the traffic.

I recently (i.e. beginning of February) started doing a “Friday buy day” thing - wherein that’s the only day I can buy things (unless it’s groceries I forgot and need for my meal plan, or a new tire for my bike because the huge slash in it made it instantly unrideable). This way, before I buy 3 new books a subject I…

Great point. I live in a large Midwest city, the “cheaper” are in depressed niegborhoods, not only crime but actually depressing.

I think you make a good point about considering the total cost of your spending decision. When you buy furniture or clothes, for example, you want to consider the cost of maintenance and upkeep (including time). It works the same way for other costs associated with other expenses, like your apartment example. It also…

Moving to a cheaper area to save on rent actually doesn’t make sense a lot of the time, in my experience anyway. I live in a suburb pretty close to where I work, on the outskirts of a major city. I could technically save $200 a month moving to one of the other suburbs, but...that would turn my 10 minute one-way…

I would LOVE to move, but I live in NJ where the apartment market is extremely tight and getting crazy expensive (not NYC expensive, obvs, but bad enough). But when I lived down south and would change apartments every year or so, one of the considerations I used to make was what the ROI would be to move. It was easier…