Tars’ Corollary to Marie Kondo: Instead of keeping things that spark joy, why don’t toss things that make you feel like crap.

I usually use that as kind of a timer... you know half the song is up when english word shows up. Or the rap bridge means that the task you needed to get done might not be over in time and you are falling slightly behind. Honestly, once you’ve heard the song 100 times before, it becomes just a happy electro-pop groove…

The first one is why I started listening to J-Pop/K-Pop on repeat. If I don’t understand the words I can’t get as distracted by it. :)

This is probably the one thing I got out of that book from Marie Kondo. Thank an object for it’s work and toss it.

You know I kind of really like this...

I prefer to haggle only once a year. About 2 months before my annual review... for a larger paycheck.

Because it’s nice to not be literally looked down on and talked down to all the time at work if you’re short.

It’s funny you mention inhalers. I was in 5th grade when they diagnosed my asthma by sending me to...

Just did the same thing to and from India...

I recently booked a deal like this through Travelocity. It was $1600 roundtrip plane and hotel per person to London for 12 days/11 nights around Christmas and New Years. Breakfast and Free Wifi included right near Victoria station. Plane tickets at that point, I was booking kind of late, were around $1400 roundtrip.…

I used to work in a grocery store non-foods department and saw the mark-ups on most things when I did the ordering. The margins at the grocery store are ridiculous and the ones at CVS are grotesque. If you want the same products cheaper than with Extrabucks, especially brand name products, look in your local…

Grapefruit Pellegrino Soda and Sloe Gin! It’s all pink and pretty...

Wellesley?

I had a similar situation in college. My parents had just started divorce proceedings and forgot to pay my tuition. The financial aid office was willing to work with me and basically helped me schedule a bunch of unsubsidized federal loans to cover the gap and then extend my payment deadlines so that the loans could…

We do them upstate!

Lumia is actually not a bad name for a cat.

I would add London as a surprisingly inexpensive option.

I would add Coup, Exploding Kittens, Sushi Go, and Loonacy to this list. Games are always improved when you can add your friends’ brood

Ex-New Yorker here. Totally agree. It’s why I moved to Boston!

It’s not a unicorn, it’s called a government job. :)