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8 Cheap Ways to Deter Garden Pests
When we moved out of our urban neighborhood last year, we had no idea how our summer gardening efforts might change. Almost immediately, we discovered that living slightly closer to the country meant critters — lots of them. So, we've had to bulk up our pest-control efforts considerably....
Kelly McGonigal: How to Turn Stress Into an Advantage
Stress is a sign that something you care about is at stake—and that's a good thing.
Ask the Readers: Do You Have Pets?
There are many great things about having pets: the companionship, the love, the exercise if yours are outdoor types. It also involves a lot of responsibility and expenditures, so pet ownership shouldn't be taken lightly.
Do you have pets? What kinds of animals are they? What has been the...
The 7 Things I Do to Stay Fit While Traveling
By Leo Babauta One of the big successes so far in my Grand Travel Experiment has been my fitness while on our long European trip. As my family of eight enters its last week of this four-week trip, I have to say that I’m probably just as fit as when I left, and in some […]
10 Life Skills for Working Moms
I was a working mom, myself, for 18 years. I won't kid you: It wasn't easy. A lot of it is a blur. So, I polled my co-worker moms, friends, and neighbors to see what skills they need to keep the "working mom" machine running. Here are some of the top life skills they rely on day in...
Don’t Quite Your Day Job – 6 Tips to Launching a Startup
The essential guideline to holding down a day job while successfully building your own startup business is to remember the simple fact, that it’s your day job that is currently keeping you afloat not holding you back. The fear of the unknown is very real, but at the same time very liberating...
The 5 Craziest Groupon Deals
Nobody likes to pay full price.
That's why everybody jumped on Groupon when it first came out with all of its crazy-cheap deals, and many of us still keep coming back. From dinners at fancy places to open bar catamaran cruises, Groupon seems to offer everything under the sun — at a steep...
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Here's What to Do If You Can't Afford Your Mortgage Payment
We know the scenario: Maybe your spouse lost a job, dropping your household income. Maybe your hours at work have been cut. Or maybe your own job has disappeared. Whatever the financial emergency, your monthly mortgage payment has become unaffordable.
What can you do if you want to keep your...
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A Memoir and a List of Loopholes Used to Justify Drinking.
Because of my interest in habits, I read a lot of memoirs of addiction. I don’t tackle addiction in Better Than Before, but still, I find that I get a lot of insights from these accounts.
I recently finished an excellent new memoir, Sarah Hepola’s Blackout: Remembering the Things I...
6 Tips for Gym Newbies
When we did a survey last year asking readers what subjects they’d like to see AoM cover, one of the requests that popped up a few times was more beginner fitness articles. We get it — it can be intimidating to watch our YouTube videos with Mark Rippetoe and read articles about intense...
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