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12 Tricks That Make You Look Skinnier (Without Being Skinnier)

Look your best even when you aren't feeling your best with a few clever shape-shifting tricks.

The 5 Best Portable Fans

Staying cool during a hot summer isn't easy, but it can be. Just use any of these portable fans and you'll keep the sweat away everywhere you go.

11 Ways to Update Peanut Butter and Jelly

PB&J is quick, easy, and delicious. But even the most ardent peanut-butter-and-jelly lovers can get bored by eating the same three ingredients.

Tips for Accomplishing More in a Day

Time management is a difficult skill to master, but these simple tricks can help you do more and worry less.

8 Life Lessons I’ve Learned from Self-Employment

While self-employment is far from perfect, it’s a lot easier to handle when you set yourself up for success.

5 Lucrative Climate Change Investments That Can Help Save the World

Can you save the environment and take care of your personal finances at the same time? Yes, you can. Here's how.

5 Times You Should Avoid Confronting a Coworker

We all know one — that coworker who's on your very last nerve. Here's when to just to walk away.

How to Run Your First 5K

It takes more than just a training plan to run a 5K — especially if you're just getting into fitness. Here's how to make sure you do it safely and happily.

15 Tested Tips for Creative Efficiency

Life is rarely going to bless you with long open hours to sit around and paint portraits or write songs or write novels. If you want the time, you have to fight for it.

Out of the Frying Pan: 24 Unusual Uses for Butter

Butter isn't just for making food delicious — it's also great for everything from household hacks to skincare and more.

Turn brass pennies into gold.

This alchemist turns pennies into gold.

7 States With the Lowest Taxes for Retirees

Why deal with burdensome taxes in your golden years? Make one of these tax-lenient states your new home base in retirement.

7 Tips for Stress-Free Retirement Investing

Investing for your future isn't a huge help if you spend each day stressing about it. Follow these suggestions for worry-free savings.

4 Times Student Loan Refinancing Can Save You Big

To re-fi or not to re-fi… managing a student loan today is surprisingly complex. Consider these factors before you decide.

Yes You Can!: Travel With Ease and Without Guilt

You know you love it...travel, that is. But it's expensive--there's no way around that. [more]

9 Ways to Actually Enjoy Leftover Pizza

Does anybody really enjoy cold, day old pizza? Take leftover pizza to the next level with some clever, simple, and delicious recipes.

How These 6 Assets Might Affect Student Financial Aid Eligibility

Financial aid is a huge help for every college student. Let's break down exactly what the FAFSA considers in its calculation.

Trade versus localization

Localization--eating locally grown foods and buying locally produced goods--has become trendy just lately. For the past twenty years, though, globalization has been the dominate f

How to get your car stolen

Every 26.4 seconds, a vehicle is stolen in the U.S.* If you want yours to be one of those vehicles, just follow these simple guidelines and the thief will be driving away in your n

Ask the Readers: What is Your Favorite Cleaning Hack?

Tell us about your favorite cleaning hack and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!