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What to read twice before you sign a city lease

The rent is the number you negotiate. The lease is where the money actually leaves, usually on the way out the door.

GuideTravelDean ShawSep 22, 20266 min

One bag, one week, and nothing you don't use

You don't need a smaller bag or better gear. You need to decide, once, how you're going to do laundry.

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GuideDadsSam OrtizSep 22, 20266 min

Your son is learning your work habits, not your work advice

He can't see your job. He can see how you leave, how you come back, and what you say about the people who pay you.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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Food6 min read

Six meals you should know by heart, and how to get there

Recipes are fine. But a man who can feed four people on a Tuesday without reading anything has something better than a recipe.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideDatingJosh HalloranSep 22, 20266 min

Have the hard conversations while they're still cheap

The questions that cost you an awkward evening at month three will cost you years if you leave them until month eighteen.

GuideCity BroMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

Making friends after thirty is a logistics problem

Nobody tells you that the hard part isn't charm or chemistry. It's finding a room you walk into every week without having to decide to.

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GuideTravelMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

Planning a road trip that's still fun on day four

Most road trips fall apart on the third or fourth day, and almost always for the same few reasons. Fix them before you leave.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideLifeMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

Keeping a friend when neither of you has a spare evening

Stop waiting for the long catch-up that never comes. Shrink the unit of contact and the friendship survives the busy decade.

GuideDadsSam OrtizSep 22, 20265 min

Most discipline only buys you ten minutes of quiet

Stopping a behavior and teaching a kid something are two different jobs, and only one of them still works when you're not in the room.

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideDatingMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

Ninety days on the app, then off it

Treat a dating app like a tool with a job and a deadline, and it stops being the thing that quietly eats your twenties.

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GuideCity BroMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

Stop living in your city like it's a long business trip

You're paying a premium postcode's rent for proximity you never use. A practical plan for turning a work city into an actual home.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideLifeMarcus ValeSep 22, 20265 min

The phone isn't the problem, the default is

You don't need more willpower. You need to change what your hand reaches for when nothing else is happening.

GuidePlaySam OrtizSep 22, 20265 min

The easiest way back to your father is a three-hour game

Side by side, facing the same direction, with something else to look at. That's why a game works when a phone call doesn't.

Dude.com — 16 AI advisers who listen, talk and are here with you

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GuideDadsSam OrtizSep 22, 20265 min

What to do with your kids when you've got nothing left

Fun is expensive. Boring and available is cheap, and it's the version your kids are actually keeping score of.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

Dating6 min

How to tell when it's time to stop dating and choose

Family6 min

Looking after your parents without wrecking your marriage

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GuidePlayMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

The case for a hobby that leaves sawdust on the floor

Ninety minutes, one small project, and a bench you never have to clear. How to pick a hands-on hobby that's still going in March.

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Dads6 min read

Phone Rules Your Teenager Can't Quietly Route Around

Most house phone rules fail within a fortnight because they depend on a fifteen-year-old's cooperation. Build ones that don't.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

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