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The four-sentence thank-you note that still does the job

My grandmother wrote three notes every Sunday after dinner, and she was never the person anyone forgot. The method takes about four minutes.

GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Pay for the wedding in cash or move the date

The guest list is the budget. Everything else is decoration, and most of it's negotiable if you run the numbers first.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideSkillsCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Choking rescue for an adult, a child and a baby

The hands go in three different places depending on who's choking, and the one that works on a grown man will hurt an infant.

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Startups5 min read

The food truck costs that aren't on anybody's spreadsheet

The truck is the cheap part. It's the commissary, the generator hours and the days you don't sell that decide whether you're still open in year two.

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What was your first ever job?

GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

Read your home insurance policy on a Tuesday, not after a fire

Six numbers in your policy decide what you actually get paid. Most people meet them for the first time standing in a wet hallway.

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Replace a broken window pane without butchering the sash

The glass is the easy part. Skip one step and your fresh putty cracks out by next winter.

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GuideOld SchoolDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Grandpa Kept Ten Tools in That Box and Never Needed More

A gray metal box, ten tools, fifty years of fixing things. What was in it, why, and how to actually use each one this weekend.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

What actually moves your credit score and what doesn't

Two things do most of the work, a dozen things do almost nothing, and one common piece of advice costs people money every month.

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Hang a ceiling fan that doesn't wobble, hum or fall

The whole job hangs on a part you can't see from the floor, and most failed fan installs fail right there.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideOld SchoolDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The first truck in the lot got the good jobs

What men who framed houses and poured concrete knew about showing up, staying late, and the twelve minutes that decide your whole day.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

The second income is smaller than the paycheck says

Before one parent comes home, do the subtraction that tells you what that job is actually adding to your family.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

How to get a fire going when every stick is soaked

Wet wood isn't wet all the way through. Here's the order of operations that turns a soggy woodpile into a fire that stays lit.

GuideStartupsRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

The family cleaning business runs on roles, not goodwill

Cleaning is one of the few businesses a family can start this month for under a thousand dollars. It's also one of the easiest to quit by March.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

The phone call that empties a family's savings

It starts polite, it starts urgent, and it ends with somebody at a Walgreens buying $500 gift cards. The defense takes four minutes.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Skills6 min

Finding north with a stick, a watch and the Big Dipper

Old School6 min

The Dinner Table Was the One Thing They Wouldn't Give Up

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

The side income tax bill nobody sets money aside for

You cleared $11,000 detailing cars on Saturdays. Roughly a third of it was never yours. Do the arithmetic now, not in April.

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Skills6 min read

Burns, Sprains And Deep Cuts, Handled In The Right Order

Cool water for twenty minutes, pressure you don't peek at, and a short list of things that mean you stop treating it at home and get in the truck.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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