What are your goals for the New Year, readers? What are your best tips to “make meaningful goals”?
How to Make Meaningful Goals
Resolutions for Smart Women
Want to look more polished, grow your career, socialize more, stress less, save more, pay down debt, learn about finances, eat better, or move more? We've rounded up some of our best discussions on resolutions for smart women. (My personal favorite is this roundup.)
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The Best Hiking Gear for Women
Hiker readers, experienced or otherwise, what is your favorite hiking gear for women? Any lessons you’ve learned about what NOT to use/wear/buy?
The Best Sewing Patterns for Workwear Outfits
If you’re a sewist or a knitter, how did you get started with the hobby? Have you tried making your own workwear? What are your favorite sources for knitting or sewing patterns for workwear outfits?
5 Easy Ways to Drink More Water
Do you have a daily water target? How intentional do you have to be to meet your goal? What are some of your best tips on ways to drink more water?
Let’s Talk Meal Prep
Meal prep can be a great way to save money, eat with more intention, and more — so let’s talk about it!
Sleeping Well: Share Your Favorite Mattresses, Pillows and More!
What are your best tips for finding the right mattress? What sleep products have you tried and loved (and what have you hated)?
How I’m Using Atomic Habits to Create Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
What systems do you have in place that have led to good habits (or helped you break bad habits)? Readers just had a great discussion on habits, so (inspired by the book Atomic Habits) let’s discuss SYSTEMS…
Hobby Thursday: How to Write a Novel
Over the years I’ve collected a ton of great tips on how to write a novel — but I’ve never actually written one. So I’m sharing some of the best advice I’ve seen over the years, but I’d love to hear yours as well!
How to Eat Less Meat: 6 Easy Strategies
What easy ways have you found to eat less meat? What are your favorite meat substitutes, both those that are designed to be “meat-like,” e.g., Impossible Burger, and those that are “natural,” e.g., beans?
Changing Your Diet for the New Year: An Open Thread
Do you have 2020 food resolutions, such as eating whole foods, eating less/differently, or avoiding some foods for other reasons (such as the recent stories about almond milk / the environment)?
How to Wake Up More Easily When It’s Dark Out
Here are four of the best tips I’ve found for how to get up more easily when it’s dark out… what are yours?
Adventures in Caffeine: How Much Is Too Much?
What’s your preferred source of caffeine, and do you have a routine for caffeine? Do you view it as medicine or delicacy? How much caffeine is TOO much caffeine — and has that changed for you over the years?
