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The day-to-day decisions that most impact your health aren’t the ones you make in the grocery store, say, deciding between the organic and the regular apples. They’re high impact things like getting vaccines and wearing your seatbelt.

One of the keys to getting on the same page with your partner about money is to have open and honest communication. As Lifehacker has covered, scheduling periodic money check-ins—whether that’s weekly, monthly, etc.—is important in any relationship.

Now more than ever, we all have the habit of venting about politics on Twitter and Facebook. 

When my brother was a kid, he had a green He-Man tape recorder. He would, as my mom tells the story, sit in his room, hit “play,” and proceed to wax poetic about his life. It sounded a little something like this: “Myyyy naaaaaame is DAVID! I. Have. A. TAPE RECORDER! I. Can. Yell. INTO IT!”

Every salad dressing needs some sugar. It adds sweetness, yes, but it also curbs bitterness and tames acidity, marrying your various ingredients to create one cohesive flavor profile. Maple, honey, and agave are all good additions, but they bring their own flavors, in addition to pure sweetness.

There is no sponge righteous; no, not even one.

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There are certain negative thoughts we have about ourselves that we replay over and over. If you’re trying to break the habit of thinking terrible stuff about yourself, here’s a helpful hint: cancel that thought.

Want to work for President Trump? Apparently, it’ll require three signed non-disclosure agreements—and the looming threat that he’ll ruin you financially and legally if you ever choose to break it (no pressure!).

I used to play in the same Dungeons & Dragons campaign every week. Now my friends and I struggle to arrange a play session every few months. At one point I tried to make it work with another group. We made a six-month Doodle calendar to find one date we could meet. We got together, discussed character creation, and…

Assuming your computer can drive it at 60 frames per second, a 4K monitor is one of the best upgrades you can buy for your PC. Whether you use it to get more screen real estate, make everything on your screen sharper, or a combination of both, it just makes everything about your computing experience better.

I’ve stayed up late for a lot of stupid things. Sometimes it’s a miscalculation, like trying to finish an assignment that I’m too tired to focus on. But usually it just kind of happens: I’m already watching Netflix, so I keep watching Netflix. I wanted to read a book this evening, and I didn’t get the chance until…

If you don’t own a pressure cooker, today’s a great day to fix that, as Amazon’s knocked the highly-rated Instant Pot IP-DUO60 down to $70, or $30 less than usual, and only $10 shy of the deals we saw around Black Friday. If you wait for Prime Day, you may get a better price, but it’s hard to imagine a cheaper Instant…

As much as I’ve wanted to give game-streaming a try, I’m always tentative to jump into the Twitch waters for two reasons: I don’t have a solid background behind my gaming desktop’s chair, which would make it tricky to key out everything but my face, and I don’t have any neat animations that would keep all 10 viewers…

Understanding your loan’s interest cycle is one of the keys to ridding yourself of student loan debt. And an extra payment or two every now could help you lower your balance significantly—assuming your timing is right.

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Garbage disposals are designed to take a lot of abuse, but nowhere near what some people put them through. As magical as they seem, these powerful machines do have their limits—and if used improperly, you can do just as much damage to your plumbing with a disposal as you can without one.

If you get a lot of emails that deserve at least a cursory reply, you might feel like no form-letter email could possibly replace all of them. Here’s a clever solution, borrowed from the sci-fi author Robert Heinlein.

Even the cheapest, most basic butter is a thing of beauty but, just as I love many salts of various price points and colors, I love all sorts of different butters, from the cultured to compound. Actually, my new favorite child happens to be a compound butter that’s quite cultured—all you need is a little yogurt.