How to be Smarter: When making a decision that I want others’ input on, I like to reach out to a combination of friends, family, and acquaintances or networking connections with specific subject matter knowledge. My friends and family offer feedback that is more personal (‘I don’t think you would do well with that choice [...]
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How to be Smarter: The brighter-colored your wallet, the easier is it to find in your bag. How to be Prettier: New favorite reasonably-priced online site: Francesca’s Collections. Some standouts: this skirt, this watch, and espadrilles. How to be (less) Awkward: Super-awesome birth announcements (they also do wedding and birthday party invites).
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How to be Smarter: People always wonder that if they make a change and they hate it, they will always want to go back to the way things were. But to go to the other extreme, what if you make a change and you love it so much you never want it to end? If [...]
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How to be Smarter: You have to walk the balance, each week, each day, each moment, between what will be good for you in the long-term and what will be enjoyable in the present. Some days the focus is 90/10 on the long-term (spending the day at work so you can afford the weekend getaway), and [...]
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How to be Smarter: 6 Tips for Traveling. [From someone who did what I think a lot of us wish we could emulate: travel abroad extensively in her 20's, on her own money]. How to be Prettier: It’s tempting to buy tons and tons of warm weather items now, but if you hold out six [...]
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How to be Smarter: If you’re feeling stressed about something non-important, ask a friend to do a ‘worry swap’ with you. Just ask her what she’s stressing about today (the boy she likes won’t text her? her grade on last week’s exam?) and tell her you will worry about that for her, if she will [...]
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How to be Smarter: There will never be a convenient time to make a change; but that doesn’t mean it’s not the right time to make a change. How to be Prettier: Everyone loves the Toms’ company philosophy (for each pair of shoes purchased, they give one pair to a child in need). But I [...]
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How to be Smarter: In relationships, the problem isn’t that life is too short, it’s that life is too long. Life is too long to spend each day staring at a phone that doesn’t ring; life is too long to spend each day silently wishing your boyfriend or girlfriend treated you better; life is too [...]
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How to be Smarter: Don’t be Jealous. [Great read]. How to be Prettier: When shopping online, I skip all the ‘new arrivals’ sections and head right to the sale section, immediately sorting things in order from Low Price to High Price. I almost always find items I love on the first couple of pages of [...]
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How to be Smarter: People always think of life-changing decisions as really big changes. But in many ways, the most life-changing decisions are when you decide not to change: not to try a new city, not to try a new hobby, not to try something new. Keeping things the way they are is just as [...]
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