How to Convince Yourself to Keep Going

Any sport that’s physically tough is also mentally tough. Seven miles into your 10-mile long run, part of your brain will try to talk you into quitting. The only way to finish that run is to have a good answer for why and how to keep going. It’s the same when you need to add weight to the bar for your last set of…

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Author: Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker

Stop Trying to Be the Office Superhero

You’ve become the “go-to” person in your office for a slew of tasks that nobody else can (or will) do. Good news: You feel indispensable. Bad news: You can basically never take a vacation. Here’s how to get out of this mess—or, better yet, avoid it in the first place. 

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Author: Rob Walker

Make a Joint Email Address With a Gmail Filter

When you have a partner, you inevitably sign up for memberships and accounts that equally affect both of you: a dual theater subscription, or health insurance that covers you both. Annoyingly, many of these memberships only let you sign up with one email address. Instead of setting up a third email account, or making…

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Author: Nick Douglas

How to Talk to Your Kids About LGBTQ+ Issues

As a recently out gay woman, I was a little unsure at first about how to talk with my kids about LGBTQ+ topics. But, even before I accepted my identity and told my family I was gay, having these conversations was something that was important to me. I wanted my kids to be allies, not just for me, but for the queer…

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Author: Kristen Mae on Offspring, shared by Kristen Mae to Lifehacker