How Much You Should Pay Your Babysitter in 2020, Based on Where You Live

Every year, UrbanSitter releases results of its study of more than 25,000 families across the United States that helps determine the average hourly babysitting rate (by major city). And every year, the average hourly cost inches up and parents cringe, but we have to admit our babysitters deserve it.

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Author: Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Meghan Moravcik Walbert to Lifehacker

Keep Work-Related Apps Off Your Phone

Does your phone continue to show you work-related email or Slack notifications even after your workday is over? Do you feel compelled to open those apps when you see the notifications, just to make sure you haven’t missed anything important—and then do you feel compelled to respond right away, even if the message can…

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Author: Nicole Dieker

Your Guests Deserve Warm Olives

A bowl of olive bar olives is a nice snack, for your friends, particularly if you get a variety of colors, sizes, and cures (the wrinkled oil-cured guys are my current faves). No one would be mad at a bowl of room temperature olives, but if you want your guests to feel loved, cared for, and especially attended to, warm

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Author: Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to Lifehacker