If you have paid any attention to health news in the last two years, you have encountered GLP-1s. Ozempic. Wegovy. Mounjaro. Zepbound. The drugs have been on magazine covers and in congressional hearings and on social media in a volume that makes them difficult to think about clearly. There is the breathless enthusiasm from people who have lost significant weight. There is the … [Read more...] about What GLP-1s Actually Are and How They Work
Things Worth Paying More For
Most consumer advice lives in a comfortable middle ground where everything is nuanced and every answer depends on your personal situation and your mileage may vary. That is often true and also often a way of not saying anything at all. This article says things. Some of them you will disagree with. That is fine. The goal is not consensus but usefulness, and a list of genuine … [Read more...] about Things Worth Paying More For
What to Do With Your Money in Your 30s
Your 30s are a strange financial decade. You almost certainly earn more than you did in your 20s. You probably have more expenses too, a mortgage or rent that keeps climbing, possibly a kid or the beginning of one, a car, the general cost of a life that has accumulated more moving parts. The gap between income and intention tends to be narrower than you expected, and the money … [Read more...] about What to Do With Your Money in Your 30s
The Beginner’s Guide to Running From Someone Who Hated It
The first time most people try running as adults, it goes roughly like this. They head out with good intentions, run hard for about four minutes, feel their lungs burning and their legs complaining, slow to a walk, feel embarrassed, and decide somewhere in the back of their mind that they are simply not a running person. The shoes go back in the closet. The gym membership goes … [Read more...] about The Beginner’s Guide to Running From Someone Who Hated It
Why Your Bedroom Might Be the Reason You’re Always Tired
There is a version of sleep advice you have probably read a dozen times. Stop using your phone an hour before bed. Keep a consistent schedule. Avoid caffeine after two in the afternoon. Go for a walk in the morning. All of this is basically correct and most people already know it, which is why it tends to be the first thing they try and also why it tends to only partially … [Read more...] about Why Your Bedroom Might Be the Reason You’re Always Tired