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I Tested a $300 Digital Calendar to Ease My Mental Load. Now Even My 10-Year-Old Helps Out.

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In the household of my dreams, my home is immaculate. The laundry is washed, folded, and put away. The kitchen is stocked, tidy, and spotless. Our lives move in sync, ebbing and flowing in perfect harmony. Family time, play dates, exercise, homework, chores, outdoor time, community organizing. Check, check, check. A mom can dream. The reality is that managing a household of five is a lot messier.
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13 Gifts to Celebrate the Year of the Horse

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In this edition of The Gift, we’ve handpicked gifts to celebrate Lunar New Year. Plus: the best gifts to give yourself. There’s a Chinese rhyme I learned as a child. It loosely translates to: “May you have a happy and prosperous new year! Give me a red envelope!” Every year, I’d recite it, then collect my red envelopes full of cold, hard cash — and hoard them like Scrooge McDuck. Truth is, the best Lunar New Year gift will always be crisp bills tucked inside a red envelope.
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I Have to Do Five Squats for Every 5 Minutes on Instagram

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Do as I say, not as I do. Sadly, that expression applies to me. As a parent of three, I know I could be a better role model when it comes to phone use, especially since research suggests that a parent’s screentime habits may affect their kids’ habits (cue parent guilt). Sometimes I’m on my phone managing my family’s busy schedule. But other times I’m stumbling across a clip from a favorite TV show I haven’t watched in years (hello, old medical scenes from Grey’s Anatomy).
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