Your inner critic can motivate you to improve your skills and get stuff done, but usually, negative self-talk ends up working against you. We’ve told you to beat your inner critic by visualizing it, and the School of Life offers another solid suggestion: replace it with a gentler voice, whether that’s a friend, a therapist, or even some motivating text.
Mortgage approval rules have gotten stricter since the housing crisis. And Fannie Mae is rolling out a new set of guidelines that will consider how you pay your credit cards. If you carry a balance, it will affect your ability to get a loan.
This week was all over the life-hacking map: We learned how much protein we really need in our diet, bolstered our navigational skills with little known road rules, went shopping at the dollar store, discovered how melatonin affects our sleep, and more. May the Sixth be with you as we head into the weekend.
Hello, how are you? Welcome to the Friday Open Thread. Oh, and just in case you forgot: Mother’s Day is this Sunday! Come on, people! You had a whole year to get ready! PANIC! You have only two days to scramble and get your mom a card, flowers, and something nice and thoughtful! Hurry! Hurry!
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As much as you might prepare for the birth of your child, chances are something unexpected will happen. Some moms have had glorious orgasms giving birth, while others’ experiences were more torturous. From uncontrollable poops to the need for new shoes, here are the gritty “secrets” about childbirth you might not have heard before.
iOS: It’s hard to keep up with all the headlines, breaking news, and poll results during an election year, and this election year is an especially chaotic one. If you have trouble keeping up with it all, CNN’s new Politics app breaks it down for you.
Android: Evernote’s added a few new tricks for users who are into scanning notes. Now, the app can automatically detect things like business cards and post-it notes. You can also add annotations to pictures you take.
While a lot of televisions rattle off specs to make them appealing for PC gaming, and a lot of PC manufacturers shrink down their systems so they’ll fit in your media center, there’s still been one major issue with the concept of PC gaming from your couch.
If you’re traveling to Europe, getting a rental car or taking the train both have pros and cons that can make it hard to choose. Travel guru Rick Steves lays out what to consider when deciding between the two for your next vacation.
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