The Handbook
Practical advice for real life, organized to help you find useful answers, clear next steps, and support that actually helps.
Explore Collections for specially-curated resources built around common challenges, from job hunting to living on your own.
Tech & Systems
How to Get Your Own Custom Email Address
Are you job searching, starting a business or just want a really cool email address? It’s easier than you think. you@yourdomain.com, here we come!
Relationships & Family
Dog Goals vs. Dog Reality: A Starter Guide
The wagging tail, big brown eyes, and lick on the face did it, and all of the sudden a four-legged fur baby is part of our life. Now what? Learn from our experience.
Work & Career
Surviving the Ice Breaker (Without Melting Down)
Why is it so easy for some people to start up a conversation with a perfect stranger and be completely at ease, while others forget how to use our tongues to speak and our brains to think? What are some tips to help?
Work & Career
The Psychology of a Great Interview (and How to Hack It)
To pull off a great interview, you need a mix of targeted prep, practiced answers, and a bit of “go with the flow” confidence. Here are our top tips to crush it.
Home & Life
You’re Gonna Need a Hammer (and 9 Other Tools): A Basic Toolbox for Adulting
There are hundreds of hand tools out there. Some tighten, some loosen, some pound, some measure, some bend, some hold, and some cut. But what do you really need when moving into that first apartment, condo, or house?
Work & Career
More Money… More Taxes? Why Moving Up a Tax Bracket Won’t Shrink Your Paycheck
Heard you’ll make less if you get a raise? That’s a myth. Yes, you may enter a higher tax bracket, but only part of your income gets taxed at the higher rate. You’ll still take home more. Take that raise and celebrate.
Work & Career
How to Write a Cover Letter That Doesn’t Suck
A resume tells mostly about your achievements and your history. Your cover letter? That’s your chance to talk about the future. It’s not just a rehash of your work history, it’s your opportunity to explain why this job, why this company, and why now.
So You’re Trying to Be a Functional Human? Start Here.
Let’s be real: being an adult is a lot. There’s no instruction manual, no clean progression path, and no prize for remembering to book your own dentist appointment, compare insurance plans, clean your bathroom, answer that email, and somehow also become a well-adjusted person. That’s where Functioning Human comes in.
Meta FH4 min read1
How to Write a Resume That Doesn’t Suck
It’s necessary. It’s a little old fashioned. It’s your résumé (known hereafter as resume, because it's easier.) Think of it like your ticket to hop on the train to your next job.
Work & Career6 min read1
Small Luxuries That Feel Weirdly Fancy
This is a curated, exclusive list of not-exactly-fancy fancy things we’ve really come to love. The kind of small upgrades that somehow make you feel like you’ve got your life together.
Home & Life6 min read1
AI for the Rest of Us: What You Actually Need to Know
Feeling a little left behind? It’s ok, things moved fast. ChatGPT didn’t even exist before late 2022 (!!!!) and suddenly the internet is full of robot poets, fake celebrity photos, and people asking AI how to boil eggs. This is your crash course to get up to speed.
Tech & Systems6 min read1
Our top 3 picks for boxed Mac & Cheese
For too long has box macaroni and cheese been unfairly judged, relegated to late-night cravings and just feeling a little bad about eating it. But it’s only a few bucks, sometimes under $1, comforting, and it still hits. But not all boxes are created equal.
Home & Life2 min read1
8 (or so) Job Search Tips Every Successful Human Needs to Know
Whether you’re changing careers, escaping a toxic manager, or just chasing that sweet, sweet health insurance, here are the job search tips every functional human should know (from our experience being on both sides!)
Work & Career6 min read1
Moving In? Blunt Relationship Truths No One Tells You
Welcome to the land of shared closets, joint grocery lists, and suddenly knowing way more than you ever wanted to about each other’s bathroom routines. Living with a partner can be amazing, but it’s also full of weird little surprises no one really warns you about. Until now.
Relationships & Family3 min read1
Kitchen Hacks That Make You Feel Like a Chef (Without the Effort)
So your Thanksgiving contribution went down in family history for the wrong reasons. No problem, it's about the memories. But here's the truth. Cooking isn't a mystical skill bestowed on the chosen few. You too can absolutely impress with just a few hacks up your sleeve.
Home & Life4 min read1