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Advice from the Stanford community.

How to Bounce Back from a Layoff
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How to Bounce Back from a Layoff

5 tips to help you be ready and move forward.

by Christine Foster

How to Be a Morning Person
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How to Be a Morning Person

A Stanford sleep medicine doctor insists that anyone can learn how to wake up earlier—and feel good about it.

by Rebecca Beyer

How to Talk to Strangers
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How to Talk to Strangers

Meeting new people can be uncomfortable. You should do it anyway.

by Christine Foster

How to Volunteer
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How to Volunteer

Giving back can be meaningful for your community and for you.

by Jacqueline Munis

5 Tips for Growing Food in Small Spaces
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5 Tips for Growing Food in Small Spaces

How to take a bite out of your consumer footprint or have fun trying.

by Rebecca Beyer

The Beginner’s Guide to Reducing Food Waste
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The Beginner’s Guide to Reducing Food Waste

6 ways to help the environment using your own fridge.

by Evan Peng

What to Read This Summer — 2022
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What to Read This Summer — 2022

Books that tackle the topics of our times.

by Summer Moore Batte

5 Ways to Prepare for a Longer Life
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5 Ways to Prepare for a Longer Life

Today's youth likely have decades of “extra” time coming to them. Psychologist Laura Carstensen wants them to spread those years out.

by Kali Shiloh

Should I Have Kids?
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Should I Have Kids?

Oh, baby. A Gen Zer looks to philosophers, earth systems scientists and others to answer a loaded question.

by Sophia Boyd-Fliegel

2021 Gift Guide for Book Lovers
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2021 Gift Guide for Book Lovers

Great reads for everyone on your list.

by the editors at Stanfordmag.org