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What to wear to a wedding when you live in workwear

Six weeks, one jacket, one pair of boots that aren't your work boots, and a tailor who knows what to do with shoulders like yours.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The racing heart and the weight loss might be your thyroid

Hyperthyroidism shows up as anxiety, a pounding pulse and a belt notch you didn't earn. One blood test starts the whole thing.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideGadgetsDean ShawSep 22, 20266 min

Three copies of every photo you would grieve losing

Most family photo archives are one dropped phone or one dead drive away from gone. Fixing that takes an afternoon and about an hour a year after that.

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Buying jeans you can actually work in

Weight, rise, and a handful of seams decide whether a pair of jeans lasts a season or five years. Most of it you can check before you buy.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

What a glucose monitor tells you if you don't have diabetes

Two weeks with a sensor on your arm can teach you three useful things about your food and your sleep. It can also make you afraid of oatmeal.

GuideGadgetsDean ShawSep 22, 20265 min

How to buy a laptop that's still good in five years

Most laptops don't die. They get slow, swollen and unrepairable — and almost all of that's decided the day you buy.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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GuideCountry StyleTobias ReedSep 22, 20266 min

Buy the work jacket once and wear it for ten years

What to look for in the fabric, the cut and the stitching so the jacket ages into something you'd hate to lose.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Adrenal fatigue isn't a diagnosis, but your exhaustion is real

Your doctor won't write it on the chart, and that isn't the brush-off it feels like. The tiredness has causes, and most of them are findable.

GuideCity StyleTobias ReedSep 22, 20265 min

How to tell a trend isn't for you before you buy it

A few honest tests that save you money, closet space and the specific embarrassment of a photo you can't explain three years later.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideCountry StyleWes DunbarSep 22, 20265 min

The workwear that still works after fashion got hold of it

Chore coats, duck canvas, waxed cotton and welted boots are all over town now. Some of it still does the job. A lot of it quietly stopped.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The type 2 diabetes routine that fits around work and kids

Complications don't come from one bad week. They come from ten quiet years. The good news is the routine that stops them is small.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideCity StyleTobias ReedSep 22, 20266 min

Getting to work dry when the weather turns

Rain, ice and August humidity all ruin a commute the same way. Fix the kit, fix the timing, and arrive looking like you meant to.

GuideMen's GroomingTobias ReedSep 22, 20266 min

Hands and nails, sorted in two minutes a day

Clippers, a file and a decent cream fix almost everything. The part most men get wrong is when they do it, not what they buy.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Bone tired after forty and what to check before you blame age

Fatigue that a full night of sleep doesn't touch usually has a name. The common causes, the tests that find them, and when to stop training and call.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

City Style5 min

The one suit to buy when you own none

Men's Grooming5 min

Smelling good at arm's length, not across the room

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The ABCDE mole check takes two minutes in the bathroom mirror

Five letters, one honest look, and the one spot on your back you'll never see without asking your wife to look.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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What tailoring actually costs and what's worth paying for

Which alterations are cheap, which are expensive, which ones no tailor should attempt, and how to walk into the shop without wasting anybody's time.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

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