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Managing the Mess: Creating Organizational Systems after an ADHD Diagnosis

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Even though she lacked systems for organizing her home, she found ways to function. My ability to shoot from the hip without systems didn’t work anymore,” says Davis, a licensed professional therapist and the author of How to Keep House While Drowning. So, she decided to cut out this step and put away clothes without folding.

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Menswear With Meaning: Fashion Brand INHERENT Is Dedicated to Improving Men’s Mental Wellness

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The founder, chief creative officer and designer of INHERENT , a Colorado-based men’s fashion and lifestyle brand, developed his business based on the notion that dressing well is directly connected to mental wellness. While the idea of opening a men’s clothing store had come to Draper before, it didn’t fully take shape right away.

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5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Local ‘Buy Nothing’ Group

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The yoga ball and hand weights you vowed to use daily sit in the corner collecting dust, the workbench your husband received as a gift five years ago remains unopened in its original box, not to mention all the clothes and games your children have outgrown. What is a Buy Nothing group and how does it work?

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Hearth: A Writer Explores the Concept of Home During Her Early Career as a Writer in Delhi, Mumbai and the U.S.

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Roti, Kapda aur Makaan” (food, clothing and shelter) was the political cry of independent India’s socialism in the 1960s and ’70s (including a Hindi film with the same title). But the cynical manipulation of the system by a select few dented his idealism. I walked in with two bags of clothes and an open mind, ready for new ideas.

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The Evolution of Bertony Faustin, Oregon’s First Black Winemaker

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His voice unfurls the way a cigar does—first with a larger-than-life expansiveness, filling the room and then dissolving into the fibers of your clothes such that the memory of its presence sticks with you long after you leave. It’s not difficult to understand why.

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What Happened When I Didn’t Complain for 30 Days

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The first day presented a gauntlet of obstacles, from my kids’ finicky eating habits to constant clothing changes, despite preparation well ahead of day one: a bag packed with a healthy lunch, new school supplies in tow and an apple for the teacher. Before I could say, “Hope you had a nice summer,” a wave of panic and insecurity took over.

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5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Local ‘Buy Nothing’ Group

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The yoga ball and hand weights you vowed to use daily sit in the corner collecting dust, the workbench your husband received as a gift five years ago remains unopened in its original box, not to mention all the clothes and games your children have outgrown. What is a Buy Nothing group and how does it work?

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