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How to Improve Your Credit Score Post-Pandemic

How to Improve Your Credit Score Post-Pandemic

If last year wreaked havoc on your all-important three-digit credit score, here are six options for turning things around.

You Should Try a Toe-Dip Trip This Summer—Here’s How to Do It

You Should Try a Toe-Dip Trip This Summer—Here’s How to Do It

Ease your way back into travel.

What to Do If You Can’t Pay Your Taxes

What to Do If You Can’t Pay Your Taxes

The payment deadline may have shifted, but taxes are still due eventually—here’s what to do if you’re going to have a hard time paying your tax bill.

10 Tactics for Finding Happiness During Times of Isolation and Loneliness

10 Tactics for Finding Happiness During Times of Isolation and Loneliness

Tangible solutions to an increasingly common problem.

Constantly Fretting About the Future? Here’s How to Stop Anticipatory Anxiety in Its Tracks

Constantly Fretting About the Future? Here’s How to Stop Anticipatory Anxiety in Its Tracks

Fixating on negative outcomes isn't doing your mental health any favors.

Looking for a Way to Commemorate a Year of Lockdown? Bake This Delicious Sourdough Banana Bread

Looking for a Way to Commemorate a Year of Lockdown? Bake This Delicious Sourdough Banana Bread

We're pouring out a dalgona whipped coffee to honor our two favorite forms of comfort food (and use for pantry staples) that helped us survive the last year. FYI, this treat pairs perfectly with Tiger King.

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More Stimulus Checks Are on the Way, Along With More Aid for Families—Here’s What You Can Expect

More Stimulus Checks Are on the Way, Along With More Aid for Families—Here’s What You Can Expect

The first checks may go out as soon as next week.

Filing Your Taxes Right Now Can Help Make Sure You’re Eligible for a Stimulus Check—Here’s What You Need to Know

Filing Your Taxes Right Now Can Help Make Sure You’re Eligible for a Stimulus Check—Here’s What You Need to Know

File now, file later—which is right for you?

What You Can (Safely) Do After You've Been Vaccinated

What You Can (Safely) Do After You've Been Vaccinated

The Pandemic Taught Us Empathy, but Will It Last? Psychologists Share Tips for Keeping Compassion Alive Post-COVID

The Pandemic Taught Us Empathy, but Will It Last? Psychologists Share Tips for Keeping Compassion Alive Post-COVID

Have the Urge to Splurge Post-Pandemic? It’s Called Revenge Spending—Here’s How to Avoid It

Have the Urge to Splurge Post-Pandemic? It’s Called Revenge Spending—Here’s How to Avoid It

11 Lessons Real Simple Editors Have Learned Since the Pandemic Sent Us Home Almost a Year Ago

11 Lessons Real Simple Editors Have Learned Since the Pandemic Sent Us Home Almost a Year Ago

Johnson & Johnson’s Single-Dose Vaccine Found to Be Safe and Effective, FDA Reports

An independent group of FDA advisers is expected to recommend that the vaccine be authorized in a meeting Friday

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How to Convince Your Loved Ones to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine (and Help Them Get an Appointment)

How to Convince Your Loved Ones to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine (and Help Them Get an Appointment)

Yes, Your Relationship Can Survive the Pandemic, Says a New Study

Yes, Your Relationship Can Survive the Pandemic, Says a New Study

People Have Saved a Lot of Money During the Pandemic—But Will It Continue?

People Have Saved a Lot of Money During the Pandemic—But Will It Continue?

10 Timesaving, Money-Saving Hacks for Shopping on Instacart

10 Timesaving, Money-Saving Hacks for Shopping on Instacart

These Were the Best—and Worst—Airlines in the US in 2020 (aka the Weirdest Travel Year Ever)

These Were the Best—and Worst—Airlines in the US in 2020 (aka the Weirdest Travel Year Ever)

These Game-Changing KN95 Face Masks Are Actually Recyclable

These Game-Changing KN95 Face Masks Are Actually Recyclable

Experts Now Recommend Double Masking to Prevent the Spread of COVID—Here's How to Do It Right

Experts Now Recommend Double Masking to Prevent the Spread of COVID—Here's How to Do It Right

You Can Buy At-Home, Over-the-Counter Coronavirus Tests—but How Reliable Are They?

You Can Buy At-Home, Over-the-Counter Coronavirus Tests—but How Reliable Are They?

5 All-Too-Common Quarantine Quarrels Couples Have—and How to Resolve Them

5 All-Too-Common Quarantine Quarrels Couples Have—and How to Resolve Them

How to Host an Outdoor, Socially Distant Super Bowl Viewing Party

How to Host an Outdoor, Socially Distant Super Bowl Viewing Party

How to Ask Your Boss for a More Permanent or Flexible Work-From-Home Situation (Even After the Pandemic Ends)

How to Ask Your Boss for a More Permanent or Flexible Work-From-Home Situation (Even After the Pandemic Ends)

These Are the Top Companies Hiring Work-From-Home Employees in 2021

These Are the Top Companies Hiring Work-From-Home Employees in 2021

Can Antibacterial Clothing Protect Against COVID-19 and Other Illnesses—or Is It Just Marketing Hype?

Can Antibacterial Clothing Protect Against COVID-19 and Other Illnesses—or Is It Just Marketing Hype?

Social Distancing and Wearing Masks May Be Keeping Us Safe From the Flu, Too, the CDC Says

Social Distancing and Wearing Masks May Be Keeping Us Safe From the Flu, Too, the CDC Says

Did You Work From a Different State for All or Most of the Pandemic This Year? Here’s How Your Taxes Might Be Affected

Did You Work From a Different State for All or Most of the Pandemic This Year? Here’s How Your Taxes Might Be Affected

Medical Experts Answer the Most-Asked Questions About the Coronavirus Vaccine

Medical Experts Answer the Most-Asked Questions About the Coronavirus Vaccine

How Real Simple Editors Are Celebrating New Year’s Eve (Safely) This Year

How Real Simple Editors Are Celebrating New Year’s Eve (Safely) This Year

Congress Just Passed Another Economic Aid Package, and It Includes Stimulus Checks—Here’s What It Means for You

Congress Just Passed Another Economic Aid Package, and It Includes Stimulus Checks—Here’s What It Means for You

The Pandemic Took My Group Fitness Classes Away—Until I Tried the Peloton Bike

The Pandemic Took My Group Fitness Classes Away—Until I Tried the Peloton Bike

The FDA Has Officially Authorized and Administered the First Coronavirus Vaccine—Here’s How That Affects You

The FDA Has Officially Authorized and Administered the First Coronavirus Vaccine—Here’s How That Affects You

How to Balance Working From Home and the Kids’ Remote Learning (Without Losing It)

How to Balance Working From Home and the Kids’ Remote Learning (Without Losing It)

6 Places to Shop Real Christmas Trees Online That'll Deliver Straight to Your Door

6 Places to Shop Real Christmas Trees Online That'll Deliver Straight to Your Door

Feel Like You Don't Enjoy Anything Anymore? There's a Name for That—and You Can Break Through It

Feel Like You Don't Enjoy Anything Anymore? There's a Name for That—and You Can Break Through It

Here’s When You Should Go Grocery Shopping for Thanksgiving to Avoid the Crowds This Year

Here’s When You Should Go Grocery Shopping for Thanksgiving to Avoid the Crowds This Year

2 Factors Job Recruiters Value More Since the Pandemic—and One Thing That’s No Longer a Deal-Breaker

2 Factors Job Recruiters Value More Since the Pandemic—and One Thing That’s No Longer a Deal-Breaker

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