How to Not Lose Yourself After Having a Baby

Maybe it’s an old photo that does it. A picture of yourself in your previous life. You look at the spark you once had and and then you look at your world now—it’s consumed by a child who needs, needs, needs. You suddenly wonder: How did I get here?

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Author: Michelle Woo on Offspring, shared by Michelle Woo to Lifehacker

Flavor Your Favorite Amaro With a Spent Vanilla Bean

Vanilla beans are expensive. There is no getting around it. Vanilla beans are also delicious—yet another unavoidable truth. These hard facts make me reluctant to ever toss a pod, not matter how devoid of seeds it is. After I have methodically scraped every little speck of vanilla seed out of the bean, I gaze at its…

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Author: Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to Lifehacker

How to Use a Semicolon Correctly

The semicolon may have a reputation as being the most aloof and intimidating of all punctuation marks. It’s stronger than a comma but lacks the finality of a period. In any case where you might want to use it, you don’t actually have to use it. So why bother? That’s simple; semicolons make writing more interesting.

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Author: Meghan Moravcik Walbert