Self Improvement

“Brain flossing” music can help soothe anxiety and help you focus, according to experts.

“There are more things … likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”

With increasingly divisive politics and social media echo chambers, research suggests that we might be happier if we spent more time with people who were more like us.

Move over dirty soda — “dirty water” is taking over. 🥤

Your Peloton needs to be cleaned, but you don’t want to cause any damage to the expensive equipment. Here’s what you do.

Unsightly water stains will kill the vibes in even the most beautiful bathroom, to say nothing of what they do to the look of other parts of your home. From shower humidity to internal leaks and ventilation problems, these stains have all kinds of causes.

People love to tell singles to “put themselves out there” like they’re bits of fishing tackle. What does that even mean? Dress in something shiny, submerge yourself in murky water and hook the first unsuspecting vertebrate that comes to investigate?

I'm pretty lucky I can say I genuinely love my job. As a home editor, I get to write about all the fun things, like decorating, organizing, gardening, etc. But cleaning is probably the area I’m most passionate about, and I’ve been writing about it for over 10 years now.

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Delia Cai is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harris while she’s on parental leave. Submit questions here. I’m a long-time, happily married man who has a wife that I love dearly.

Paint is among the cheapest of home renovations—it freshens things, covers old chips and scratches, and it can make your whole house feel brand new in just a few days. Even if you hire someone to paint a room, the cost isn’t entirely prohibitive—between $350 and $850, on average, per room.