When I mentioned to my wife that I needed another notebook, she pointed to a bookshelf in my office and said I had a problem. “You’ve got an entire shelf of notebooks, some with just a few pages used.

Whether doing schoolwork, keeping a journal, or plotting tasks and to-do lists, notebooks are an important accessory to always have by your side. Where else would you keep all your thoughts and ...

There are questions writers get asked a lot, mainly, “Where do your ideas come from?” “How do you make money?” And my personal least favorite, “Are you going to write about me?” Yet, when I think ...

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Nicole Dieker has been writing about personal finance for nearly a decade. She's also the author of The Biographies of Ordinary People, a Millennial-era Little Women. If you’re in the middle of your ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is an editor overseeing The Verge’s product reviews and service journalism programs. Dan has covered the ...