“I have no interest in retirement,” Leon Dash says from his office in Gregory Hall, on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign. At 72, Dash has, by all accounts, lived an exceptionally full, successful life— one that more than merits a comfortable retirement. Dash spent 30...
Student loans are the financial equivalent of Marvel movies: insanely expensive, aggressively expanding and seemingly unavoidable. The class of 2016 will carry the highest average student loan debt ever, with 7 out of 10 seniors graduating in debt. And the average debt load is $37,172 — up from last...
Last fall, economist Angus Deaton won a Nobel prize for discovering that $75,000 was a magic number. Specifically, a magic salary: It’s the “happiness plateau,” his studies concluded, above which further increases will have minimal impact on a person’s day-to-day sense of well-being. When Deaton and psychologist...
It’s always wise to know your limits. And occasionally that means knowing when to say sayonara to your job, your significant other and your workout routine. A topic we covered in the May Bathroom Minutes feature, “I Think I Can’t.” But quitting isn’t always the answer. Sometimes...
You don’t have to wear protective hyperbaric chambers on your mitts to be the world’s greatest hand model. At least according to professional “parts” model Tom Nikko. He owes his success to the occasional manicure, being cautious while doing manual labor and a little luck of the...
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who haven’t filed your taxes yet, you should probably think about getting on it. To help out, we brought in retired IRS Revenue Officer Michael Raanan (who also happens to be a DSC member) to explain what falls under...
We talked to psychologist Dr. Bernard Golden, author of Overcoming Destructive Anger, about what you can do to help calm down when anger strikes, and some of the reasoning behind it. (Hint: it’s not them, it’s you.) And … exhale. Breathing deeply is one of the most...
You can put 10,000 hours in at the gym working your bi’s and tri’s, but if you want to become a super heavyweight champion arm wrestler like Michael Todd, you’re better off hitting the hand grip. That’s because, like a Formula 1 driver’s car, if an arm...
For most of us, kicking up our feet while enjoying an alcoholic beverage (or two) are activities reserved for after a hard day’s work. But for painter Eric Renner, guilty pleasures like these are his work—or, at least, his favorite subjects to paint. Eric’s latest oil series...
When you’ve been making a living handcrafting wooden kayaks for over two decades like Nick Schrade, your hands become your tools. And like how a chef sharpens his knives, Nick’s got to keep his hands in tip-top shape, too. We took a trip out to Nick’s...
Here at Dollar Shave Club, we appreciate the power of good ol’ sharpened steel. And while we get to shave with our razors every day, we don’t often get the chance to toy around with other wicked edges—like the precision-carving tools needed to hone a humble ice...
Mike Macadaan is all about untangling life’s complexities. And where better to start than with the bird’s nest of cords, chargers and headphones that we encounter with every unzip of our daily carry bags. He and his gang of L.A.-based craftsmen at This is Ground make completely...