12/9/18 Newsletter: Easiest Way To Make Extra Money

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Side hustle apps are a great way to make some extra cash. Postmates will pay you to deliver anything, like food and office supplies, to clients for up to $25 an hour. You only need to make one delivery every 90 days to remain an active employee, and you can set your own schedule. All you need is a smartphone and a way to get to and from your delivery locations. (You can even do it by walking if you really want to.) [Swirled]

Life Hack Of The Day: Ribbon Edition

Smooth out a rumpled gift ribbon with a flat iron.

Health

Himalayan salt rooms could be the answer to your self-care needs. According to experts, halotherapy, or spending time in dry salt rooms, can help relieve uncomfortable symptoms of upper respiratory issues like bronchitis and asthma. More importantly, it’s just so freaking relaxing. Bonus: Salt rooms are popping up in cities all across the country. [Swirled]

Did You Know? There’s often nothing natural about the “natural flavoring” label on your food. The loosely defined term leaves room for ingredients to be manipulated in laboratories before reaching the food you’re eating. Instead, focus on the word “real.” If you want ginger ale with actual ginger in it, that label must say “made with real ginger.” [Swirled]

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Food + Drink

Following a few easy baking hacks will take your sweet treat from meh to mindblowing. One of our fave hacks? Chill your cookie dough before baking. Forming your dough into a ball, wrapping it in plastic wrap and chilling it for an hour will help solidify the fats in the mix. Your cookie will come out with delightfully crispy edges with a warm, gooey center. Don’t miss the other tricks we have up our sleeve. [Swirled]

Recipe Of The Day: Five-ingredient sweet potato brownies are the perfect way to end the weekend. Made with sweet potatoes, cocoa powder, your nut butter of choice, maple syrup and raw almonds, these sweet potato brownies are healthy to boot and can charm anyone’s pants off. [Swirled]

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Travel

There are apps that will translate all your language needs when traveling overseas. We like Google Translate for the basics, Trip Lingo for cultural immersion and Waygo for trips to Asian countries. [Swirled]

Deal Of The Day: Scotland is known for its picturesque landscape, so why not stay directly in the midst of nature in a glamping Airbnb? The Airbnb is situated in a cozy corner of Scotland’s Ochil Hills mountain range and provides a comfy double bed, a fireplace and incredible views of the highlands. [Swirled]

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