Newsletter 8/13/18: Get Paid To Cuddle Cats In Greece

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Spotlight

If you love cats and want to go to Greece, we have the dream job for you. A feline rescue shelter on the Greek Cycladic island of Syros is searching for a caretaker to look after its 55 cats. You’d get paid for four hours of work each day and enjoy free lodging at a cute garden home with a view of the Aegean Sea. The job lasts six months and starts in November. Basically, sign us up. [Swirled]

Life Hack Of The Day: Emergency Money Edition

Hide emergency money on vacation by rolling up your bills in an empty chapstick bottle.

Power Up

If you haven’t heard about sleep-storming, get acquainted. Otherwise known as structured unconscious generative ideation, sleep-storming involves coming up with great ideas and solutions in your sleep. How can you start? Think about a simple problem before bed — we recommend jotting it down — and keep a notepad by your bed in case you dream up a solution. [Swirled]

Protect your skin from unwanted sun damage by eating sunscreen in gummy form. No, you don’t have to literally eat that sunscreen. Sundots are the first daily gummy supplement that helps provide full-body protection from the sun’s harsh rays and can help your skin stay healthy. [Swirled]

Spending time in that sauna could come with health benefits, research shows. Sauna bathing, or spending time in dry rooms heated to 80 to 100 degrees interspersed with periods of cooling, could help improve your vascular health and respiratory function. [Time]

Get It Done

You knew your iPhone was cool, but there are some even cooler tools on the device you may not have known about. For a more focused camera, tap your screen, then hold down to lock the focal point. Also, you can help locate an iPhone’s owner by asking it “Siri, whose iPhone is this?” If the owner set up Siri and has contact info, you could be a real life saver.  [Swirled]

Not all successful people graduated from college. Ellen DeGeneres dropped out of school after one semester to work at a law firm and eventually became the powerhouse she is today. And Brad Pitt dropped out two weeks before graduation to pursue acting. [Swirled]

LinkedIn is boasting some new features that could help you stand out. The platform’s new use of QR codes allows you to give people easy access to your LinkedIn account, and its tenure feature allows you to show multiple positions at the same company seamlessly. [U.S. News]

Savor Each Bite

Coffee lovers, there are some java myths that are just straight-up false. For example, coffee might get a bad rep for “dehydrating” you, but eight ounces of coffee is equal to roughly four ounces of water. Also, coffee alone doesn’t really help you lose weight. Womp. [Swirled]

You can eat Michelin-starred food for under $4 at a food truck. Singapore’s Liao Fan Hawker Chan is run by the first Michelin-starred street food chef, Chan Hon Meng, and serves up its famous Soya Sauce Chicken for just $3.80 a plate. The dish includes slow-braised chicken and rice with a slow-cooked red sauce. [Swirled]

You can make your own flavorful chai tea in less than 10 minutes. The success is in the spices, namely cardamom seeds, cloves and peppercorns. Crush them together, boil the mixture with milk, cinnamon sticks and ginger, then take it off the heat and steep black tea bags in the milk for 10 minutes. Bam, you’ve got yourself an amazing chai in your own home. [Swirled]

Pack Your Bags

You should always check in 24 hours before your flight. The reason? Checking in early allows you to pick your seat before the others. Forget about shelling out for pre-chosen seats. If you check in early enough, you might be able to get that window seat at no extra cost! [Swirled]

You can see six continents and 56 UNESCO heritage sites on this insane new cruise.  Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ Seven Seas Mariner is the first all-suite and all-balcony ship of its kind and embarks from Miami on a 117-day trip around the world. The price tag starts at $61,999. [Travel + Leisure]

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