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How to Quit a Job
Quit a job without burning bridges. Tell your boss in person, send a short resignation letter, work your notice period, and protect your final pay and health coverage.
How to Fold a Pocket Square
Fold a pocket square three ways, the flat fold, the puff fold, and the one-point fold, and pick the right one for the occasion.
How to Tie a Bow Tie
Tie a self-tie bow tie by hand in six steps, with a center knot that holds, loops you can even out in the mirror, and the right bow tie for black tie.
How to Force Quit on Mac
Force quit a frozen Mac app with Cmd+Option+Esc, the Apple menu, the Dock, or Activity Monitor, and force restart when the whole Mac locks up.
How to Do a Pullup
Build from zero to your first unassisted pullup with dead hangs, scapular pulls, slow negatives, and band-assisted reps, then add reps with the grease-the-groove method.
How to Compost
Turn kitchen scraps and yard waste into finished compost in a backyard bin, with EPA's list of what to leave out, the browns-to-greens ratio, and the signs that a pile is ready to use.
How to Roller Skate
Roller skate on quad skates for the first time. Put on your pads and helmet, practice a safe fall, push off with a duck walk, stop with the toe stop or a T-stop, and turn.
How to Start a Garden
Start a first herb and vegetable garden in pots, a raised bed, or the ground. Pick a spot with 6 hours of sun, prepare the soil, choose easy plants, and plant, water, and feed them.
How to Play Chess
Play chess from the first move. Set up the board, move each piece, castle, capture en passant, promote a pawn, and tell checkmate from stalemate and the other draws.
How to Reduce Stress
Reduce everyday stress with a 1-week trigger log, 5 minutes of box breathing, regular exercise, a stop time for work messages, a daily worry period, and daily recovery time. Know when to get help.
How to Sew
Thread a needle and sew a running stitch, a backstitch, and a slip stitch by hand, then use them to close a ripped seam and hem a pair of pants.
How to Draw a Dog
Draw a sitting dog step by step from a circle, two ovals, and a few curved lines, then turn the same shapes into a standing dog or a specific breed.