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Need recipe ideas? Here are some places to get started:
🌿 27 Delicious Recipes That Will Make Anyone Love Brussels Sprouts
🍊 31 Things You Should Eat in March
🍲 These Carrot Noodles Are a Delicious 20-Minute Low-Carb Dinner
Read more about this crazy idea on TurboTax.
If you want to learn more about taxes, check out:
💰 Here’s What Every Twentysomething Needs To Know About Taxes
Since you've just spent time thinking about your 2016 money situation, might as well plan for 2017's at the same time. Start with a family budget, and when you're ready, think about investing — learn more about some of the basics described in this chart on LearnVest.
One of the hardest parts of being a better adult can be taking care of your emotional and mental health (dudes, this goes for you too). Sometimes, the easiest place to start is by writing down your daily emotions in a place no one else has to see.
Learn more about using a bullet journal for better mental health.
This diagram helps break down some of the distinctions that some feminist writers and thinkers consider (not every person would break it down this way, but I personally found it helpful and think it lines up with a lot of the writing I've read on the topic) — it's from writer Cate Young, who includes much more context and description in her post "This Is What I Mean When I Say White Feminism."
There's lots of excellent writing on intersectionalism out there, but here are two thoughtful pieces recently posted in a women's group chat here at BuzzFeed:
These are books that we read and loved in February; stay up-to-date with March's with the BuzzFeed Books email newsletter.
If you want to see what other books people are talking about, check out your independent bookstore, the New York Times best-sellers, or follow the Goodreads new book updates.
Even better: You only have to spend 16 minutes in each room each day. Read more and sign up here.
Sections for every two months, quarterly, and twice a year are pictured above, but the full infographic features tasks you can do every day, every month, and every year, in addition to what's included here.
Check out The Knot's Wedding Organizing Binder, and these other helpful resources:
👰 17 Useful Wedding Cheat Sheets For Any Bride-To-Be
💯 31 Free Wedding Printables Every Bride-To-Be Should Know About
👞 16 Style Charts Every Groom Should See Before The Wedding
👗 17 Wedding Dress Diagrams That Will Simplify Your Shopping
This chart is from 2015, but the tips work year after year!
This helpful chart is from Uncle Jim's Worm Farm, but your vegetable-planting schedule will vary depending on where in the country you live. The USDA has a handy Hardiness Zone Map, and you can find a more detailed planting schedule here.
Learn more about window farming at Mr. Kate. The website that used to sell kits for this project doesn't exist anymore, but you can learn how to DIY your own using plastic water bottles.
Even better, pick a date for each of them. I usually set my goals like this on the 1st or the 2nd of each month! From Evelyn Henson.