Nicole Dieker

Nicole Dieker has been writing about personal finance for nearly a decade. She’s also the author of The Biographies of Ordinary People, a Millennial-era Little Women.
  • How To End A Video Call Politely

    Now that we’re all doing more Zoom calls, Google hangouts and FaceTime sessions, we’ve started to run into that awkward moment where we might be ready to end the conversation, but the other person isn’t picking up the hint—and since most of us are physically distanced and sheltering in place right now, it’s not like…


  • How To Hand Wash Clothes At Home

    If the coronavirus outbreak has you feeling less than enthusiastic about going to the laundromat—or even using your building’s shared-laundry facilities—I’m here to tell you that you can indeed wash by hand nearly everything that needs washing at home; I’ve done it before, often for extended periods of time.


  • How To Do Mornings When You Work From Home

    If you’re new to the whole work-from-home thing, you might default to what many of us do the first time we find ourselves no longer having to commute to an office: staying in bed until the last possible moment, then spending the rest of the day doing remote work in our pajamas.