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Joining a Gym

By David Pekema

While attending Berkeley, my nickname was the Human Metamucil Pill for my abnormal discipline and regularity. Every morning at eight-thirty, I could be found in the gym sweating, pumping, and gyrating away. It brought a level of calm—not to mention health—to my life, and I couldn’t have been happier... more >

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CONFESSIONS OF A RECENT GRADUATE

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Off to Mongolia

By Gritz

I'm "mailing" this post in via BlackBerry because I've been hustling like a madman to get ready for my trip to...Mongolia!?! There was a time when I never would have predicted that I'd ever go to Mongolia, but life is funny like that... more >

File Under: Managing Your Finances, Keeping Fit, Traveling, Confessions of a Recent Graduate
CONFESSIONS OF A RECENT GRADUATE

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Only in New York...

By Gritz

Summer is the season of “getting out of town” on the weekends, and when I do a lot of people from other places ask me what it’s like to live in Manhattan. “Do you see a lot of celebrities?” (No.) “Is the pizza amazing... more >

File Under: Keeping Fit, Socializing, Confessions of a Recent Graduate
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10 Things to Stop Worrying About

By Jason Richards

There are enough issues to confront in recent grad life without being consumed by vague fears about getting cancer from your cell phone or becoming infertile because you drank so much Mountain Dew as a kid.... more >

File Under: Cooking and Drinking, Cars, Keeping Fit, Socializing, Grad Watch
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Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle

By David Pekema

The biggest irony in my transition from college slacker to working stiff is that I get sick a lot more now than when I was in college. How is this possible? One year in the dorms featured vomit-filled sinks, a turd in the shower, and the varsity water polo players. The place was a germ factory, yet I somehow... more >

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Highsnobiety: The Weekly 5

By Gradspot.com

Highsnobiety is the premier website for street fashion, design, and culture. To help recent grads stay super fly, Highsnobiety Editorial brings its "Weekly Five" exclusively to Gradspot.com... more >

File Under: Keeping Fit, Socializing, Grad Watch
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Beginning Yoga

By Christopher Schonberger

When a recent grad suddenly expresses interest in yoga, you know that they are either extremely hungover or have recently been thinking about “the future” and got depressed. Maybe they’re not exactly sure what’s wrong, but they know they need a lifestyle change to get back on track. Simply “working out” will not suffice.... more >

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Planning a Simple Workout Routine

By Arielle Sachar

There’s a reason we get sucked into watching those shows on cable on the 100 Most Wanted Bodies or the Tightest Thighs on TV or, these days, the Sexiest Sixteen Year-Olds on the Planet. Despite the half-eaten boxes of Milanos in our laps and the chocolate crumbs stuck to the corner of our mouths, we all want... more >

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Breakfast: No Longer Just for Dinner

By Joan Mitchell

For those of you who have started eating lunch at 11:15AM or recklessly ordering five-shot lattes on an empty stomach, perhaps it’s time to reconsider that good old “most important meal of the day” that your grandparents used to tell you about. To get the bacon sizzling, New York Magazine... more >

File Under: Cooking and Drinking, Keeping Fit, Grad Watch
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Gradwatch on the NYT

By Dan Marley

In another edition of “Gradwatch on the NYT,” we troll The New York Times for grad-related stories that might have slipped through the cracks... more >

File Under: Keeping Fit, Living Well Inexpensively, Socializing, Beginning to Invest, Traveling, Grad Watch
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