The results were not pretty, but very funny. — Look, I’ll be honest: I had kind of changed my mind about AI text generation. When I first reviewed the best AI text generation tools, I was very annoyed about the hype because I asked four of the leading AI text generators to make a blog post and all four…

And 17 other life lessons I wish I knew at 17. — When I was seventeen, I spent a painfully long time mooning over a boy who didn’t like me. But he paid me enough attention to keep me on the hook for a while. Reader, I’m talking close to a year. I really thought if I was just cool enough, if…

AI content today is here to stay. I say it begrudgingly, I resented it, I ignored it for a long time, but it’s here and it’s open source and it’s not going anywhere. I’m leaning in. In this article, I’m going to teach you three ways to trick AI content…

Six relaxation methods I tested, from common to rare. — This past week has been one of the busiest I’ve had in a long time. Normally, I work only 15–20 hours per week, but this week I clocked in 60 hours! The new year always brings a rush of projects, commitments, and catch-up work, and this year was no different…

This blog post is mostly about everything I think is wrong about the ad-driven online creator world today, and also to announce that I’m launching a newsletter subscription called Ad-Free Zulie. The subscription includes my content with no paywalls, no ads, no popups, no sponsors, no branding, nothing. Only value.

Absolutely not. Are you joking me? — I got a short email from Google the other day.

Money, lifestyle, travel, and self — Put a hole in the middle of whatever food you microwave for more even heating. Courtesy of having leftovers for lunch pretty much every single workday this year, H/T to Reddit for teaching me this. Pay to get time back. My husband and I now pay twice monthly for some…

This post will explain to new writers whether Medium is still worth it in 2023. My short answer: yes, Medium is 100% worth it for new writers to start on in 2023. This is because Medium is: The easiest place to start a blog, no setup required The best place…

Your dream life is just 12 steps away. — Author’s note: this is an updated version of the ultimate guide to becoming a content creator that I posted last year. I’ve added components that I’ve become more familiar with and removed things that aren’t relevant anymore. Enjoy! I could sum up this entire 6.8k word guide as follows: post…