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Melanie Allen

Austin, Texas

Writer at Freelance

American journalist & happiness expert with bylines on MSN and the AP News Wire. Topics include self-actualization and the quest for a happy life

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  • 1 week ago | partnersinfire.com | Melanie Allen

    Dating gurus claim that hobbies are key to finding a partner, but they leave a crucial piece out. The hobby matters!But men and women have vastly different ideas of unattractive hobbies. Here, women share the male pastimes that turn them off. Unattractive Hobbies that Repulse WomenSomeone recently polled the internet and delivered an authentic list of unattractive hobbies in men. If you’re a man looking to date a woman, you should avoid these unattractive hobbies like the plague.

  • 1 week ago | partnersinfire.com | Melanie Allen

    Need help managing your Discord server? There’s a bot for that. Whether you need moderation, flair, engagement, or tracking, there’s a Discord bot to meet your needs – and probably more than one. With the thousands of bots available, how do you know which to add to your server? We can help – discover the best Discord bots for all your server management needs!What Are Discord Bots? Discord bots are automated scripts that can perform functions in your server.

  • 1 week ago | partnersinfire.com | Melanie Allen

    The cost of living constantly changes. We first dived into the average cost in 2020, then updated all our numbers in 2022 and again in 2025. We decided to save the old data from 2020 and 2022 to see how inflation impacts the cost of living over the years. Here’s the 2022 cost of living. Unfortunately, most of our old sources have updated their content, so they no longer show the costs from 2022. I’ve removed those links. How Much Did Life Cost in 2022In 2022, the US faced rampant inflation.

  • 2 weeks ago | partnersinfire.com | Melanie Allen

    I just finished reading the fascinating work Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. The book was published in 2012 and didn’t touch much on current affairs (especially in the United States), but it offers intriguing insight into why our nation teeters on the edge of destruction, though the authors may not know it. The Premise: Extractive Political and Economic InstitutionsHey folks! Transparency Disclosure- Some of the links in this article are affiliate links.

  • 2 weeks ago | partnersinfire.com | Melanie Allen

    Different cultures have varying approaches to life. Travelers may stare wide-eyed at perfectly normal practices in the country they’re visiting while locals wonder what the problem is. It’s always entertaining to gain insight into our cultural differences, learning that different doesn’t always mean wrong or bad. While scrolling through Reddit, I came across a question on the popular r/askreddit sub asking American users to describe uniquely European habits they just don’t get.

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22 Jan 25

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3 Dec 24

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