I wrote this. | Melody Warnick

A Few of My Articles

New York Times

Not Everyone Hates School at Home

Gap Year Ideas for College Students

fast company

This Zoom-Based Productivity Hack Gave Me My Focus Back During Coronavirus

The Easiest Way to Help Struggling Small Businesses? Give Them 5 Stars on Yelp.

Slate

I Killed My Teenager's Fancy College Dreams. You Should Too.

Washington post

COVID-19 Has Given Parents a Series of Impossible Choices. But Sometimes They're Not Our Choices to Make.

Home Schooling Is a Hot Topic in the Pandemic. Is Road Schooling Next?

The Guardian

If I Lived in That House: My Addiction to the Fantasy of Online Real Estate

Reader's digest

I Was the Miracle Baby

A Nurse's Story: Taking in My Cancer Patient's 9-Year-Old Son Was the Best Thing I Ever Did

Hometown Hero: A Sailor's Savior

She Was Abandoned in the Woods as a Baby. He Was Her Guardian Angel

Miracle Rescue from an Icy River Plunge

Believe in Luck? These 9 Ordinary People Do

She Landed Her Plane on the Hudson River

good housekeeping

"My Biggest Job Was to Keep Them Safe"

Woman's day

These Small-Town Heroes Are Helping Their Communities Thrive

Coming Home from War

How America Protected My Family

After Retiring, This Couple Took in a Newborn Who Was Exposed to Opioids

Achieving Your Dreams Over 40

This Couple Decided to Fix Their Marriage After He Cheated

curbed

The Porch Puzzle

Business insider

The Van Life May Be Cheaper Than You Think

Medium/Forge

How to Write Your Own User's Manual

How to Learn from Harsh Criticism

shondaland

Working with Your Anxiety

BYU Magazine

Permission to Laugh: Their Life Together Might Feel Tragic if It Weren’t Also So . . . Funny

How to Win @ Online Learning

Stuck in Neutral: The Road to Adulthood Has Never Been Longer. Should We Be Worried?

quartz

What to Do When Your Neighbor Likes Donald Trump

The Best American Cities for Refugees Share These Key Qualities

Psychology Debunks the Idea That We'd Be Happier If We Lived Somewhere Else

How to Stop Hating the Place Where You Live

CityLab

Finding Joy in Urban Winters

Love Letters for That Special City in Your Life

Why Loving Your City Makes You Vulnerable in a Disaster

redbook

Exactly How to Save $2,255

Need $5,800? It's Hiding in Your House

How 5 Moms Kicked Their Worst Health Habits—And You Can Too

Don't Make My Money Mistake

prevention

This Woman's Brave Decision to Voluntarily Donate a Kidney Saved 7 Lives

daily yonder

How Do You Reinvent a Rural Economy? $100 at a Time

Livability

Startup Here: How 7 Entrepreneurs Chose Where to Base Their Businesses

10 Ways You Can Help Local Businesses Right Now

10 Creative Ways to Connect with Your Community While Social Distancing

Living the Dream: I Moved to North Carolina to Open a Bakery

Living the Dream: I Started a Nonprofit

See What a Budget of $300,000 or Less Will Get You in 10 Cities Across the Country