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By: Cody Galloway, TULA co-founder If you’ve been around for a while, you might remember when I declared… very boldly, very publicly… that I was doing a full year of no personal purchases. And then I actually… did it (mostly). If you need a refresher...

Let’s be honest: the minute you finish eating your kid’s Halloween candy, the internet starts yelling at you to “get ready for Thanksgiving.” There’s something about November 1 that flips a switch and suddenly you’re supposed to have your guest room ...

Is it just me, or do pumpkins get earlier every year? One day it’s iced coffee season, and the next you’re side-eyed by a pumpkin spice hummus display at the grocery store. (Yes, it exists. No, I don’t recommend.) Suddenly, your favorite candle aisle...

Yes, It’s Already Time to Think About Back to School (and No, We’re Not Sorry)

By a busy parent with a very full calendar and a trunk full of snacks

Ah, spring. The season of fresh starts, blooming flowers, and the overwhelming realization that summer—aka productivity’s worst nightmare—is right around the corner. Between end-of-school madness, sports schedules that rival the Olympics, and the imp...

As I sit here on the plane - on the first leg of our reallllll long journey home from South Korea I am overcome with gratitude but travel is a crazy thing - it also fills me with so much empathy, curiosity, appreciation, and if I am honest also a con...

Let’s be real: we’ve all been there. That moment when your kid, wide-eyed and full of excitement, unwraps that must-have toy of the year—whether it’s the colossal plastic parking garage or the stuffed animal that somehow emerges from a cloud of fog l...

Let’s face it: raising kids is hard. Really hard. And somewhere along the line, it stopped being about just keeping them alive and became about raising little geniuses who can do algebra by age 5, speak Mandarin fluently, play Bach on the violin, and...

Back to school is back…and with that comes at least in our home a shift towards slightly more routine. It is no secret our lives have become even more busy than the generations before us. There are more challenges and distractions than ever (hello, s...