Brett Cooper

You can buy a house, but you must figure out what your priorities are. If you are willing to make some sacrifices, like driving longer to work, it's entirely possible.

All the posts and articles that claim the American Dream of owning a home is completely dead just aren't true.

When I was in college, my mom would tell me that if I wanted to buy a house someday, I couldn't spend all my money on Starbucks. I have a love-hate relationship with this statement.

What we put inside of our bodies definitely affects the outside of our bodies.

Young skin does not need retinol or the heavy duty chemical products that my generation is slathering on their skin morning, noon, and night.

There is absolutely no need to have brows laminated to the sky nor a full set of lashes glued on top of an already perfectly beautiful pair.

I tend to think Gen Z looks older because of our diet and the terrible processed foods we put in our bodies every single day.

I've always known that I wanted to be a mother.

I have always known I wanted to be married.

On the whole, we need to stop pretending women don't like masculine men, and women need to stop trying to convince themselves otherwise.

Being an influencer or content creator does not excuse anyone from the realities of life.

Life comes for everyone, and no one is immune. And when hard times come, you should never look down on the work that every normal person does.

If you are in a fickle, unstable business, know that - and handle your money responsibly.

Jason Nash's journey to and fall from influencer fame should serve as a cautionary tale to everyone.

I don't think setting people up is a bad move; in fact, it's one way to actually help singles - so long as the two people getting set up share commonalities and have potential to be a good match.

I do agree that sometimes the best thing to do is to take a step back, focus on yourself, and realign your priorities to know what you actually want in a potential partner.

My husband was 28 when we met, and by the Internet's definition, he was chronically single. He never felt like any of the women he went on a date with were right for him - so he just kept looking.

If anything, the singles' standards seem to be getting stronger as they mature and gain more confidence in what they want in a significant other, which I think is positive - so long as your standards don't include a list of unnecessary 'icks.'

I could never seem to make and keep solid female friends. I also had brothers so I grew up primarily around boys, and I was never much of a girly girl. Plus, I always found it easier to hang out with guys.

Although we are living in an around-the-clock, digitally connected world, we sometimes paradoxically find ourselves disconnected from each other. But it hasn't always been this way.