Lifestyle
Life & relationships
Opinion
New Year
Cummins, Musk, Pezzullo, Swift: Their 2023s can shape our 2024s
Let’s seek new year inspiration from those who were conspicuous – for better or worse – in 2023.
- by Jenna Price
Latest
Opinion
My First Job
‘Is there anything else I can do for you, sir?’ My astonishing summer as a hotel maid
Of all the jobs, it is most astonishing that anyone let me be a professional cleaner.
- by Michelle Griffin
Opinion
My First Job
Some jobs look better on paper. Being an RSL mascot is one of them
After four years it was time for a fresh start. And that fresh start looked like a big blue and white costume that was dirty, unwieldy, and way too hot.
- by David Swan
Opinion
My First Job
A fancy party and I was the hired help. Farm handing had become too real
It wasn’t my idea of fun. I believed a school holiday was supposed to be a holiday. But 30 bucks was 30 bucks.
- by Tony Wright
January can be the loneliest month. Here’s how to cope
The summer holidays can feel isolating if you don’t have any plans.
- by Kimberly Gillan
Opinion
Dating
Geminis swipe left: How star signs and astrological dating became mainstream
In the space of a few years, looking to the heavens to find love has moved from the fringes of woo-woo relationship theory and become the new normal.
- by Madison Griffiths
How to make a New Year’s resolution stick, from the people who’ve done it
From dinner with 52 strangers to conquering a fear of ocean swimming, here’s how three Australians hit their New Year’s goals.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
Opinion
Religion
This year, make a resolution that will actually make a difference
Only 8 per cent of people are still keeping their resolutions by year’s end. Here’s why make them and quit them – plus an idea for something better.
- by Barney Zwartz
Magazine
Sunday Life
Sunday Life’s most popular cover stories of 2023
From “The Fishers” who became Australia’s favourite couple this year to Moana Hope on navigating single parenthood – all of Sunday Life’s profiles in one place.
‘What kind of parent does this?’: How (and why) to stop yelling at your kids
Even the most gentle, positive or responsive of parents aren’t immune to yelling at their kids. But it can often make everyone feel worse.
- by Shannon Shelton Miller
Barbie and beige flags: The best (and weirdest) internet trends of 2023
From Matildas mania to therapy speak, we look back at the most talked about trends of the year.
- by Abby Seaman and Lauren Ironmonger