Plus, a beautifully written “Defend Your Splurge” from author Nicolette Polek, some cheap gardening tips and the economics of “I’m Just Ken.”

Plus: A splurgy date night, further reading from our K-beauty episode and more in this week’s newsletter.

Plus: Interesting new data on Disney adults and TikTok users in this week’s edition of the newsletter.

Also in this week’s newsletter: interesting new data on what a wedding costs and how Zoomers like to work.

Also in this newsletter: A touching “defend your splurge” and a harrowing scam story.

In this week’s newsletter: Behind the scenes of the stop-and-start process connecting with a source in Gaza.

Here’s what you can expect from our new season Plus: Leo Aquino from Queer & Trans Wealth defends their splurge.

Plus: “The One Recipe” host Jesse Sparks defends his splurge and our team shares their best holiday recs in this week’s newsletter.

Plus, The Ripped Bodice bookstore co-owner Bea Koch gives us a history lesson.

Plus, Pulitzer-winning author Walter Hickey defends his splurge.