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Nicole Dieker

Writer, editor, teacher

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Full-time freelance writer since 2012.

Focuses include personal finance, habit formation, and deliberate practice.

I also teach writing classes and work one-on-one with writers and freelancers.

Author of The Biographies of Ordinary People, a Millennial-era Little Women that follows three sisters from childhood to adulthood.

Kirkus Reviews described it as “a shrewdly unique portrait of everyday America.”

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Systems Thinking

On Overcorrection

By Nicole Dieker | April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 by Nicole Dieker

Why do I still overcorrect, even when I know that it’s one of the least effective things I can do?

Problem-Solving Series

Monday Morning Meditation

By Nicole Dieker | April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 by Nicole Dieker

On problem-solving, awareness, and love.

Friday Thoughts

Thoughts From My Office

By Nicole Dieker | April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 by Nicole Dieker

I’m still catching up on things after getting coronavirus-vaccinated earlier this week.

Systems Thinking

You Have to Create Your Own Personal Finance System

By Nicole Dieker | April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 by Nicole Dieker

This is one of the reasons why personal finance is so hard.

Guest Post

On Opportunities and Opportunity Cost

By Michelle Song | April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 by Michelle Song

What happens when you do the thing that is in perfect alignment with your values, ideals, motivations, and best qualities?

Systems Thinking

Avoid Systems That Make It Difficult to Leave

By Nicole Dieker | April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 by Nicole Dieker

If a system’s primary reason for existing is to get you to spend money on something, it is to that system’s advantage to be as difficult to leave as possible.

What I'm Reading

Link Roundup

By Nicole Dieker | April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 by Nicole Dieker

Featuring Hilary Gan, Noa Kageyama, Laser Malena-Webber, Tara K. Shepersky, and Jack Herlocker.

Friday Thoughts

Thoughts From My Office

By Nicole Dieker | April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 by Nicole Dieker

This week’s “thoughts from my office” are particularly thoughty.

Problem-Solving Series Thoughts and Feelings

Dancing Through the Day

By Nicole Dieker | April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 by Nicole Dieker

I didn’t actually skip Tuesday’s blog post.

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Recent Posts

  • On Overcorrection
  • Monday Morning Meditation
  • Thoughts From My Office
  • You Have to Create Your Own Personal Finance System
  • On Opportunities and Opportunity Cost

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