Julie Fin­gersh is a writer and free­lance jour­nal­ist. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Oprah Mag­a­zine, Huff­in­g­ton Post, the San Fran­cis­co Chron­i­cle, Mia­mi Her­ald, Busi­ness­Week, and more. Her Sub­stack newslet­ter, Take my Advice. I’m Not Using It is a midlife sequel to an award-win­ning humor col­umn she wrote in New York City in her twen­ties for Bill­board Pub­li­ca­tions, Inc. Julie also served as the found­ing exec­u­tive direc­tor of Boston Cares, which became a nation­al­ly rec­og­nized mod­el for com­mu­ni­ty and cor­po­rate part­ner­ships and recent­ly cel­e­brat­ed its third decade of ser­vice. A Kansas City native, she has two adult chil­dren and lives with her hus­band in Marin Coun­ty, Cal­i­for­nia. Read more about Julie and her work at http://​www​.juliefin​ger​shau​thor​.com.