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Is there any part of your home as important as the bedroom? It’s the most used room and serves as a “home within the home”. So, it’s important to ensure a clean, tidy, and clutter-free bedroom. Not only is it very important, but it’s also the room you spend the most time in.
Imagine waking up, and the first you do is kick a box of stuff. Or right beside you on the bed lie pieces of clothing? Yeah, no one wants that.
If you’re in high school or currently have a high school student at home, you’ve probably heard of Advanced Placement (AP) classes. Ran by The College Board (yes, the same College Board in charge of the PSAT and SAT), AP classes provide an opportunity for high school students to take college-level classes and receive college credit before stepping foot on campus.
With over a million students having taken AP Exams across the United States from the class of 2022 alone, you may be wondering what all the hype is about.
They say all jobs have their good and tough days. We enjoy the good days but pray for the tough times to roll by quickly. An example of such a job with a rollercoaster of events is the job of parenting.
Bringing a child into this world is already hard enough, but nurturing that child into the model person society needs is just as demanding. It gets tougher for new parents because they’re stepping into a new territory unprepared.
Every day comes with its set of challenges. From getting stepped on in the subway to having someone cut in line after waiting all day, we all face frustrating moments now and then. And as time goes on, you get tired of reacting negatively to these events. So, how then do you handle such scenarios?
Rather than respond to all annoying situations with a raging tantrum, it’s possible to remain calm. Instead of throwing a fit when someone cuts in front of you, you could decide to handle it in a cool manner. So, how do you do that? It’s time we talked about the philosophy of stoicism.
As Benjamin Franklin famously said, “by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
While our everyday life lures us into the comforting sense of security derived from routine, there is relief in basic survival knowledge. Primal information that has helped generations thrive is always worth learning.
Whether you are a camping enthusiast or wish to be prepared for worst-case scenarios, how-to survival books are the best way to gather quintessential outdoor knowledge and skills.
Peace and quiet – two different but complementary scenarios we all enjoy. As hard as they can be to get, when you do find them, it’s a situation you never want to leave. However, there’s one quick way to get there and that’s through mediation.
Meditation, however you want to define it, involves taking a couple of minutes to focus on a thought or activity to achieve emotional and mental calmness. In other words, anyone who meditates simply aims to calm the mind, body, and soul.
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