The first big decision I had to make was choosing a course for college. Between high school graduation and the opening of classes, I had less than three months to pick one ( if you’re wondering why, it’s because I never gave it a thought until I had to) and my whole life ahead depended on my making the right choice.
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15 Quotes About Suicide
Every year in September, the United States observes National Suicide Prevention Week, a campaign to spread awareness about this social ill, its prevention, and the warning signs. It aims to promote a better understanding of suicide to the general public with a view to erasing the stigma associated with it, encouraging people to seek mental health treatment and counseling and providing support to people who have had attempts at ending their lives.
How to Turn Negative Feedback Into Something Positive
One of the hardest things in the world to deal with is negative feedback. We all like to hear positive things about ourselves to boost our self-esteem and confidence, but negative feedback can play an important role in our development too. This only works if you can take that feedback in the spirit it was meant in, rather than being hurt and offended, but how can you get better at not taking things personally?
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Why and How to Be Still
In this modern and always-connected world, it’s become a challenge to be still. Being still, you see, is more than just not talking or not moving.
But even without talk and motion, our media-laden world has deprived us of opportunities to be still, albeit with our consent. Left alone, we’re on the internet, fingers on the keypad, texting, chatting, emailing, playing games or listening to music on our smartphones. Being still also goes beyond being motionless, because we can be stationary, but our minds are filled with noise and thoughts.
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5 Tips To Increase Your Sense Of Purpose (And Why It Matters)
It not easy finding a sense of purpose. Even if we have everything going for us, like a good career, a loving spouse, good kids, a home, a car… You get the picture – having a picture-perfect life doesn’t guarantee that we will have a sense of purpose. Feeling lost is normal and is pretty much part and parcel of modern life.
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However, finding it doesn’t necessarily require spending six months in a monastery, or going on a backpacking trip to South America. Sometimes meaning can be found in the mundane, or in things that are outside of us and our possessions.
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Self-Care Tips To Heal Yourself After A Painful Breakup
For many people, the end of a relationship can feel like the end of life, entirely. Everything as they once were has perished, only leaving behind memories.
No matter how you may be feeling right now, this pivotal phase is a grand opportunity to change the course of your life and build unwavering love for yourself.
You are loved and are doing amazing as is. Here are a few self-care tips that will help you come back stronger after a breakup.
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