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Escape Through Music
“Music is a safe kind of high” – Jimi Hendrix Music benefits the listener and musician. It can provide an escape or add to the moment of an occasion. Knowing how to harness its power is helpful to reduce depression, improve sleep, increase memory and so much more. Check out these life hacks to see how you can best make it work for you http://www.lifehack.org/317747/scientists-find-15-amazing-benefits-listening-music Click Below to Enter to Win a T-Shirt...
read moreSarcasm. When to Use it.
Humor is an essential ingredient in life. It can lighten up a tough situation and can help you keep perspective on what is important. If sarcasm is your style, here is some advice on how to best use it http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Sarcastic Click Below to Enter to Win a...
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The Greatest Threat to Our Planet is the Belief That Someone Else Will Save it. – Robert Swan Improving the environment is something we can all take part in. It is something you should take part in. Each little thing helps so take this list and get started http://greatist.com/happiness/ways-help-environment Click Below to Enter to Win a...
read moreExaggerate Carefully
Exaggeration has its place but it is important to recognize when it leads you to make poor decisions. If you ever hear, “everyone is doing it” or “everyone is going”, let that be a red flag. This is particularly true when it comes to alcohol and other drug use. As a matter of fact, here in Bloomington-Normal, only 43% of high school seniors report they have even experimented with alcohol. To stay above this type of influence, check out http://abovetheinfluence.com/ Click Below to Enter to Win a...
read moreSoap Up and Sing On
If you aren’t already singing in the shower, you might want to. Not only does everyone sound incredible in the shower, but it also turns out, it relieves stress, lowers your blood pressure, strengthens your muscles, boosts your memory, improves your immunity, and reduces pain. The muscles were a surprise to me but here are the details for all of it http://www.stethnews.com/0814/health-benefits-of-singing-in-the-shower/ Click Below to Enter to Win a...
read moreFilms Inspire Us
If we are open, movies can teach us both what we want to be and don’t want to be. The trick is to find lines that speak to you. Here’s one that I really like. “It ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!”- Rocky Balboa, 2006 What would you add to this list http://www.tvguide.com/galleries/movie-quotes-great-advice Click Below to Enter to Win a T-Shirt ...
read moreBe Yourself.
Not only is comparing yourself to others not helpful, but it is also often wrong. Visit Above the Influence to find out why. Click Below to Enter to Win a...
read moreFinding Enjoyment From Watching The Same Show Over and Over and Over Again
Can you relate to this? You tell yourself you are going to watch a new show, explore the countless possibilities that the internet has to offer only to scroll and scroll and end up watching the same show or movie for the billionth time? Well, researchers at the University of Chicago had the same thought. So they decided to take a deeper dive into this phenomenon and found that there are actually quite a few reasons as to why we watch the same shows again and again. The biggest reason is we like them. By watching the same content makes it...
read moreGoogle Chrome Extensions to Reduce Some of the Stress of Online Learning
Online school can be tough, and with so many distractions right there at your fingertips, it can make it hard to concentrate on learning. We are here to help make your online schooling time a little more productive and maybe even a little more fun. Google Chrome has thousands of extensions that you can add to your browser but with all those options, it can be overwhelming on where to begin. via GIPHY To help ease some stress, we’ve put together the top 5 Google Chrome extensions to help you get through this semester like a pro....
read moreIt’s Not a Race
Sometimes, life can seem like a race. What is alarming is that sometimes you don’t even know you have entered it. All you know is that you are either winning or losing. If you see yourself as winning, you are desperate to stay number one. If you see yourself as losing, you may either frantically step up your game or pull out all together. Before you do anything, what I suggest you do is become a spectator of you. Yep, start watching yourself! I guess you can call this mindfulness. That is really what it is. Start observing yourself without...
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