Category Archives: Tips

Habits for Keeping Up With A Busy Schedule

Habits for Keeping Up With A Busy Schedule
Sometimes it seems like life only ever gets busier, and worse yet, that there’s no way to keep up with it. Truth is, though, with some good habits, you really can juggle all of the events in your active and sometimes hectic life. The effort that goes into building these good habits will be beneficial…
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How to ACTUALLY Use a Checklist

How to ACTUALLY Use a Checklist
It’s pretty easy to make a to-do list. In fact, many people do it everyday. However, many people never pay any attention to it after they’ve written it up.  So what good is it? Truth is, a checklist can actually help boost your productivity if you use it correctly. Let’s take a look at some…
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Wait, We Don’t Talk Like That: Writing Better Dialogue

Wait, We Don’t Talk Like That: Writing Better Dialogue
Do you have stiff dialogue that sounds awkward no matter how much tweaking you do? Not to worry. It’s hard to stuff all the nuance of human dialogue onto a page. Real people jump topics abruptly, go on long tangents for excruciating amounts of time, and generally follow no rules of punctuation. Dialogue is difficult…
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How to Master Email Writing

How to Master Email Writing
In the current technology age, email has become a staple of both workplace and personal communication. However, after all the time spent texting, it can be tricky to figure out how to write a formal email. Having good email skills helps you come across as professional and respectful and can give you that extra edge…
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How To Create a Customized Writing Schedule

How To Create a Customized Writing Schedule
Any writer, whether green and aspiring or famous and well-published, knows that making yourself write can sometimes be extremely hard, almost impossible. A common challenge for writers, especially those with other jobs, can be finding the time to write. Feeling as though what you're producing is quality work can also be a frustrating challenge. Creating…
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Tips and Tricks for Adding Exercise to a Busy Schedule

Tips and Tricks for Adding Exercise to a Busy Schedule
  Fall is setting in and the days are growing shorter again. School and work is at its busiest right now as everyone tries to prepare for the upcoming year ahead, whether it be an academic or business year. With so much going on it can feel impossible to juggle all of the activities we…
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How to Self-Motivate

How to Self-Motivate
We all have those days where we wake up and just can’t get ourselves out of bed. Maybe you’re just tired, or maybe it’s just easier to stay under the covers rather than face the daunting tasks of the day. Knowing how to motivate yourself is a valuable skill regardless of your profession, but motivation…
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Why You Shouldn’t Shy Away From Opportunity

Why You Shouldn’t Shy Away From Opportunity
  Making decisions with long-term consequences is scary. Choosing to make a big change to one’s life or keep things the same are both hauntingly ambiguous options. Some opportunities are too easily swayed by irrational fear, while others are obvious answers. But for the ones that seem to shake us to the core, even if…
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