“Think before you speak”
Originally posted on The Millennial Voices:
So here’s a little food for thought.. I overthink. I can assume that at least some of you reading this can relate. You start by thinking about saying something, wondering if you should say it, and worrying about what might happen if you do or do not say it.…
HuffPo: This City Eliminated Poverty, And Nearly Everyone Forgot About It
A great read on an experimental assistance program conducted 40 years ago in a Canadian prairie town. A large obstacle to assistance programs is trusting that people will not take advantage of the system. Granted this town does not depict all, it is a good example of how to reexamine assistance programs to aid those…
Burberry’s Holiday Visual Experience
The award for one of the most aesthetically pleasing holiday campaigns, this year, must go to Burberry. As in typical Burberry fashion, the blending of old world charm with a twist of modern movement, and some beautiful people wearing even more beautiful clothing, captivates most of us on the receiving end of the campaign. When…
How To Establish Your Own Side Hustle
Establishing, as Contributor to ClarkHoward.com, Kali Hawlk likes to call it, a “side hustle” is sometimes needed as we take our entry-level positions making peanuts compared to our peers. The Millennial generation is straddled with debt, and more of us tend to live a life of frugality than any other recent generations. Kali Hawlk pens…
Facing Goodbyes
I have never been someone that did well with goodbyes, and my most recent farewell forced me to think about how I deal with myself in these situations. The fact that it was so abrupt, and quite frankly shocking, made me confront a side of myself that I dared not venture towards in the past.…
Interview: Former ‘Matilda’ Star Mara Wilson on Leaving Hollywood and Becoming a Writer
Originally posted on Longreads:
Adele Oliveira | Longreads | Nov. 2014 | 15 minutes (3,798 words) In 1994, when she was seven years old, Mara Wilson appeared on The Today Show with Katie Couric to promote a remake of Miracle on 34th Street, in which she starred. Right away, it’s easy to see why Wilson,…
The Day I Held My Boyfriends Hand – #HumansofHomophobia Campaign by #UCCLGBT
Originally posted on OlanHarrington.com:
I held my boyfriends hand yesterday. I caught it, as I usually do on University College Cork campus and held it until we reached the main gates, only this time I didn’t let go. We moved along the Western Road, towards Washington Street, and as we reached the innards of…
Leaders of Example: Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel | Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany The world gets a handful of leaders each generation that aren’t just leaders for leading’s sake, but are people of change and innovation, leaders that are leading to make the world we live in a place of meaning. These individuals, in which a majority of their time in…
Keeping The Fire Lit
Early on in our careers, and in our lives, we confront a fork in the road that sometimes we don’t notice until it has become too late to reverse the course. Though, I am always an optimist and believe it is never too late for anyone to improve upon themselves, for most, by the time…
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