Take regular photos of the everyday happenings around your home & family. Someone on the sofa, cooking, doing yard work, a regular old dinner etc. The big milestone events are memorable enough and easily reminiscenced. Pictures of everyday life are the real nostalgia bombs when looking back.
Take some videos too. Get video of your mom telling you to shut up, your dad telling a stupid dad joke. Their laugh, telling you they love you.
After they are gone, THAT’S what you will want. A picture is nice, the voice will take you back. Ask anyone who has lost a loved one, they would give anything to hear their voice just once more.
If you have to pay a company to work for them, it’s a scam. Walk away.
My girlfriend applied to a job at a place called HCI group. Within one conversation online they hired her, and said they will send her a check for $4,000 to buy necessary equipment like software.
This morning, she received an overnight check from Patelco Credit Union for $4,415.
This is a common scam.
What will happen is that she will cash it and three days later the check will “clear”. Your girlfriend will believe that the money is free to use and will send moneygrams or the like to the places her “boss” tells her to, while keeping the agreed upon fee for herself.
Sometime later the bank will let her know that the check was a fraud. See, when a check “clears” after three days, that doesn’t mean it can’t still turn out to be a fake check. But your girlfriend has already sent the money out and only has a small portion of it left. Now she will find herself in debt to the bank.
Don’t cash the check. Discontinue contact with these scammers.
If your significant other is having an issue in their life & they are sharing with you keep reading, ASK: “ Would you like to vent? Or advice?”” 90% of the time it’s venting.
When I talk to my husband I will preface it with, “I just need you to listen. Please don’t try to fix it or give me your thoughts on it. I’m not ready for that yet. I just need to say it and then keep thinking about it.” I try very hard to communicate effectively. He can’t read my mind and always know what I want. It would be silly for me to assume he can. Effective communication helps cut down on miscommunication and hurt feelings.
When you sign up for anything online, put the website’s name as your middle name. That way when you receive spam/advert emails, you will know who sold your info.
You can also use the o use the + modifier on your email address. When signing up for a website, let’s say Walmart, use the email address: [email protected] Then when you get spam you know who did it and you can then block all email being sent to [email protected] even if they sold your info to a third party. While still letting everything else through to your normal email.
[email protected] Will still go to [email protected]
Anytime you think about contacting an ex or old crush, rub one out first
The post nut clarity is real, without the humiliation of getting said clarity after doing something you may regret the rest of your life
Ask yourself “what does it matter to me” the next time you find yourself judging someone for their clothing, interests or hobbies. The more you train yourself to not care about the personal preferences of other people, the more relaxed and nicer you become as a person.
I’ve tried to live by this for a good seven or eight years now and it has been life changing. Not only am I less critical of others, I’m less critical of myself, and feel more free to wear what I like and make choices purely for my own preferences, as long as they aren’t hurting anyone. This mentality would serve anyone well, I think.
Know you’re about to get fired? Then for heaven’s sake don’t throw your resignation in first in one last show of defiance. The meeting where they let you go is your chance to extract a great severance package and positive references. Employers want a clean departure—don’t make their life easy.
If things have gone sour but you think they’re on shaky ground, hold your nerve and stay the course. Your future self will thank you for it.
If you liked a song by an artist but did not find the other tracks by the artist to your liking, look up the producer and see his other works. Producers have a lot of say in how the final product turns out
Do you often like songs but can’t put your finger on why? The ‘vibe’ just ‘feels’ good? It’s the way the drum sounds, or the perticular sound the bassguitar produces? This is 80% the work of the producer.
When someone asks you what you want to do, if you don’t care then say “doesn’t matter to me I’m just here to hang out with you” instead of “I don’t care”
There’s a huge difference between the disinterest of “I dont care” and expressing to someone that as long as they’re a part of it, you’re down for anything
If you see a U-Haul truck on the road, assume the driver does not have experience driving large vehicles. Be sure to give them plenty of space and stay out of blind spots
I think we get desensitized by semi trucks being so big with professionals driving them that Uhauls just seem so standard to be on the road. In reality it’s someone very inexperienced driving a big ol truck.
Before you get married, have in-depth, planning discussions around: kids, money, housing, vacations, current debt, retirement, day to day expectations, pets, in-laws, transportation, and careers…don’t assume anything. Ask the questions, ensure you are on the same page.
This is not meant to be a written contract. Life changes people, couples need to change with it. Some couples are great with communication and do it organically. Others may not think to ask…and learn there are major differences when it is too late. This tip is simply to ensure communication starts early and hits on all topics (some you may not even realize are issues till you start talking about them), and to set a path for continued communication through the years.
When someone shares something about themselves, don’t interrupt with a relatable story about yourself. Just listen.
If you want to share your relatable story, wait for them to finish AND acknowledge the significance of what they’ve said before launching into your own story. If you just immediately launch into how the topic relates to YOU it gives the impression you were just waiting for them to finish so you could start talking. A rapid back and forth can be fine depending on context. But people generally want to feel some kind of validation for whatever they’ve said. Not giving that recognition, especially repeatedly, leads to the person you’re talking to feeling they’re being ignored and also makes people less likely to care about or genuinely engage with whatever your response is.
If you ever need a program you want for free (for example a video/photo editor) don’t search for “free,” search for “open source” to avoid limited trial versions, adverts and malware
The Open Source Alternative site is also a good resource (www.osalt.com )
Your friends and family would rather get a phone call from you at 3am needing a lift, than a phone call from the Police at 4am finding out you didn’t make it home safely.
I always told people, even people with whom I was only loosely acquainted, to take my number and not ever be afraid to call me for a ride – and that if I was drinking myself, I’d make sure I found them a ride. A lot of people looked at me weird and gave me the “yeah, whatever,” even more seemed grateful but never actually called.
Then one night when I was about 24, a random number was calling me at 3am and I immediately answered assuming the worst. Nope. It was a buddy from high school who I had ran into a handful of times over the years – and he was annihilated drunk trying to get home. I’m still not sure which one of us is more grateful he made that call, but I was more than happy to drag myself of of bed to get him home safe.
Theodore Lee is the editor of Caveman Circus. He strives for self-improvement in all areas of his life, except his candy consumption, where he remains a champion gummy worm enthusiast. When not writing about mindfulness or living in integrity, you can find him hiding giant bags of sour patch kids under the bed.