How to be Smarter: You gotta have rules for your own life. They don’t have to make sense to other people, but you need to have boundaries that you have created for yourself and will not bend on. There is no need to have a million personal dealbreakers, but there is also no need to [...]
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How to be Smarter: A list of what one magazine is calling The New Book Classics—pretty interesting to see what you have read (and which ones you still need to pick up). How to be Prettier: A general rule of thumb is to buy high-end basics (i.e. an Elizabeth and James LBD) and more affordable trend-driven [...]
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How to be Smarter: One of the scariest things in a long distance relationship is uncertainty about staying connected. Before embarking on a distance separation, mitigate the fear of the unknown future with a communication plan. It doesn’t need to be written down, but it needs to be talked about. If you are actually serious [...]
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How to be Smarter: I love googling “Six Word Memoir” and seeing what examples come up; this is one of my favorite articles that explains the phenomenon. How to be Prettier: In general, the least healthy food is kept in the middle aisles of the grocery store. The middle is usually where the Gushers and the [...]
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How to be Smarter: Don’t date people that make a huge mess at the sugar/milk station at Starbucks and don’t clean it up themselves. People that make huge messes and expect someone else to clean it up, both at sugar/milk stations and in life, are to be avoided. How to be Prettier: Polka dots + [...]
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How to be Smarter: I just finished a memoir called This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness and really enjoyed it. If you don’t have time to read the whole book, it is based off of the writer’s Modern Love column from last year. How to be Prettier: [...]
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How to be Smarter: I really believe that one of the best compliments you can receive is “you’re fun.” Being called fun means that you are easygoing, reasonably humorous, cool to be around, social, chatty, and make others feel welcome and included. It is an all-in-one compliment. Trying to work to earn this compliment, and being [...]
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Please check out my interview earlier this week with AffordableScarves.com!
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How to be Smarter: You gotta stay relevant. Stay relevant at work, asking to help out on new projects. Stay relevant in the world, peruse Google News each morning. Stay relevant with your friends, inviting friends you are on the verge of losing touch with out to dinner. Stay relevant with your family, remembering to [...]
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How to be Smarter: When packing to go on a trip, pairs of heels tend to be the item that is hardest to squish down and condense in your suitcase. Try to limit bringing only one to two pairs of heels—maybe a nude pair and something a little more flashy for night. Anything else is [...]
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How to be Smarter: It’s okay to ask for help from people you love when you need it. But if you trust them enough to ask for their expertise, in return you cannot micromanage their approach. How to be Prettier: Another good alternative to Forever 21, GoJane also provides trendy clothes that are affordable. In particular, I like this [...]
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Please check out my guest post on Journey-Work today!
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How to be Smarter: If you have a free spot in your schedule, or as you are picking electives for the fall, I really recommend you take an anthropology or sociology class in a topic that interests you. Learning how to observe the world around you from both an observational and academic perspective is one of [...]
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How to be Smarter: Two favorite titles of mine for beach reading: Dog Handling by Clare Naylor, and How to Get Divorced by 30 by Sascha Rothchild. How to be Prettier: The best pump-up song to listen to while you are home for the summer and getting ready to meet up with old classmates is [...]
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How to be Smarter: This is a simple site, and if you bookmark and visit it each day, your vocabulary will have to improve. How to be Prettier: It is definitely not accurate, but it is definitely fun to do. And it serves as a reminder to wear sunscreen! How to be (less) Awkward: If [...]
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How to be Smarter: Pretty informative article about the American flag in time for the holiday. How to be Prettier: If you are going to get your hair done for a special occasion, be sure to wear a loose fitting top (a zip-up hoodie is ideal), so you can change clothes later without messing up [...]
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Hey Friends, It’s been exactly 19 months today that I started Smart Pretty and Awkward. I did the rough math on it and figure that it’s been about 1,200 tips since then. Today I’d like some feedback on those tips. What haven’t I covered? What would you like to see more of? Less of? Different [...]
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