How to be Smarter: We all know how embarrassing it feels to make a big statement about our future to our friends and family, and then have what we were hoping for fall through. So when the same thing happens to someone you love–they made a grand plan for their future, shared it with everyone, [...]
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How to be Smarter: How does Facebook make you feel? How to be Prettier: Sweetheart necklines are incredibly flattering on lots of different figures: here, here and here. How to be (less) Awkward: Usually at parties, if you act genuinely excited to see someone, they will be excited to see you as well.
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How to be Smarter: Even if you are getting accolades from others, you are not truly winning (in athletics, exams, or the rat race) if you spend the whole time wishing you were quitting. How to be Prettier: If you go clothes shopping and accidentally buy too many things, when you get home put most [...]
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How to be Smarter: Feeling better is a snowball. Sometimes, when the day is going bad it helps to just say, ‘what can I do in five minutes that will make me feel the tinest bit better?’ After you spend five minutes working to feel better, springboard off that good feeling, and spend the next [...]
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How to be Smarter: When a pen stops writing, you have two options: throw it out, or scribble it around on the paper until the ink appears again. When something stops working, whether it’s a job, your academic major, or a relationship, you have a choice whether to move on or to try hard to [...]
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How to be Smarter: There is always enough time in the day if you have the courage to cut out the things that waste time. How to be Prettier: Floor-length skirts are popular this season, but instead of spending money on a new one, get your maxi dress from last summer and layer a long-sleeved [...]
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How to be Smarter: Bestselling books from the day you were born. How to be Prettier: Because everyone is swooning over swans these days: makeup, skirts, and shoes. How to be (less) Awkward: A nice round-up of 2010, in baby animal form. #3 and #4 melted me.
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How to be Smarter: Jokes are funniest when you say the same phase in different ways throughout the story. I.e., instead of emailing your friends a funny story about “a guy with a cat,” use that phrase once and then during the rest of the story call him ‘the dude with the feline,’ ‘the man [...]
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Happy MLK Day!
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How to be Smarter: It can seem important to do something the “best way,” but it’s actually more important to do it the “best way for you.” How to be Prettier: I really disliked the winter months until my best friend recommended this coat, which she also owns. It was an investment, but it has [...]
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How to be Smarter: Every event you go to represents possibilities: trying a new food, meeting a new friend, starting a new relationship, finding out about a new job, being introduced to a different way of thinking. If you want more possibilities in your life, go to more events. The term ‘events’ includes but is [...]
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How to be Smarter: You can have natural talent without trying; but if you want a skill, you need to practice. Find your talent and turn in into a skill you can use to open doors. How to be Prettier: Everyone I know that has this brand of flat irons really speaks highly of the product (I’ve been a Chi devotee for years). [...]
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How to be Smarter: Set your location on this sunrise/sunset calendar, and notice the times of the sunrise and sunset each day. Everyday it stays brighter a little longer How to be Prettier: Sunny yellow spring skirts are year round: for post-sunrise at work and post-sundown for play. How to be (less) Awkward: If there is only [...]
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How to be Smarter: Everything you want in a significant other (ambition, kindness, nice to family) is something you must also expect and cultivate in yourself. How to be Prettier: I love the look of this shirt with a low side braid. (I saw a girl in the village wearing that style of top with [...]
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How to be Smarter: You always, always, always have more options than you think. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying. (Even if the person telling you you are stuck where you are is yourself). How to be Prettier: Striped shirts are going to be a big part of fashion in early 2011. I like [...]
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How to be Smarter: Quiz on Finding a Passion to Lead to a Hobby. How to be Prettier: Lulu’s has a great affordable shoe selection in general, but I’m especially impressed with their Vegan Shoe selection (like this pair here). How to be (less) Awkward: Introduce people as “This is my friend Molly,” not “This [...]
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How to be Smarter: Only focusing on a tiny brushstroke of your life, whether it be ‘do I have a boyfriend?,’ “is my job high-paying?’, or ‘am I thinner than her?’ makes you lose appreciation for the entire painting. Brushstrokes work together to form a complete beautiful painting; different parts of your life work together [...]
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How to be Smarter: Stop pressing snooze; when the alarm goes off for the day you are up. Discipline in the morning breeds discipline for the day. How to be Prettier: Winter is the time to try new pedicure colors; if you don’t like the results, no one will see your toes hidden in your [...]
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How to be Smarter: Growing up, when adults tell kids everyone is a star, they are not sugarcoating life–it is the truth. Every person starts out an undiscovered star–you just need to find the right sky for you to shine in. Find the job, the school, the relationship, and/or the hobby that you are a [...]
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