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The last one may be the most difficult one of your tasks while you’re a bride to be – even if you have a general idea of what you would like to look like, you might not like it when you try it, so you should be prepared for every outcome. However, if you follow the next nine steps, you will be able to choose the perfect dress to fit your body type and personal style....

The Bullet Journal is an analog solution in the digital age, but a solution that allows the flexibility many people so desperately seek. Just follow the instructions on this video and from the Bullet Journal web page to get started and you can soon begin tracking all the tasks, events and tasks you need to take care of in an elegant, simplified manner. You can even add signifiers to help you remember which tasks and notes are particularly important....

Recognize Your Anger Issues If anger is a frequent problem for you or someone in your household, you may want to seek help. Anger can spring from low self-esteem or persistent feelings of frustration. Other than lingering in your mind, it can be displayed through both words and actions and can even lead to violence. If you have behavioral issues that you can’t control, you may need to sit down with a therapist or someone else who specializes in your particular issues and talk it out....

As iOS matures and more and more apps are added to the stock experience, could iOS devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod touch) be the only device you need to create a fully functional productivity system? Reminders Reminders lets you make simple lists of tasks that can repeat, have reminder dates, associated locations, contain notes and even links. For a simple task manager, Reminders is actually quite powerful and useful. There is also a new Reminders interface at iCloud....

All joking aside, a question like this can be particularly problematic because your actions will reflect in your baby’s behavior and, potentially, their health. So, let’s find out what it is you need to do when your baby won’t stop crying. Determine the Cause of Tears First of all, all parents go through that panicky feeling when they hear their baby crying – it’s your human instinct, and you shouldn’t fight it....

Open up Spotify, and search for Star Wars Complete Soundtrack. Immediately, you’ll notice that the progress bar turns into a lightsaber! To change the model and color, click on the handle. The play bar will remain as a lightsaber even when you move on to listen to other music.

However, this always doesn’t go down well. For instance, at the 2012 US junior nationals, it seemed that he was giving the world the finger and for which he had to write an apology letter. Since then, he’s adapted his ways and often pretends to scratch his forehead with his middle finger as part of the good luck ritual. His Dad Taught Him To Do So This is how it started....

Over the course of a month or so, Tom would send personal thank-you notes; physical, handwritten paper notes; to people he wanted to thank. Not only people he knew and saw regularly, but strangers and brief acquaintances. His hope was to make a mark in a karmic kind of way and reiterate the meaning of ‘thank-you’ again. What he found was there was much more to his experiment than he expected....

We all know that the most critical step in the process of completing a project is the planning phase. Planning is the foundation of a project and ultimate success depends on the depth, details and flexibility of your planning efforts. Planning a simple birthday party or a voyage to a new world requires many of the same processes. Planning must address who, what, when, where, why and how. It must also address the resources that you control in terms of time, money, technology and people....

No one likes to see the way they are used to dealing with the workplace change so suddenly but as millennials begin to enter part of your workforce, you must realize that if you wish to remain competitive and productive, you must keep an open mind, be willing to make some changes, and clear up these common misconceptions: 1. They are only interested in making money. While it is true Gen-Y employees are coming out of school with $1 trillion in student debt, money is not their highest motivating factor....

1. Education does not begin or end in a textbook or classroom. If you’re not willing to wrap your head around that simple fact, the Real World will eat you alive. 2. Agonizing over the past accomplishes nothing. If you are already in a situation that cannot be undone, then what is the point in stressing out about it? Your time would be better spent hustling forward in the direction of a better future....

Steve Pavlina outlines what his scaffolding looks like; an hour ‘set-up’ before and after his work day. Your mornings usually set the pace for the rest of the day. Keep that in mind when you notice some cracks in your day. How to Create a Personal Productivity Scaffold – [StevePavlina]

It’s a common problem. We look at famous actors, authors and musicians and think: how lucky they are to be creative, passionate – and hugely successful! Just remember though that many of these successful, creative people were just like you once. They had dreams. They had goals. But they also struggled with confidence issues and creative blocks. If you’re willing to commit to reaching your creative pinnacle, then read on....

Breaks give us much needed time to rest our eyes, move around, stretch our stiff muscles, get more blood and oxygen flowing to our brain, to unwind and obtain a fresh outlook on complex work problems. There is just one problem – we often forget to take them. (Note: Going to the bathroom, grabbing a cup of coffee or checking Facebook updates does not count, as these activities hardly give us enough time to energize our body and restore our concentration and productivity....

1. Minimalism Rocks Nowhere is it more clear that minimalism is the way of the future than IKEA. Not only does minimalist designs make sense for decreased shipping costs and more efficiently design showrooms, minimalist designs are also more efficient to produce. As we increasingly see our home spaces transformed by new design elements, minimalism is one that is surely here to stay. 2. It’s OK To Be Cheap Sure IKEA furniture doesn’t always last for more than a few years, but what things do these days?...

However, I can think of one — just one — simple action that will make 2008 perhaps one of your best years ever. This one action is so far-reaching in terms of creating well-being that I felt I had to overcome my distaste for the format and share it with you. It can be summed up in two words: “let go.” Let go of the past It’s over and done....

What if you were to wake up tomorrow and discover that something you’ve believed (thought to be absolute fact) for years, simply wasn’t true? Completely and utterly false. You weren’t even close. How would you feel? Mad? Betrayed? Confused? Stupid? Maybe a little of each? Could it be that some of us hold on to certain beliefs in order to avoid the above feelings? After all, imagine having to unlearn something we’ve believed for decades?...

That’s handy reading if you’re not exactly happy with your job. It may not be your job, you might just need to change your attitude towards your job. Five situations when you shouldn’t change careers – [BrazenCareerist]

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