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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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The director of a small but busy public library in the Midwest, Marcia Fanning (not her real name) says she was meek and didn’t really stand up for herself for many years: “I let people walk all over me, and I ended up being really unhappy a lot of [the] time.”. The stress-reducing power of assertiveness. I apologized.

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After Nearly Two Decades of Nonstop Adventuring, One Family Shares Tips For a Successful Life on the Go

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in 2016, Ali and Patrick told their children they’d be meeting friends once they got to the campground. Ali remembers her daughter Ouest looking up and asking, “How do we have friends everywhere we go?”. It’s a way to change things up for kids and make learning more interesting and more fun.”. Go all in and have fun,” Ali says.

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After Nearly Two Years of Nonstop Adventuring, One Family Shares Tips For a Successful Life on the Go

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in 2016, Ali and Patrick told their children they’d be meeting friends once they got to the campground. Ali remembers her daughter Ouest looking up and asking, “How do we have friends everywhere we go?”. It’s a way to change things up for kids and make learning more interesting and more fun.”. Go all in and have fun,” Ali says.

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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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After several months of research, they attended a two-week sailing course in Gibraltar before selling Darsy’s apartment and buying Polar Seal in March 2016. “On Ellison and Darsy purchased Polar Seal in March 2016, but they didn’t hit the waters full time until June 2018. There are no shortcuts for that.”.

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18 Signs You Have High Emotional Intelligence

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This creates the tendency to get right back up every time you fall down. For example, you might have an interesting conversation with someone about a book, and when you see them again a month later, you show up with the book in hand. The negative emotions that come with holding onto a grudge are actually a stress response.

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What Happened When I Avoided the News for 30 Days

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Things happen in this world— many of them stressful and polarizing—even if we make an effort to ignore them. So normally, I’ve taken on the stress and anxiety that come with consuming the news. And it also prompts us to ask follow-up questions: For example, what exactly is China up to with this adorable drone footage?

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How I Became a Morning Person (and How You Can, Too)

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We would often stay up into the early hours working on our projects, chatting, watching movies, you name it. to actively waking up at 6 a.m. The first thing that helped me get up faster was by not having my main sources of entertainment around me in the bedroom: phone not next to the bed, laptop not in the same room as the bed.