I knew my lines, but I was terrified to have to recite them in front of an audience. As soon as I saw the crowd of people down there, my heart beat so fast that I was unable to say a single word. W: That's how I feel just thinking about the spelling competition next week. ...
During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on my car:' Sir, we welcome you to our city. This is a "No Parking" area. You will enjoy your stay here if you pay attention to our street signs. This note is only a reminder.' If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail...
When you really do need a customer to carry out a lengthy set of instructions on their own, use numbers or bullet points. Say, for instance, you need the customer to perform a traceroute to help you troubleshoot why a certain page is loading slowly, and you’ve already exhausted the ot...
Remember to put down the zip code when you address the envelope. Mine is 92381. Sally’s aunt has just come back from France. Now she’s staying at the Pearl Hotel, Room 2608. Mr. Davis lives at 1540 Water Street. It usually takes about 75 minutes to get to the airport from here....
But I have to say, we had a great time. I did a lot of traveling, and I think it’s one of the most amazing places. We did a lot in the last two weeks. We went hiking and saw some of the ancient places. We also saw some beautiful birds. There were lots of things we didn...
When the end-of-school bell rang, I would skip along the line of waiting mothers in their parked cars and high-five all of my friends as they pulled away. Sometimes, I cried before “having” to go away on school break. And then… middle school. It went downhill from there. Why ...
Give yourself permission to be kind to yourself. (Unknown) If you can’t say anything nice about yourself, practice. (Unknown) Always find time for things that make you happy to be alive. (Unknown) People will come and go in life, but the person in the mirror will be there forever. ...
the moments of my life, thinking about what I did when I was younger, the mistakes I made, the things I did, but also thinking about my future self. So for example, one of the techniques that we use in cognitive behavioral therapy is to ask yourself, what would your future self say...
And then you throw in quarantine. And this is supposed to be the answer right? You take away all the practices, games, activities, etc. And now we are supposed to be able to slow down, relax, grow in our faith, bond as a family?
“We’re going to do it in English. We’re going to do it in Spanish. We’re going to do it in Spanglish,” Rodriguez said to cheers, referencing Hispanics that are bilingual or mostly speak one or the other. Meanwhile, the battle for control of the House sends GOP Speaker Mike John...