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How to Get Your Time (and Your Life) Back

How to Get Your Time (and Your Life) Back

Posted by | Aug 21, 2019 | , ,

Does it seem like days and months are just flying by? There’s an old saying of the older we all get, the faster time seems to go by. While that’s kind of true, it certainly seems as though older and younger people alike are bringing up that old saying more than usual. Many people these days are feeling like their time is running in fast-forward and they’re starting to get frustrated as though their lives are being robbed from them with every passing moment. We wouldn’t go as far as to say there’s a “time shortage” or “rapidity epidemic”...

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What Parents Can Do About Bullying

What Parents Can Do About Bullying

Posted by | Aug 12, 2019 | , , ,

At the time of this writing, the school year will be starting soon, and many children won’t want to go back. There are many reasons for this, but for many children, they don’t want to go back to school because they’re afraid of the people there. If nothing’s done about it, those feelings may last well past August and September. We don’t need to tell you that bullying is an issue for children – heck, plenty of people would argue it’s an issue for adults, too. But when you’re the parent of a child who’s being bullied, it’s a...

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Everything You Could Find at Your Local Library

Everything You Could Find at Your Local Library

Posted by | Aug 7, 2019 | , ,

This isn’t some PSA to tell children the library is the most wonderful place on Earth. This is to let adults know libraries contain plenty more than just books; they have resources that can make your life (and plenty of other people’s lives) easier if you just know where to look. As a quick note, we titled this “Everything You Could Find” rather than “Everything You Can Find” because some libraries have things that others don’t, and it really depends on how much support they get from their communities. We’ll discuss later what you can do if your local...

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Contract vs. At-Will Employment: A Worker’s Guide

Contract vs. At-Will Employment: A Worker’s Guide

Posted by | Jul 24, 2019 | ,

Whether you’re looking for a job, you already have one, or you’re hiring someone, it’s important to know the differences between the two types of employment arrangements. You may think you already know the difference between contract and at-will employment, but it may be more complicated than it first seems. Since contract roles are becoming more common for entry-level positions (see below), it’s more important than ever for everyone to know the rights and limitations of both ways of working. The Simple Stuff Most of the employment in the United States is considered at-will. At-will employment means both the...

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Everything You Can Do with Newspapers — the Magic Multi-Tool

Everything You Can Do with Newspapers — the Magic Multi-Tool

Posted by | Jul 22, 2019 | , ,

It’s a shame print journalism is dying, if for no other reason than the fact that newspaper is amazing. That’s not a grammatical error. Maybe newspapers are pretty cool, but newspaper – the physical material – is an amazing thing. We’ve mentioned before a few of the cool things you can use newspaper for, but we decided there ought to be a definitive list. Here is that list: How to Clean Everything Something about the consistency of newspaper makes it some wonderful hybrid of a paper towel, a rag, a sponge and a steel wool pad. If you need...

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