Category archives: Lifestyle & Personality

Best Way to Get Along with Your Mother

Yeah, that means you. Melissa Palmer didn’t always get along with her mother. She’s now in her early 20s and works for Osea, an all natural skin care line that has been featured in most major magazines, including Vogue, InStyle, and Teen People. Her mother owns the company. Yup, that’s… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Get Work Experience

Every hour of work experience you have helps you learn something that will pay off in your work future. Even my first “real” job at Burger King taught me something: how to handle money (cash reg­ister), how to stay cool around people who are being total jerks (“Hey girly, I… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Get a New Hobby

Dancing!Reading! Playing lacrosse! Playing the clarinet! Horseback riding! Snowboarding! Designing clothes! Running! Acting! Writing poetry! Rock climbing! Weightlifting! What’s on your list of hobbies?

Jill Bauer hosts her own show, You’re Home with Jill, on QVC, a television shopping channel. The show features everything from what you need to prepare… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Get a Letter of Recommendation

  •           You’re applying/or a job.
  •           You’re getting your college application ready.
  •           You’re trying to get an internship.

You might need to get a letter of recommendation … or two . . . or three.… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Get Published

Congratulations! Your poem/story/work has been accepted for Publication!

Would you be psyched to hear that? To see your name in a magazine, a newspaper, on a Web site, even in a book? Kathy Henderson, the author of The Young Writers Guide to Getting Published (Writer’s Digest, 2001, 6th ed.) says… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Fill Out a Job Application

You’re on the job hunt. Everywhere you go, you get handed that sheet of paper on a clipboard for you to fill out: the job application. Here’s how to make yours stand out from the pile.

Lynda Orban also helps jobseekers find their perfect job on careerbuilder.com. She knows what… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Get Into The College of Your Choice

So you’ve researched different colleges. Maybe you visited some campuses. Bought some of the logo sweatshirts. Checked out the college guys.

And now . . . you have a winner! You have chosen a college you want to attend! With a couple of backup choices!

One minor detail—how do youContinue Reading…

Best Way to Enjoy Nature and the Great Outdoors

I have to confess I am totally an indoors person. I’m never the first person to suggest camping, hiking-even a picnic in the woods. I still have nightmares about a summer camp counselor experience I attempted at a sleep-away wilderness camp. I lasted twenty-eight days, finally going home with an… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Embrace Your Creativity

When you’re little, you’re encouraged to be creative in school. You sing songs, finger paint away, try out to be the star of the class play. Suddenly in middle school and high school, creativity falls by the wayside. You don’t hear much about art, music, and other cre­ative subjects. Creative… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Do Three Simple Yoga Poses

Want to relax, get in better shape, and reduce your stress? Try yoga. Yoga is the hot new thing. Well, not exactly new, I guess. It’s been practiced for about 5,000 years.

Sarah Thomas-Fazeli, a yoga instructor, explains why: “Yoga is part of a body-mind system that combines breath, physical… Continue Reading…