The 4 lists everyone should make

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It’s been a hot minute! I had a half-written post but I spent three days opening and closing it so, uh, I’m putting that aside for now. February was a pretty garbage month. I spent most of it being extremely stressed, sort of lost, and just generally UGH. By the time the last week of the month hit, my friend and I had a daily countdown until the shortest, worst month of the year was over.

For such a short month, it was largely crappy. A lot of things were thrown my way. At one point I even cried in Union SquParkpark (and saw a rat but was too busy crying to care, and the rat was actually cute? But maybe it’s because I was crying). I sent CAPS LOCK TEXT MESSAGES to a bunch of friends. I didn’t do a lot of things I’d planned to do. I have about 4 unfinished to-do lists shoved in my room somewhere right now.

But, you know, it’s March now.  And last month made me sort of think about what things can help me get out of a bad mood. And about the things put me in a bad mood and why they’re able to do that. I thought about what can I actually control and why exactly I spend a lot of time stressing about that I can’t do anything about…

So I made four lists on a whim and they made me feel better. And they were surprisingly easy to make Here some lists to make (and the ones I made) and why they might just help you feel a bit better and a bit more sane.

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7 ways to make sharing your opinion easier

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How to make sharing your opinion easier - tips for speaking up / ew & pt
 I have an opinion on just about everything. I have a favorite flavor of M&M’S candies (and a mental ranking of my top five. crunchy and pretzel are tied for first!), I have a favorite nail polish, lipstick, pair of boots … I even have a favorite EYE (the right one).I have an opinion on how Harry Potter should’ve really ended, on whether or not tarot cards are legitimately useful, etc.
And so, I love taking surveys and voting for things. It’s basically sharing your opinion to people who totally want it. I’m also a huge proponent of trying new things and letting it be known how I feel about them. And, of course, considering I run a blog and have almost 100,000 tweets on Twitter, I clearly love sharing my thoughts and doing so comes quite easily to me.

But for some people, sharing one’s opinions and thoughts doesn’t come quite so easily. Here are some tips for sharing your opinion easily, openly, and in the best way possible.

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8 pieces of career advice that aren’t as useful as you think

8 pieces of career advice that

Now that I have my first, official full-time job that’s actually in my dream field, I keep finding myself thinking: “There’s so much career advice I dutifully wrote down and tried to follow…but a lot of it ended up being kind of useless or irrelevant. And the only purpose it served was ~stressing me out even more than I needed~!” And, looking back, I think how about nice it would’ve been to know that some bits of career advice that’s being hammered into my brain isn’t all that useful. That’s not to say I wouldn’t have followed that advice anyway, but it would’ve saved me a lot of stress to know that it is possible to make it in the journalism/media industry without having major connections. That being said, here are some pieces of career advice to ignore.

Of course, as a disclaimer, these pieces of advice can be and could’ve been invaluable to someone. And you might not want to entirely ignore it, but rather note that it’s not always relevant. This is a blog post based on my experience and experiences of some people in my life. Careers and advice aren’t one-size-fits-all. But, hey, hope this helps.

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Netflix & Hulu Go recommendations for 20somethings

10 TV series to stream - Hulu and Netflix recommendations - here's what to watch next (reality tv, true crime, comedies) // ew & pt

I abandon a lot of TV shows and I don’t watch TV super often except when I’m on the bus at night or when I carve out some time after work or on Sundays. And I hate wasting this time wondering what to watch! It’s taken me a while to dig through some crappy pilot episodes to find some quality series, at least in my opinion. That being said, when I actually watch a series in its entirety, it usually is a pretty good (or good-bad) show.

Since I can go on forever, I’m going to try to really narrow down my “what to watch” list. Here are some TV and docu-series recommendations I have for you based on what I’ve watched lately.  And as much as I love It’s Always Sunny and Parks & Rec, I’m also going to try to hopefully suggest shows you might not have heard about.

Here are some Hulu and Netflix recommendations for when you’re trying to figure out what to stream next!

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