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How to Survive Being Home for the Summer

May 2, 2017 5:17 PM ,

How to Survive Being Home for the summer - Being home from college in the summer - ew & pt

Whenever I’m home from college for the summer I encounter a lot of dilemmas:

  1. I now have to answer to my parents and they want to know where I am whereas, in college, I could be wherever whenever and only had to call them once a week.
  2. I’m away from all of my close proximity college friends and am given a huge expanse of free time.
  3. I spend way more money than I did while I was in college. Who knew ice cream and shopping trips could add up so quickly?!
  4. I’m so freaking bored and have endless amounts of time and nothing to do with it and thus fall into a bottomless pit of unproductiveness.

I know, I just spooked you for the summer. You’ve got a sense of dread that used to just be joy because finals are almost over. It’s okay, though! Being home for the summer isn’t a bad thing, but it will take some adjusting. Here’s how to survive being home for the summer without losing your sanity and productivity.

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12 Ways to Master Small Talk

April 17, 2017 1:00 PM ,

12 Ways to Master Small Talk - How to Master Small Talk - Guide to Making Conversation // ew & pt

If there’s one thing you will be forced to take part in no matter what age you are, it’s small talk. Learn how to master small talk and you shall prosper. Well, probably. It takes two people to have a conversation (unless you’re talking to yourself), so remember you can only do so much when it comes to good conversation.

Lately, I’ve been preparing for a lot of small talk. Next weekend I’ll be attending a wedding as a plus-one date and a few weeks later I’ll be starting a new internship and meeting plenty of new people. Small talk is often dreaded, but it’s necessary and easy once you get the hang of it.

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13 Ways to Live Smarter This Year

March 8, 2017 12:00 PM ,


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Living smarter sounds a lot more difficult than it really is. In fact, little changes can make a huge difference. We may not always make good decisions but if we make a few smart decisions, they can balance out the bad ones (ie: going to the gym but then also eating pancakes at 2 A.M.).

These tips for living smarter may not change your life, but they’ll definitely make it a lot easier.

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10 Ways You’re Sabotaging Yourself & How to Stop

January 26, 2017 8:00 PM ,

10 Ways You're Sabotaging Yourself & How to Stop // Self Improvement, self help - eyeliner wings & pretty things

As always, a new year brings in a ton of self-reflection and resolutions, which inspired me to write this post. I was thinking about a lot of things I hope to change in the new year (which is a load of crap because you can just change whenever a new year is not necessary) and I thought, why not make it into a post? A lot of the things I’d like to improve on turned out to be things that are, in a way, sabotaging myself and my own happiness.

So, once again, here I am giving advice that I should also be taking. I need to stop giving good advice that I won’t take…definitely counting that as an unofficial number eleven on this list. Hopefully, if these are also ways you’re sabotaging yourself, you’ll make these changes with me.

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