10 People You Shouldn’t Let Define You
A classic characteristic of unhappy people is that they’d rather defeat the spirit of a happy person than attempt to understand why they’re so unhappy.
This Is How You Inspire Me
It’s true that little things inspire us. And inspiration will never be achieved under stress.
17 Ways You Know You Have A High-Quality Best Friend
They would never, ever, let your birthday pass without making a big deal out of it. Even if you offer up a humble “I don’t really feel like making a big deal about it this year.”
5 Things You Learn When You’re Turning 30 And (Gasp!) Still Single
You discover that spending more attention on yourself can be extremely rewarding; it teaches self-love; it allows you to skip the transit of pleasing others just to please ourselves, and reach the same destination directly.
19 Seriously Questionable Things People Have Done In The Name Of Love
Here’s a list of 19 people that did some regrettable things for love. Found on Quora’s “What’s the stupidest thing you’ve done for love?” thread.
Why Do People Find It So Unbelievable That I’m Naturally Skinny?
Yes, I am a naturally thin woman. I was born this way (cue the Lady Gaga music). I am not “so lucky.” No, I am not on a weight-loss diet.
18 Things That Happen When You Get Your First “Real” Job
You write really long, formal emails, but you quickly realize that everyone else writes really casual, 1-2 sentence emails. The day you switch from “yours truly” to “yours” is nothing short of a graduation in and of itself.
5 Things You Need To Do For Your Relationship To Last
Although I am young, I am engaged to be married, and I have been in a monogamous relationship since I was 18 years old.
What’s The One Thing Guys Wish Girls Would Stop Doing?
If you’ve ever asked your boyfriend, “What’s one thing you would change about me?” you probably didn’t get an honest answer.
10 Conversations Nobody Actually Wants To Have
18 Habits To Start In Your 20s (That Will Pay Off For The Rest Of Your Life)
I’m not saying you should willingly run yourself into the ground, but if you can manage to figure out the phoenix-rising-from-the-ashes plan in case you ever need it, well, you’re better off than a lot of people with no exit strategy at all.
13 Sweet Perks Of Not Having Any Kids
It costs $234,900 to raise a child until it’s 18 (and that’s just if you make under 100k to begin with).
8 Lies We’re Told About The “Real World”
30 People Share The Most WTF Things The Company They Work For Would Never Want Customers To Know
When a DJ says the next track is by request, they’re lying 99% of the time. We just make up names to make it sound like we’re engaged with the audience. The request line is often just put on hold so that callers think we’re being slammed with calls and not just ignoring them. Every market I’ve worked in has done this. Every. Market.
80 Memorable Passages From The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath
“Then the worst happened, that big, dark, hunky boy, the only one there huge enough for me, who had been hunching around over women, and whose name I had asked the minute I had come into the room, but no one told me came over and was looking hard in my eyes and it was Ted Hughes.”
30 HR Managers Reveal Their Worst Experience While Interviewing A Job Applicant
Last year, I went to a job fair at a local college to tell people about the internship at my office. A young lady stops at my table, asks what kind of jobs I have available, and hands me her resume. I look down to skim her resume. When I look back up, she has her thumb in her mouth.
