Feel like everyone has a boyfriend/girlfriend over the summer? Can't understand why you're single, and getting so frustrated by all the reasons for why you could be? Well, you shouldn't be. You're single because you're single. Amanda Crute said it best in Why You're Single: You’re single because you’re single. It’s not because you texted too much or too little or waited 33 … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2013
How to Get Rid of Your Insecurities
Everyone has insecurities even if they don't want to admit them. While there is no easy way to get rid of your insecurities, here are some tips to get you started: Every time you think of something that you don't like about yourself, think of at least one thing that you do like about yourself and focus on that. You may not realize that others could be envious of qualities … [Read more...]
Twitter Study Finds World Population’s Happiness Is Declining
Can you measure the world population's happiness using Twitter? That's what researchers at the University of Vermont believed in their three year study they conducted from September 2008 -- August 2011. After organizing 46 billion tweeted words by 63 million Twitter accounts, the researchers concluded that people's happiness seems to be declining. They instructed people … [Read more...]
How to Stand Up Against Verbal Bullying
During teenage years, most people are still in the stage where they are trying to figure out who they are and what they’re good at. Bullying is often a problem during this time because kids are feeling self-conscious about their own strengths and weaknesses and it manifests itself in bringing other people down to feel better about themselves. Bullies will try to pick on … [Read more...]