Category Archives: Lifestyle

5 Reasons to Join a Writing Group

Do you feel like you’re the only one in the world striving hard to achieve your writing goal? If you do, you’ve found one excellent reason to join a group. Writers often work on their masterpieces by themselves, stopping now and then to recall the spelling of a word or ponder whether to make theContinue reading “5 Reasons to Join a Writing Group”

Let’s Normalize Privacy and Discretion

You don’t know me. But I know your name and I know where you live. Scary, right? Recently, I saw a video about protecting your personal details like your birthday, phone number, and address when businesses won’t do that for you. Scams are becoming more common, and businesses don’t need to make a criminal’s jobContinue reading “Let’s Normalize Privacy and Discretion”

What If Everyone on Earth Spoke the Same Language

Let’s imagine for a minute that we aren’t in a sci-fi movie. When you woke up this morning, everyone understood each other because we all spoke the same language. Convenient, right? We could travel from country to country without language barriers and easily communicate with people on other continents. Seems ideal at first. But whenContinue reading “What If Everyone on Earth Spoke the Same Language”

Argh! How to Set Boundaries and Get Respect

Let’s empower ourselves. Social media and technology have made it too easy for strangers and toxic people to ignore our boundaries and invade our personal and professional lives. Family may ask you for a favor, not realizing (or caring) that you’re tired and need some space. Work may ask you to do extra work, inContinue reading “Argh! How to Set Boundaries and Get Respect”

How World War II Changed the Lives of Women

The Second World War permanently changed the lives of women. Most notably, the war opened new career possibilities and changed women’s fashion. Here are some examples of these changes. Jobs World War II, (1939-1945) resulted in a shortage of people in the workforce because thousands of men had gone to fight in the wars. PriorContinue reading “How World War II Changed the Lives of Women”