10 Keys to a Successful Romantic Relationship

Are you trying to get to know someone who isn’t opening up to you? Instead of forcing information out of that person, which doesn’t work, try checking out their handwriting. During a conversation, most people can deceptively change their body language and say different things to hide or mask their true personality. However, how a person writes hardly changes. This is because the action is rarely scrutinized. As a result, individuals don’t normally try to change the way they sign their name or write letters....

Well, yes…and no. Just as there are many people who have yet to give NaNoWriMo a try, there are many who have – and have met the challenge while maintaining a modicum of their regular lives (and sanity) in the process. There are those who have taken on the challenge and have fell by the wayside again, myself included), but there are things you can do to keep you on track to finally typing “The End” at the end of your rapidly-created opus....

No need to leave the house for entertainment What’s the point of getting up, taking a shower, getting dressed, and driving to the movies when you can just sit on the couch and fire up Netflix? We’ve all been there before. You’re on the fence about whether or not you want to get out and do something, but then something comes over you. You start looking around at your PS3 and laptop, then realize you can have just as much fun staying in the house....

But what about the external damage cause by a substance abuse disorder? Is there no way to mend what has been broken while under the influence of an addicted mind? Must what is broken remain so? Thankfully, our profound human nature allows for flaws and mistakes; we use these traits and experiences to learn and grow as individuals and as a global society. This adaptive nature also fosters the ability to forgive and progress in our lives and relationships- if all parties are willing to work for the betterment of the bond....

Puuung is a South Korean artist who shares everyday moments of love via her Instagram and Facebook. With each new illustration, she creates a memory that any couple can relate to. Here are 19 of our favorite illustrations from Puuung that celebrate the beauty of love through everyday moments. Check out more of her work on Facebook. 1. You’re comfortable being together while doing different things 2. You also have your own ambition and interests, though sometimes you’d miss him 3....

We can now talk to our friends across the seas in real-time, and we can order our favorite food via a phone app and have it delivered within 30 minutes. This is a far cry from 50 years ago when it would have taken up to a month for a letter to go from London to New York. And if you lived in London in 1950, you probably have never heard of pizza....

Are you saving time at all? Analysis is a good thing. Matt Cornell has gone one better and timed his feed reading. He’s posted his results on his website. Would you see benefit in analyzing time spent on your reader? Are you getting more information quicker, or just more information? What’s your feed reading speed? – [Matt’sIdeaBlog]

Despite this bleak news, you can quit smoking. Here are the lessons I learned when I tried to quit, and how you can quit too. My Story I had my first cigarette when I was in second grade. That’s no typo. My buddy stole some smokes from his mom, and my two 8-year-old friends and I took a few puffs in a park near our house. I remember coughing a lot and feeling dizzy....

We were so grateful for this practice in early September, when my wife and I started shopping for our new house. We discussed in advance the specific goals we had for the house, enabling us to save a lot of time by narrowing our options. We then spent one day visiting a number of places we liked, rating each aspect of the house important to us on a numerical scale....

I had. It was about two years ago. At this time I worked in a job I absolutely hated and I accidentally deleted a document that I worked on for more than five hours when it happened. The moment I deleted the file, my hands started to shake, I sweated all over my body and the only thing that I wanted to do was to cry and to throw my freaking laptop out of the window....

You might have made a similar statement yourself at times when life feels too chaotic or exhilarating to even think of cutting into productive wakeful hours to catch up on some Zzzzs. If others are succeeding with minimal sleep, then perhaps you can, too. Yet, you may continue to wonder, “how much sleep do I need to maintain high-achiever status without snoozing my life away?” The key to answering this question is to find your own personal sweet spot that factors in your optimal restorative sleep duration, current lifestyle, and sustainable level of daily function....

Having to check something just one more time Procrastinating with the thought that it isn’t the perfect time to start something Being the first person to spot a mistake all the time It actually reflects more than we think and can be a blessing or a curse. This is said by Thomas S. Greenspon, a psychologist and author of “antidote to perfectionism,” published in Psychology in the Schools. [1] In other words, perfectionism is born out of uneasiness, concern, and doubt rather than a simple basic want to do things well....

Research [1] has found that having a smartphone physically nearby actually causes us to perform worse on tasks than those who’s smartphones were in another room. In other words, the mere presence of your smartphone reduces your cognitive capacity even if you’re not conscious of the affect. Smartphones are the largest source of attention pollution While smartphones provide us with convenience such as the ability to connect with people within seconds, they also facilitate the development of bad habits like having too much entertainment and procrastinating....

Studies show that increasing flexibility can eliminate generalized or specific body pain. If you have chronic pain Fibromyalgia or are trying re-condition your muscles, regular stretching will ease stress and tension due to work or other stressful issues in your life. How Practicing Yoga Every Day Changed My Life Since I’ve made Yoga a habit, I’ve noticed a change in my overall mood. A strong mindset is everything if you want to sustain a positive outlook on the things that happen to and around you....

Studies show that 90% of employers consider the candidate’s social media activity when hiring and 79% of HRs have rejected a candidate because of what they found on their social media.[1] Therefore, it only makes sense to pay attention to our present and past social media activity and not let our social networks harm our professional prospects. If you are searching for a new job or considering a career change in the future, be aware of these 6 ways how social media can hurt your job search....

ENFP: Gosh you’re just too uptight. INFJ: Wow I’m so organized. ENFP: Can’t we sleep in and go to breakfast later? INFJ: I have a busy agenda today so we need to leave by 8:27. ENFP: Just relax. INFJ: Get your act together! I’m the INFJ. The ENFP? That’s my big sister. I don’t get how her brain works. I really don’t. More often than not it drives me insane....

Recently Amit Singh, a Google employee, releases a implementation called MacFUSE which makes it possible to use any FUSE (File-system in USErspace) file systems in Mac. And the most useful FUSE is the NTFS-3G Read/Write Driver, which ables system to load NTFS with read and write capability. This is truly the greatest news for dual booting Mac OS X and Windows XP or Vista. Without going into great deal of technical details and compilation of the source code, I found out users around Internet already came up with binary version (in DMG) of MacFUSE and ntfs-3g, ready to install (credit to ShadowOfGed at AppleNova)....

Here I will give you 51 proven ways to overcome a lack of self-confidence and achieve more. 1. Learn Something New Sign up for that evening class and enjoy it. Alternatively, read a book (or take an online course) on a topic you’ve always wanted to learn more about. Learning new things stretches your abilities, keeps your mind active, and most definitely improves your confidence in your ability to do new things....

HOWTO: Be more productive It’s tempting to say to yourself, “I know I’m tired but I can’t take a nap — I have work to do”. In fact, you’ll be much more productive if you do take that nap, since you’ll improve the quality of the day’s remaining time and you were going to have to sleep sometime anyway. I don’t really exercise much so I’m probably not the best person to give advice on that bit, but I do try to work it in where I can....