Self Improvement Tips & Resources

I have to talk about an experience that has led me to my personal development and just can’t seem to think of a good example. Help please!
This is for a scholarship

Hmmm. I started a website business and became really interested in programming and starting teaching myself PHP, Python and other languages. I think sometimes passions/hobbies can really lead to personal development. That and your friends/teachers of course. I think another turning point was camp before 11th grade…. It was sleepaway for 6 weeks and I really had some very influential experiences there.

I think that everyone’ feelings are more important than mine. I allow people to run all over me. I know most of this came from my childhood. My mother, sister and other family members contributed to this. I just want to change. Please Help Me!

Nobody’s perfect — not even close. It may not always seem this way, but it’s true. So if you weren’t born a good singer, a super athlete or an "A" student, that’s OK. You have a personality and a perspective on the world that’s all your own and completely valuable — even if you suck at basketball, have a big nose or look terrible in leggings.

It’s OK to be upset for a bit when things don’t go your way, but after a little while, let it go and move on. You’ll be that much closer to achieving what you want if you do.

Find a few small things that you did well each day. Whether it’s waking up on time, smiling at the dorky hall monitor or sending a card to your grandmother, a lot of good can be accomplished in one day — and it’s something to take pride in.

I too have been used all my life by friends and family members!. And I let them do it. I was the substitute friend,the substitute child. I never said anything because I’m a pleaser. I want everyone to like me. I lived my life for other people and it wore me down. It’s exhausting.
Finally I discarded all the people that were bringing me down. And it felt amazing.
My advice…you have to realize that your own happiness comes first. You have to live for you.
Don’t get me wrong. I haven’t turned into like a psycho b that goes around telling everyone off.
But if I see that I’m not getting treated right by the people who are supposed to care the most…I walk. And that’s that. No more bullshit. No more second chances. I don’t need that in my life.
And if you try to leave friends and they give you this “you’ll be sorry” bullshit like they’re the last people on the face of the earth and without them you’re nothing. You can tell them to shove it. Because without those people…I’m the happiest I’ve ever been.
Good luck. It’s hard, but in the end is so worth it. Believe me!

I’m 14 and weigh like around 140 fucking pounds. All my friends are really pretty and skinny, and I’m pretty in the face.. just chubby in the thighs and butt and my stomach could look a little better too. I’m just really not happy, and losing weight is hard because I can’t get motivated. I want to throw up or not eat or something, I just don’t know anymore. I’ve never felt like this before… it’s almost like what depression would feel like or something. Help?

You can find tips in a web search for "how to gain more confidence".

So I guess i don’t have that much self confidence. I know that boys like it when girls are confident, so I’m really striving to be more confident, but its really hard. Any tips? I mean I know I’m not ugly, fat, or stupid, but I find myself saying i am these things, or worrying about them constantly. I have lots of friends, but i have never had a real boyfriend before. (really I’m just a good girl) I’m a sophomore is High School, if that helps. My friends tease me a lot, but I tease them too. So most of the time it doesn’t really bug me. But when some of my guy friends tease me it really does hurt me sometimes, but i just laugh and put a smile on my face anyways, is that bad? When i ask them to stop they think I’m kidding, but i really do want them to stop. Once I said something like "Oh he would never like me" and my friend, who’s a guy said something like "stop it, you are not allowed to bag on yourself like that, only i can do that, because i am just kidding around, but you, you are being serious." what does he mean? i seriously just need help with my self esteem, and self confidence, but I don’t know how? Please help! How do i act around boys, I don’t want to embarrass myself.

You shouldn’t have to change who you are to find a guy. He will come to you, when you realize that. I am a guy who is blessed to have a friend group that is more than 90% ladies. I tell them ALL the same thing. And every time they choose to change anything about themselves for a guy, the relationship fails miserably, as I warn them it would. Listen when I say, You don’t need confidence. You have all the confidence you need. You just have to find where you have it stored. When you find that guy that can show that to you, who you can be your complete self around, you won’t need confidence. It won’t take any amount of bravery to shwo your true self to him, it will jsut happen.

Good luck, with everything in life. I know It is hard but If life wasn’t boring and painful, we would lose interest and If life was not complicated, and didn’t leave us wondering, It wouldn’t be worth living.

I’m compliling an album featuring 10 artists and 10 songs each from different albums. I want to put it on itunes, but it does not group them into the "collaboration" album. I selected the "Compliation YES" option, but it justs lists it all out…in 10 albums! Please help!

I do not buy from itunes. All my music is in my music folder and I load my itunes from it. I have found that the slightest discrepancies in the album info will cause one song to separate from the rest of the album in itunes. If I go into the property screen, then the detail tab for each song and put in identical information for each song I can get them to become one album. I am not sure as to what you will have to do to make them the same album. I am thinking give them all track numbers in the order you want them and make the album name common for each one. This might be enough. You also might have to "play" with it till you get it right. Hope this helps. Good Luck.

How much does…….environment…gender….race….parents? If not any of these, what does?

All of the above. But I would tie race in with environment as it’s a product of social perceptions.

Relativley affordable. Good atmosphere. any ideas?

look at each site for each , holistic medicine, CAM, homeopathic, naturopathic etc google

I was wondering if you’re self employed and don’t make that much of money, what are some other things you can do to make money? You know, like, investments with money you do not have. I’m wondering.

I sell items on EBay and on a local auction site. Most of my items comes from yards sales, flea markets, discount bins at local stores, etc. I sell larger items locally, less shipping charges etc. Most customers will gladly pick up the items. Sometimes I buy items from the local site just to sell on EBay. You can get the same type of information that some people offer for sale just by checking out the Ebay site for free!

It seems like everybody is going natural these days and using natural remedies instead of synthetic remedies to prevent and treat a variety of canine parasites and diseases. Have you tried any of these remedies? Which ones worked and which ones didn’t work?

Planting lavendar in your garden can deter fleas from your yard.
We had a bad infestation when we moved into our new place. We treated the house but couldn’t get them out of the yard.
Planted some lavendar bushes in each corner and now we are flea free (we still use monthly flea prevention too of coarse)

Could have been co-incidence but it worked for us!

Another one that worked for a friend of mine whos dog was having seizures was feeding green beans daily.
Sounds kooky but she weaned him off the meds he was on and fed the beans daily and he hasn’t had a seizure for years.

It seems like everybody is going natural these days and using natural remedies instead of synthetic remedies to prevent and treat a variety of canine parasites and diseases. Have you tried any of these remedies? Which ones worked and which ones didn’t work?

Planting lavendar in your garden can deter fleas from your yard.
We had a bad infestation when we moved into our new place. We treated the house but couldn’t get them out of the yard.
Planted some lavendar bushes in each corner and now we are flea free (we still use monthly flea prevention too of coarse)

Could have been co-incidence but it worked for us!

Another one that worked for a friend of mine whos dog was having seizures was feeding green beans daily.
Sounds kooky but she weaned him off the meds he was on and fed the beans daily and he hasn’t had a seizure for years.