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Do it Yourself; Tips and ideas for DIY projects to give a gift that your significant other won't return.

Iran And Israel War (When the Middle East Shook Again)
When the Middle East Shook Again On the night of 29 December, the world once again held its breath. News screens glowed in dark rooms, radios whispered urgent updates, and phones vibrated with breaking alerts. The words were heavy and frightening: Iran and Israel—conflict begins again.
By Wings of Time about a month ago in Humans
Are We Selfish — Or Just Survivors of a Broken System?
When you speak to the average person on the streets out there, they’ll tell you all they care about is how to afford their next meal and that of their family. Beyond that they have very little care for others and what they have going on in their lives. At first I thought people were just selfish and maybe somewhat evil but with more reflection I’ve come to understand that they are just victims of a societal system designed to prioritize individuals much more than the collective.
By real Jemaabout a month ago in Humans
Mitigation of Addiction
I have been on my journey through addiction recovery since 2018, which at first I did not take all that seriously, I traded one addiction for another on many occasions and when that did not appease my senses any more, I turned to others substances. I am now fully conscious and aware of the generational impact that Substance misuse has had on not only me as a person, but on my entire family.
By Kaylon Forsyth2 months ago in Humans
The Art of the Slide
Moving diagonally downward through the snow, at accelerated speeds, on a piece of plastic, wood, or metal. Why is it fun? In the colder months, when a good snow falls, I take my children to a hill, and we participate in this rite of fun.
By A. S. Lawrence2 months ago in Humans
Holiday Mindful Pause
So, I’m taking a holiday mindful pause to unplug and rewind. With the festive season here, I am taking time to enjoy time off from work.
By Lynne Black2 months ago in Humans
Rachael’s Yearly Winter Ritual
Ever since I found The Local Recreation Center I’ve been skating there year round. It has been since the age of thirteen that I’ve been skating there. It has been since, then. I am now 37 and it was since 2001/2003-ish. It was 2001, that we had moved in, and 2003, since I first touched the ice.
By Rachael Frazier2 months ago in Humans
A Christmas Without Family That Became Unforgettable. AI-Generated.
Last Christmas is one I will always remember. Christmas has always meant one thing to me—family. The smell of food drifting from the kitchen, familiar laughter echoing through the house, and the quiet comfort of knowing I belong somewhere without having to explain myself. But last Christmas was different. That year, I was away from my family. No shared meals at our old table, no late-night conversations wrapped in blankets, no familiar faces waking me up on Christmas morning.
By Veronica Bennett2 months ago in Humans
The Best Debt Consolidation Tips You'll Ever Need
You don’t want to burden your future with debt. You don’t want creditors knocking on your door or calling you all day, demanding their money. And this stressful, unhealthy lifestyle would eventually eat at you and give nothing but sheer misery. Repair your bad credit with these handy tips Read on to learn how you can do that.
By LaMarion Ziegler2 months ago in Humans
The Filtered Self: When Authenticity Becomes Just Another Aesthetic. AI-Generated.
We graduated from the age of the highlight reel, or so we told ourselves. We grew tired of the perfect vacations, the flawless skin, the staged joy. A demand for "realness" rose like a collective sigh—a craving for stretch marks, for messy kitchens, for conversations about anxiety and burnout. But in the relentless economy of social media, nothing remains sacred for long, not even imperfection. Authenticity, the antidote we craved, has been co-opted, branded, and turned into the most sophisticated performance of all. We are now caught in a double bind, pressured not only to be extraordinary but also to perform our ordinariness in an extraordinary way. We’ve traded the prison of perfection for the maze of curated authenticity, and the path to our genuine selves has never felt more confusing, or more exhausting.
By HAADI2 months ago in Humans
The Efficiency Paradox: When Life Management Apps Steal Your Life. AI-Generated.
We are in the golden age of optimization. There is an app to manage our sleep, our water intake, our meditation minutes, our workout splits, and our creative projects. Our days are no longer simply lived; they are architected. We break our ambitions into quarterly goals, our goals into weekly sprints, and our sprints into daily tasks, each neatly slotted into a digital calendar that glows with the satisfying promise of total control. We pursue the holy grail of peak productivity, the flawless execution of a personal business plan called "My Best Life." But in this relentless pursuit of an optimized existence, we have stumbled into a cruel paradox: we are so busy managing our lives that we have forgotten how to live them. We are trading the rich, textured, and unscripted experience of being for the sterile, data-driven performance of doing.
By HAADI2 months ago in Humans
How a Small Act of Kindness Changed My World
How a Small Act of Kindness Changed My World BY: Khan I used to believe that life changed only through big events—graduations, promotions, heartbreaks, or miracles that arrived dramatically. But the truth is quieter than that. Sometimes, the entire direction of your life shifts because a stranger pauses for a moment and chooses kindness. My world changed because someone I barely knew decided to show me humanity when I needed it the most.
By Khan 2 months ago in Humans
I Spent My 20s Obsessed With Saving Money, and It Was a Huge Mistake
At twenty-two, I found a book about financial independence lying on a coffee table. I read it in one sitting, and it changed my life—and looking back, maybe not for the better.
By Noman Afridi2 months ago in Humans