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How Work Guilt May be Impacting You Adversely
I remember sitting on the hotel bed in one of the beautiful Spanish cities, hands on my head admitting to my travel companion that I was rattled by this feeling of guilt. It was an internal battle between wanting to be a good friend and companion, and a good worker…
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The Top 3 Reasons Why Couples Stay Together
In today’s fast-driven, dating app obsessed world— long-term relationships almost seem like a rare treasure. Many people, in both heterosexual and homosexual orientations, increasingly find it more difficult to settle down. Divorce rates have hovered around 50% of new marriages in the last decade. So what is the secret to…
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Intermittent Fasting Helped Me Lose Weight – But it Wasn’t Worth it
Intermittent fasting has become as popular as the Atkins diet was back in the late 90s. In recent times, it’s been touted as some kind of miraculous way to lose weight— with ease. Here’s the catch. Eat whatever you like. It’s about when you eat it. The concept behind intermittent…
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How to Plan a 3 Day Trip in Santorini
Santorini is THE picturesque destination we think of when we think of Greece. The classic dome white buildings with blue rooftops, pink Bouganvillea flowers draping along the walls, and the clamoring blue sea in the close distance. It was everything I imagined, but 10x more magical in person. Santorini definitely…
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Finding Work-Life Balance in your 20s
For many of us entering or navigating our early twenties, there’s a lingering pressure to “get our lives started” as well as the notion that we only “have our twenties” once. I struggled with this a lot even before turning twenty. I languished over the fact I hadn’t accomplished very…
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How to Really Get Over Heartbreak
Many of us has at one point in our lives traversed a pretty harsh break-up. Media and even amongst the people who care about us, tend to downplay the situation. “You’re going to be okay” is a common phrase you hear coming out of the mouths of concerned friends. Images…
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How to Stay Fit on Vacation
Do you dread gaining weight on vacation? We often believe that our hard-worked results at the gym and healthy eating habits will go down the drain if we take a week or two to indulge on holidays. This is simply not true. Luckily, there are things to do before, during,…
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The Best of Ios, Greece
This quaint, gorgeous island is a part of the Greek islands—known as the place to party. In reality, Ios is far more low-key and affordable than its highly rated counterparts, Mykonos and Santorini. A 45-minute ferry ride from the busy Santorini will bring you ashore to the most peaceful scenery…
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Why You Should Leverage Different Income Streams to Bolster Your Savings
Gone are the simple days when one could rely on one income to get by. With the rising costs of living and inflation, we could be strapped to find any leftover money for an emergency fund after all the payments for housing, cars, and other necessities. Definitely, if you make…
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Why the “Nice Guy” can be Toxic Too
Contrary to the stereotype, I’ve always fallen for the nice guys. However, I come to realize that just because someone learns basic manners doesn’t mean that they always have the best intentions. Nor does it mean they have worked on themselves deeply and thoroughly enough to know how not to…
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