The complete list of all life-guiding messages for young people – click the titles for further information
Installing and correctly using a room thermostat and thermostatic radiator valves could save £70-£150 and 310kg to 630kg carbon dioxide a year.
Turn down your room thermostat by one degree: save around £75 and 310kg carbon dioxide a year.
If someone compliments you, that doesn’t make you a better person. Your value remains unchanged, because it’s something that comes from within.
Sometimes the best support you can give someone is to refer them on to someone who can help them better than you.
Having sex is a very personal decision, and you might not feel ready to have a sexual relationship for months or years after puberty. It is a personal choice.
Having breasts does not mean a girl is ready for sex. A girl’s breasts start to develop at puberty, around age 10 to 16, but this doesn’t mean she should start having sex, or that she will feel ready.
Having an abortion does not mean you’re unlikely to get pregnant again. You will also need to use reliable contraception to avoid becoming pregnant as fertility returns almost immediately after the abortion.
Productivity app: Evernote is a free cross-platform app that lets you store, organise and search your own study notes, web clips, audio, diagrams and photo’s.
The Pomodoro Technique: you work/study in 25-minute bursts alternating with 5 minutes of break time. Each of these work sessions is called a “pomodoro”, Italian for tomato (the shape of the 25-minute Pomodoro timers.) After every 4 pomodoros, you get a longer 15 minute break to decompress, check Facebook, step outside for a bit, grab a snack, or anything else you can fit into 15 minutes.
You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.