The complete list of all life-guiding messages for young people – click the titles for further information
Get up 15 minutes earlier than you have to. You’ll have less stress, less rushing, and a more peaceful pace to start your day. If you’re looking after a family member, get them up 10 or 15 minutes earlier too – enough to reduce the racing around.
Most people feel tense when they sit down to take an exam – it is only natural. However much you have prepared, your task now is to just do your best.
Set aside plenty of time for revision. Sort through your notes, essays and reports, and focus on the essential material. Actively use your notes – re-structure and condense them. Plan answer outlines to questions you might expect to find in your exam.
When you’re at your busiest, a short break can rejuvenate your mind and increase your productivity. These breaks will help you regain your sanity and reflect on your recent actions so you can be sure they’re in line with your goals.
Start being attentive to your stress level and take short breaks. Slow down. Breathe. Give yourself permission to pause, regroup and move forward with clarity and purpose.
Take a little time every day to clear your thoughts, and it will be a lot easier to tame the fear-based voice that makes you feel bad about yourself.
There are probably many reasons why a miscarriage may happen, although the cause isn’t usually identified. The majority aren’t caused by anything the mother has done.
If a pregnancy ends before the 24th week, it is known as a miscarriage. Miscarriages are quite common in the first three months of pregnancy and around one in five confirmed pregnancies ends this way.
If you add up what you spend and discover that your outgoings are higher than your income, you need to find ways to reduce what you are spending.
A budget is a plan detailing how you spend, based on how much money you have coming in and how much you need to pay out. This means looking at your income (the money you are receiving) and your outgoings (the money you are spending), and making sure you have more coming in than going out.