Short useful messages from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
Most of us wear 15% of our clothes 85% of the time: instinctively we feel much better in some than in others. Understanding which clothes you feel better in can make shopping much simpler and more effective.
Get into good study habits now rather than later. We have practical tips to help you get organised in our Studying category. See which work best for you.
If you don’t have someone in your life who can teach you basic life skills such as shaving or how to use an oven to cook food safely, you can use YouTube to learn these things.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Making changes to your life can seem daunting, especially when trying to do it all at once. Breaking things down, into smaller, more manageable chunks can really help.
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.
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.
When you blame others, you give away your power to get something fixed – so instead involve people to create something greater than the problem you are trying to solve.