Easy Finger Exercises for Kids to Improve Handwriting

Using advanced tools like magnetic resonance imaging, researchers are finding that writing by hand is quite simply a way to speak. The practice helps with learning letters and shapes, will improve plan composition and expression, and will aid fine motor-skill development. It’s not just kids who benefit. Adults learning new symbols in Handwriting, like Chinese characters, would possibly enhance recognition by Handwriting the characters by hand, researchers say. Some physicians say handwriting might be an honest psychological feature exercise for baby boomers working to stay their minds sharp as they age. 

Studies recommend there’s real value in learning and maintaining Graphology ability, while we have a tendency to increasingly communicate electronically via keyboards. Indeed, technology usually gets blamed for handwriting’s end. However apparently, new computer code for touch-screen devices, is commencing to stimulate the apply. Most schools still include standard handwriting instruction in their primary-grade information, however these days that amounts is dropping in higher grades. Recent analysis illustrates however writing by hand engages the brain in learning. The youngsters were shown letters before and when receiving totally different letter-learning instruction. 

Symbol of Love

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with a little water and held it before me, and said this: "You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love."

This was how I saw it: "As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds. This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love...they try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, Love will retrieve from you. For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings. Give and don't expect. Advise, but don't order. Ask, but never demand. It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring."

Passing thought ... Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.

Writing off relationships

So you let the bus go and waited for the second bus. Then the second bus came, you looked at it and you said, "eeee...this bus so old... surely very uncomfortable one." So you let the bus go and decided to wait for the next bus. 

 After a while, another bus came. It's not crowded and not old but you said, "eeee... no air-con one...and the weather is so warm, better wait for the next one. So again you let the bus go and decided to wait for the next bus. Then the sky started to get dark as it is getting late. You panicked and jump on to the next coming bus. It is not until much later that you found out that you had boarded on to the wrong bus! So you wasted your time and money waiting for what you want! Even if an aircon bus came, can you ensure that the aircon bus won't break down or will the aircon be too old for you?

So people...(mostly girls but guys too!) want to make sure that what you want is not wrong. But it wouldn't hurt to give other people a chance, right? If you found that the "bus" doesn't suit, you just press the red button and get off the bus! But wait...I am sure all of you have this experienced before. You saw a bus is coming (the bus you want of course) you flagged it and the driver acted blur by pretending not seeing you and zoomed pass you!

The bottom line of being loved is like waiting for a bus and whether you want to get on the bus and give the bus a chance depends totally on you and walking alone is just like being out of love. If you love someone set him/her free. If he/she comes back to you, you know they are yours. If they don't then it was never meant to be. Remember to always say what you mean. If you love someone, tell. Don't be afraid to express yourself. Reach out and tell someone what he or she means to you. Because when you decide that it is the right time, it might be too late. Seize the day. Never have regrets.

Why Budgets Don't Work and How to Fix It

By Terry Rigg

This article is for those families that have sat down at a desk or the kitchen table time after time trying to develop a family budget that they can live with.

Why don't they work?

There are several answers to that question. Most budgets are doomed from day one because they are too complicated, don't have the commitment of all involved or the numbers simply don't add up. The biggest culprit is that most people don't allow for unexpected expenses.

Let's tackle these one at a time:

Too Complicated: When you list every expense you have on your budget you set yourself up for defeat. Some budgets include such things as cleaning supplies, dog food, haircuts and car gas. In order to keep track of all of these you would need a new box of envelopes every month.

Answer: Streamline your budget. By simply including a topic on your budget entitled "Household" where you can include everything you spend money on each month, excluding bills. Groceries will undoubtedly be the largest expense in this category. By taking the extra time to figure what needs to go into your household budget when you set it up, you can save a lot of time each payday.

Commitment:

1. Many times the commitment to live by a budget is lacking.

2. People get into spending habits that are hard to break.

3. There is constant friction in the family over money.

4. It is more comfortable to live beyond your means.

Answer: You have to consider all of the above problems when setting up your budget. The Family Budget is just that, the FAMILY BUDGET. Everyone in the family that is old enough to count should be included. I don't mean to say that children should have a say in where the money goes, but they should be aware of what the spending limits of the family are. If you work closely with your spouse in developing a family budget you both are more likely to stick to it. There is one other detail that will help. By setting aside money for yourself and your spouse, that you don't have to account to the other for, your budget is more likely to succeed.

The Numbers Don't Add Up:

You have more budget than you have paycheck. Generally, this is caused by not being realistic in your budget. You try to make your paycheck fit your budget.

Answer: Start by listing your household expenses and bills. Then include 10% of your income for long and short term savings. If this total is more than your paycheck, you have to cut back. Start by looking at your household budget. Are there items that you can do without? If you have money left over after considering all of the above, then increase your savings.

Unexpected Expenses: This can be from your car breaking down, need a new washer or any number of other expenses that you can't predict.

Answer: While long term savings is for things such as a home or car purchase or college for the kids, short term savings is just as vital to your financial security. A short term savings will accomplish two things. It will provide you with the money you need to pay those unexpected expenses and it will cut down on the use of credit cards. The short term savings could save you hundreds of dollars a year.

When you develop your budget, keep the following things in mind:

1. Make your budget a simple as possible

2. Get the family involved.

3. Make your budget fit your paycheck, not the other way around.

4. Plan for the unexpected.

5. Visit The Complete Budget and Bill Organizer for more details

By Steve Strauss

This is maybe my favorite study in the last year. An online survey of 972 adults, it identified the five habits that are most likely to limit one’s career advancement. I love this list because it’s not the stuff people are generally looking out for in their careers. It’s not the stuff experts have been warning people about since they got their first internship.

Here’s the list:

1.                Unreliability

2.                “It’s not my job”

3.                Procrastination

4.                Resistance to change

5.                Negative attitude

Don’t Let Your Website Drive Customers Away

By Jeff Haden

Some of my web pages have high bounce rates.  I have made a number of changes but nothing makes a difference.  Any ideas?  

Quick background:  Bounce rate is a metric that measures the number of visitors who leave your site after having looked at only one page or only staying for a few seconds.  Think of bounce rate as the, “Oops, not what I wanted — next!” metric.

The Best Day To Go On A Job Interview

By Michael Donovin

First of all, to fully understand and appreciate the answer, a couple of givens must be taken into account. What I believe to be the most important item for dealing with an interview successfully is, your attitude. Your attitude determines the outcome of every interview. The core competencies must be there in order for you to get the interview in the first place but, your attitude during the interview will be what ultimately gets you accepted or rejected for the position. If it was as simple as, "I can do the job", there would be no need for an interview in the first place - the employer would just hire based upon the resume.

Life Keeps Moving and So Should You

By Odette Worrel

Life is ever changing and keeping up with it is stressful. By the time we have figured out what our world looks like and what we can count on, something happens to change the dynamics of what we know. This applies to everything...cell phones, jobs, family. Nothing stays the same. Change is life's built in mechanism to force us to step outside our comfort zones. How will we respond? Will we respond? Who are we as we navigate our way through the change?

10 Ways to Crank Up Your Success Esteem in Under 10 Minutes

By Troyann Williams

Success is a journey not a destination. When you are building the successful life you desire it’s very "human" (i.e., "normal") to experience occasional moments of self doubt and feeling down. When you recognize one of these low moments you can crank your Success Esteem back up to a power level quickly and easily by implementing one or more of the ideas below.

1. Re energize Your Primary Goals: 

How To Build Good Character

By Greg S. Baker

Building good character is all about addition, not subtraction. What I mean is this: when it comes to change, our focus is usually on the aspects of our lives that are bad. We try to cut out or cut off these negative or bad qualities. We try to improve by subtraction. That is not how you build good character.

It is the process of addition in your life that brings the character. In so doing, you automatically take care of the other negative aspects. As both a father and a pastor of a Church, I look for ways to continually add to the character of those I am responsible for. The Bible teaches us this concept in 2 Peter 1:5-9. We are to add things like virtue, patience, love, kindness, faith, and so on. It is the process of adding these things to our lives that we gain the character to be fruitful in life.