1. You need a friend. Everybody needs a friend. A friend can’t hurt. And, we all know that the dog is men’s best friend.

2. It makes you become more responsible. Once you let another living being into your life, you must learn how to take care of it. You have to feed it, walk it, clean it, and play with it. Adopting a dog will help you teach responsibility to your kids as well, in an interactive way.

3. It will improve your social skills. You go out and meet new people, dog owners or not. Believe it or not, but your dog can be a real social opportunity link.

4. You can train him. Training a dog is fun, and the result is way better. You’ll never have to search for your slippers again.

5. You’ll always have someone to share the bed with. No more lonely nights!

6. You can’t be disappointed by a dog.

7. A dog is forever faithful.

8. A trained dog will always do what you say.

9. Dogs never get drunk and make a complete full of himself.

10. Dogs won’t spend your money on useless things.

11. Some dogs are jealous, but most of them have nothing against sharing you with someone else.

12. Dogs won’t get upset with you for any reason what so ever.

13. Dogs are always happy to see their owners. This way your dog can always give you an optimistic touch.

14. There is a saying according to which, each dog resembles its owner. Remember “101 Dalmatians”? Your dog will give people signals about what kind of person you are.

15. Fun, fun, fun! Owning a dog is 50% responsibility and 50% fun. We all are kids sometimes and a dog is perfect to play with. Either you play Fetch! or you fight over an old sock, playing with your dog is an extremely fun activity.

16. No mater what happens between the two of you, a dog never leaves his owner’s side.

1. Ride a bike instead of driving.
2. Wear funny clothes and feel extraordinary.
3. Spend some days in the country side.
4. Visit your relatives.
5. Bring flowers to your mom.
6. Wear funny t-shorts.
7. Watch your favorite sitcom for a whole day.

8. Jog early in the morning before the city wakes up.
9. Be a volunteer for a non governmental organization.
10. Spend time with children.
11. Cook something you’ve never ate before.
12. Write a story or even a book.
13. Take cold showers in the torrid summer days.
14. Take swimming classes.
15. Go shopping with your friends.
16. Get involved in school projects.
17. Eat healthy and don’t starve.
18. Change your haircut often.
19. Adopt a homeless pet.
20. Build a sand castle.
21. Go roles skating.
22. Hang out with your mom and dad.
23. Eat chocolate.
24. Have a bubble bath.
25. Fall completely in love.
26. Start painting.
27. Learn to dance waltz.
28. Play the guitar.
29. Go to aerobics.
30. Meet a former school teacher.
31. Buy funny hair accessories.
32. Play cards for a whole day.
33. Eat as much ice cream as you can.
34. Build a tree house.
35. Get a non permanent tattoo.
36. Wear a weird cap.
37. Plan your birthday party a lot earlier.
38. Read adventure books.
39. Write a short movie script.
40. Prepare a surprise for your party.
41. Wear funny colored contact lens.
42. Paint your office with colored post-it.
43. Buy a laptop lamp.
44. Have aroma therapy in your room.
45. Take a walk with your grandparents.
46. Collect stamps.
47. Donate money to charity.
48. Build a snowman in the wither holiday.
49. Buy symbolic presents for your neighbors for Christmas.
50. Organize a costumed party.
51. Print a picture of your family on your favorite mug.
52. Wear ear-muffs.
53. Build a dog house for your dog or for other pet.
54. Go to a movie festival.
55. Write a letter instead of an e-mail.
56. Learn CPR.
57. Plant a tree.
58. Wear colored shoe laces.
59. Play football with your friends.
60. Change your wardrobe from time to time.
61. Go on a backpack trip.
62. Save money for future events.
63. Prepare a fruit salad.
64. Dance all night long.
65. Go out for brunch with your friends.
66. Write poetry.
67. Play hide and seek.
68. Study hard for an exam and get a good grade.
69. Do web design.
70. Knit a sweater or a scarf.
71. Recycle the paper you don’t need anymore.
72. Redecorate your house.
73. Learn origami.
74. Go fishing.
75. Make a cake for your parents’ anniversary.
76. Plan your best friend’s wedding.
77. Paint your face for special events.
78. Visit the Zoo.
79. Donate toys to homeless children.
80. Paint your bedroom walls.
81. Go to a famous band concert.
82. Start your own band.
83. Start your own business.
84. Invest in real estate.
85. Read more books.
86. Sleep with your old Teddy Bear.
87. Go to national or international job fairs.
88. Drink a lot of water in stead of soda juices.
89. Wear a funny badge.
90. Watch cartoons at any age.
91. Organize a barbecue for your friends.
92. Watch Discovery Channel.
93. Learn a foreign language.
94. Swing in the park swingers.
95. Set a schedule at the beginning of the week.
96. Take photography lessons.
97. Swing in a hamac.
98. Have funny cell phone tones.
99. Drink your coffee with honey in stead of sugar.
100. Make people feel better about themselves.
101. Be yourself and make your own list of cool things.

1) You’re just like my ex girlfriend! Sometimes you might find yourself in a difficult situation when you feel the need to burst and say this out in the open. However, you should control your anger and stop making comparisons between your actual girlfriend and your ex one. Even if you may identify certain similarities, it is never a good idea to compare people. Each of us are different in our special way, therefore, making comparisons has no point. More than this, when we compare people we prove that we failed in seeing the special things each of us have. So, when you compare your girl with someone else, all you have accomplished is upset her more. Also, this can show her that you haven’t stepped over, that you still have you ex in your mind.

2) My mom can cook way better than you do. Even if you say this just as a simple sentence, it will get your girlfriend pretty upset. And by all means. Similar to the previous point, making comparisons is useless. And comparing your girl with your mom is useless, too. That is because we’re talking about different types of relationships. Comparing has no point at all.

3) You’re not right, you’re never right! Seriously, if she’s never right it means, according to logic, that you are always right. And, we know that being always right would make you perfect. Which can’t be true, right? So take this out of your vocabulary, it makes no point.

4) Look at this picture, you looked awesome back then! It may sound like a compliment to you, but it actually is a not very nice thing to say to your girlfriend. In this way, you show her that you liked the way she used to look and you don’t like it anymore. If you really need to tell her this, find a better way to do it. A more sensitive one.

5) “This one time, my ex… “ Always talking about your ex can be really frustrating for your actual girl friend. Do your best to avoid these small stories. Once or twice might be fun. But too much may be annoying.

6) I don’t see the relevance of your work. Maybe you can’t see it, but it doesn’t mean that her work is not important for her. Try to be more confident and open minded to understand the meaning of what she does.

7) I hate your friends! Before you say this, be sure that you really mean it. Do your best to get along with them if you want to please her. And if you see that this has no point at all, avoid contact with them. Then again, you don’t have to be friends just because she’s between you. But telling her that you don’t like them may cause in her losing them. And they may be very important to her. Why should you come between?

8 ) That’s not music, that’s just noise! We have different taste in everything, why not in music as well? What may sound musical to you may sound awful to her and vise versa. So stop being judgmental when it concerns your girls taste in music. Opposites attract, right?

9) I trust no one. You may have your reasons to believe that, but being in a relationship is all about commitment, loving each other and trusting each other. Telling her that you don’t trust anybody may sound a bit too hard and she might fell offended. Learn to open your heart to all sorts of trust.

10) It’s not you, it’s me. This is the most favorite convenient lie to tell to your girl. If you want to break it off, be honest and say it out loud, don’t look for excuses.

11) It’s not that I don’t love you anymore, but I love you like a sister. Now this is the worst convenient lie ever. Saying that you love her like a sister when you want to break it off and be nice, is the worst choice. Better say that you don’t like or love her anymore than change your love in the sister loving way. It’s both bizarre and not nice.

1) Learn how to trust your partner. Most relationships break before they even get to a significant point, and that’s mainly because of the lack of trust between the two people involved in the relationship. No body wants to share their life with someone why shows no trust.

2) Don’t fight over money. If you’re having financial problems, try to find a solution by sharing both your opinions. If one of you is a spender and the other is a keeper, try to find a balance between the two of you. Money come and go, they’re not a good reason to have a fight for.

3) Try to understand your partner in a more reflexive way. Put yourself in his shoes and you’ll find it easier to understand the reasons of his actions also, before you say and do something, try to preview how your partner will react to this.

4) Don’t take things personally. When your partner shares his or her opinions with you, try to read between the lines and look for a constructive critique. Don’t start with the idea that your partner has something against you. There’s no reason why he or she should.

5) Don’t be offensive, don’t be defensive! Remember, even if there is said that in love and war everything’s possible and allowed, a relationship is not a battlefield. Learn to see yourself as part of the same team, not as opponents. Keep in mind that you both have mutual interests, goals, hopes and dreams.

6) Before you get upset, make sure that you have a reason good enough to be upset. If you get upset all the time with no reason, it will be very difficult for your partner to understand the way you’re reacting.

7) Don’t argue with your partner over something that he didn’t do. If one of his friends or family said or did something that upset you in any way, deal it directly with that person. Even if your partner understands the reason of your state, he can’t undo what he didn’t do in the first place.

8 ) Don’t always criticize. You will only turn your partner into a frustrated person if you criticize all that he does. Remember that no matter what you do, you can’t just build a person the way you like. You must learn to take people as they are, and, if you do that, you’ll find the difference between the two of you really fascinating. However, if there are many things that you don’t like about your partner, this may be a signal that you should end the relationship.

9) Be honest! Don’t play tricks, don’t play games, be as honest as possible. If you want to be treated with honesty, act as such a person as well.

10) Don’t say bad words. When you’re really upset, if it’s hard, try to control your anger and don’t say any bad words. Once you let one out, the next one will come out immediately and so on. You’ll end up in offending each other and you will ask yourself how and why did you get here.

11) Joke from time to time. Jokes bring a very important ingredient into your relationship and that is FUN. When a relationship stops being fun, it is a signal that something might be going wrong.

12) Try to do as many things as possible together. Even if you both are busy, try your best into finding common activities, like riding a bike together, jogging, and going to the movies. These activities will only make your relation stronger.

13) Hug each other as often as possible. A hug is full of positive energy.

14) Save a smile for each moment. When you smile, your partner will smile back at you as a reverse action people do. Smiling keeps love alive.
15) Go for short walks and talk about yourself. A good and efficient communication between the two of you helps you know each other better.

16) At least once a year go for a trip just the two of you. Pretend that you are in a honey mood and enjoy every minute. It will help you charge your batteries and it will make your love stronger and more special.

17) Never lose hope. Hope that you will last forever, hope that no matter what, everything will be fine, hope for the best things to happen. Don’t be afraid to open your mind and be a dreamer. Be ready to take your chances and build the healthiest and strongest romance.

Ladies, you’ve been dreaming your whole life to take this step, and you want to make it all as perfect as can be. But before you make a life decision, take a close look at a few important things…

• He’s a spender. Once you start to notice that he spends too much, you should ask yourself again weather you’re willing to take the step with this guy. A spender is almost never a family guy. He usually has no future plans, no perspectives and no reason to make any what so ever. Make sure you are aware of his financial plans before you rush into letting him into your life, if you don’t plan on paying his bills as well.

• If he has kids and doesn’t see them that often, don’t rush into believing that he has nothing to do with it. It may be a very important signal that shows you the guy hates responsibility, or maybe he’s just not that much into kids.

• He is disorganized. A guy who leaves his stuff all over the place and likes to live in a mess may not be a good idea. Think that all the cleaning will have to be made by you, and it can get pretty frustrating for you to deal with it.

• He is easily influenced. If your guy is not able to take his own decisions and always goes for what other people say, think again. You need a man next to you, not an immature kid. There will be times when the decisions would have to be taken by the two of you only.

• He tries to change you. Each time he finds something he does not agree on or he doesn’t like, he’ll try to change it. Being in a relationship is a lot about compromise, but it’s not about complete changing. If you see he wants to change the way you are, take a second thought.

• You argue too much. Even if you get used to this idea, it doesn’t make it more normal. Before you decide to take an important step forward, try to deal with these things. Being in a more serious relationship won’t make things easier.

• You see things different. Before you decide to take the step, talk about the way you both see things in life. Be as honest as possible. It’s important to have more things in common than you have different, when it comes to your common future.

• Last, but not least, make sure he’s a kind person you like to talk to. In the end it all turns down to this, you’ll need a person next to you that you love to talk and be with for a very long time.

What would will make you to say no?

Stop wasting precious time wondering whether she’s into you or not. Look for the hot spots that show you when a girl likes you.

1. She pronounces your name so much that it doesn’t sound like your name anymore. Sounds familiar? Maybe you’ve never seen it this way, but when a girl over reacts in saying your name, weather she’s talking with you or with someone else, she totally has a crush on you. This means that you are always on her mind and no matter what she does, she can’t stop thinking of you.

2. She always wants to look good when you’re around. That’s why she carries a mirror everywhere, she checks on her hairstyle every 5 minutes, she puts on lipstick every 10 minutes and she always wears perfume. Maybe too much sometimes.

3. She’s always there. Even if you go shopping, jogging or out for a drink, she somehow is always there. She’ll make it look like a coincidence over and over again but don’t fall for it. She likes you and she wants to spend as much time as possible around you.

4. She tries to get close to you. When you go to the movies, or when you go out, and she always happens to sit right next to you, it’s not a coincidence. She might be trying to get close to you on every occasion.

5. She looks interested in what you like. She’ll always try to find a link between the two of you, therefore she’ll be interested in the artist performers you like, or books you read, or movies you’ve seen.

6. She’s always available for you. No matter what you need, she’ll always do her best to help you get it. This is what usually your best friends or your parents would do for you, but she does it too, and she tries her best to make you happy.

7. She can’t stop smiling when she sees you. Every day she looks foolishly happy, and it’s all because of you. When a girl can’t stop stop smiling only when you are around, it means, by no doubt, that the reason for her so called crazy happiness, is you.

8. She asks for you. When this happens and it looks a bit overreacted, it definitely means that somebody is really interested in you. When a girl asks for you each time she gets together with one of your mutual friends, it shows that she’s interested in you.

9. She laughs at you stupid jokes. Yes, it may be possible that your jokes are not that good as you though they were and if you see a girl laughing and pretending to like your jokes, while no one else does this, it’s a clear sign that she likes you.

10. She allows you to touch her often. Girls usually avoid being touched, or they allow only their close friends to touch them on their shoulders, on their hands. When a girl allows you to get close to her it most probably means she may like you.

11. She changes her plans to spend more time with you. She may start to even neglect her old friends or her specific stuff she was doing before she met you, and now she is thinking of changing a little bit of that because she wants to involve you in her life. She likes you and she thinks of you at a very important person for her.

This is an inspirational quote about weight loss. And it refers to constructing an image of yourself as the person you want to be. George Bernand Shaw sees that people often look into their lives and find things that are not exactly as they wanted it to be. And then they instinctively ask themselves why does this happen. These are the ordinary people.

There’s another category of people. People who live inspired by their dreams. People who live their dream. These are the people who don’t see what they can’t do, but they do what they want to see. Your dreams can never be taken away, neither can hope.

What does this have to do with weight loss?

Well, it’s easy. I’m sure you had or still have moments when you look at yourself in the mirror and you don’t like what you see. Then you become sad. And then you start asking yourself. Why did I gain weight (again)? Maybe it’s time to ask yourself, why can’t I be like I want to be?

The web is full of weight loss diets, but maybe you never took into consideration why it is better to lose some weight.
First, it will make you feel better about your self. When you see what you want to see you feel complete. Your attitude changes into a more positive one and so, your relationships get better and better.

Even if you feel good about yourself as being a little chubby, you should know that overreacting is really bad for your health. On surpassing what we consider to be good looking, which is relative, our state of health is a fact that we must not ignore. In time, the weight you over gain will make a difference. And not a good difference.

Loosing weight is most effective while practicing sports. And sports make us more dynamic, more active; they’re a way of consuming the extra energy we sometimes have in an efficient and proactive way.

Be careful! Starving is not a way of losing weight! You should know that improving your figure is a process that involves a lot of sacrifice and takes time. Starving will only get your body weaker and it won’t make you thinner. And if it will, you’ll pay the price of losing all your energy and vitamins. If you plan on losing weight for a big event, plan it on a longer period so you won’t have to deal with it in a short period of time.

Here are some few tips on how to lose weight and stay healthy:

1. Eat every day at the same time. Keep this habit so that your body will get used to the hours you have your meals and so you won’t well out of energy.
2. Eat fruits and vegetables. They are full of vitamins, they’re fresh and natural and they don’t make you gain weight.
3. Practice sports. Your body needs the exercise to burn fats and the best way to do that is to practice a sport that you like. Try jogging, aerobics, bicycle riding, roller skating… Try them all until you find the one that suits you the best.
4. Avoid bread, or better yet, give up bread.
5. Avoid pasta and pizza. They’re tasty, but full of calories.
6. If you really want to eat high calories foods, do it before 6pm so that your body has the time to digest the food before you go to bed.
7. Avoid fast foods. You’ll be surprised how many fats these foods have.
8. Avoid high sugared juices. Drinks that you make at home by squeezing fruits are way natural and better.
9. Sweets are so hard so give up on but you should consider this option, it will improve your results.
10. You are more effective if the foods you should avoid can be completely eliminated from your meals. But if you feel you can not do it, don’t give up and eat them occasionally. That is rarely. As a reward. For being so decided on improving your figure.

Like said before, the whole process can get exhausting, but you mustn’t give up. The results will make a difference. A difference you will most certainly feel in yourself.

We all have rainy days in our life.

By rainy days we mean to the non-meteorological rainy days when we run down the streets by having a heavy rainy cloud above our heads. We know the feeling so well. Sometimes we’re just a little low while some other times we’re so depressed and it makes us feel like we lost all ways to believe in ourselves. We lost hope. But when did we get in here?

Hope is what I like to call, knowing there is a light out of the dark. Hope is what we hold in our heart when we want to believe our sorrows will end eventually. Hoping is waiting for a better perspective. Hope is never giving up.

While some people believe that hope is just a way of ignoring the reality, which is completely not true, others find straight in it.

The truth? Hope is what makes the difference between the survivor and the resigned, between the strong and the weak, between the winner and the loser.

A song once said:

“Remember, all of the famous man
Who had to fall to rise again.
They picked themselves up, dust themselves off
And… start all over again”.
(Diana Kroll)

Between these lines lies hidden a most precious truth. Clouds will always appear. Even the most perfect sunny days may get really cloudy sometimes. Giving up and losing hope is what the weak people do by not being able to face a bad moment. And being in denial when it comes to the bad moments in life is what can be called ignoring the reality.

There’s no such thing as perfect. Don’t focus your energy on wanting to reach perfection. Be realistic and keep your resources for the bad moment which inevitably will appear. Keep faith, it can make wonders. When you’ll see the difference in you, you’ll really understand the power of believing and always hoping for the best.

Being in traffic and not being able to make any decision about the direction you’re planning to go cat get really frustrating. The waiting, the hurry, the noise and the meeting you’re going to be late at could drive you crazy in just a couple of minutes.

I believe that there are things in life that you can change and things you can’t. Traffic is what a regular citizen can’t change by itself. We could, if we would all ride bikes in stead of driving cars but sometimes, this is not an option, especially in a world where speed is time and time is money.

The things we can’t change, we can improve. Like traffic. We can’t make it disappear, but we can find some interesting stuff to do while we’re in traffic to make the waiting less annoying.

1. Think of what you’re going to do during the day. Make a short list in your mind and set your priorities for the day. This way, when you get to work, you’ll have a good plan to follow and you’ll be more efficient.

2. If you’re a woman, look outside the window and update your fashion designer skills. Some of the coolest outfits women have were inspired by other people walking on the street. If you’re a man and you’re not into fashion, just look out for the beautiful girls.

3. You must have a friend whose birthday is close. Think of a gift you could get for him. Most of us don’t have the time to think about what to get as a gift for our friends, in order to make it a really special gift. Use the time you have now.

4. Check-out the cars. Look for the newest designs of the car brands you like the most. Think of it as a free auto show.

5. Put the music volume as high as possible and sing along. Singing, like chocolate (we’ll talk about chocolate in a short period of time) makes you very happy, especially in the morning when you’re beginning a new day.

6. What was the last book you’re read? What was it about? Did you enjoy it? Think about that also. Reading keeps the human spirit alive.

7. Call someone you haven’t chatted for a long time. They’ll be surprised. And smile while talking. The person at the other line will feel it in your voice.

8. Call the person you promised to call back and didn’t. Usually, this person is your mother, so call her as soon as possible before she gets upset with you.

9. Try to remember if you locked the door on your way out. It’s too late anyway, but think about it for the next time you leave your house.

10. Check yourself in the mirror. How do you look today? Do you feel lucky? Do you feel strong? Do you feel confident? Isn’t this a great day for you or what?

11. Take a few moments for yourself. Close your eyes and try to ignore the noise outside your car. Think of what you lack in your life and try to find eligible means to make your life complete. You deserve it.

On a short journey to the past I tried to remember how journals looked like and what was their exact purpose back then on those hard teenage days, while the whole world was against us and still we used to rule the world.

I remember that journals were colored and full of pictures and very popular, especially among little ladies. There was a lot of pink involved and the main purpose we used to keep them was that they were our secret confidents. We needed to deal with our social lives and things we didn’t know how to ask and how to say. And “Dear Diary” was our closest secret friend, in whose carton covers were hidden our emotions, thoughts and fears.

We grew up but our journals remained the same. They are the only ones who know who we really are and what we’re up to.
And since we’re talking about diaries and secrets, I’m going to share one of my personal secrets with you, in which I found the importance of keeping a journal.

On my first year of college, after moving to a different city and facing the unknown, I was, as most of us are, a bit lost. As excited as I was, all the new around me, new place to live, new school, new friends, new places to hang out, was pretty confusing. And one day, this teacher who would teach a Basic Sociology class, gave us an interesting homework.

We had to keep a journal for 14 days where we would write all that we would do and think and feel during each day. It was mandatory that the journal was as real as possible so, no lies and no omissions. It had to show the real us.

I don’t actually remember what happened to that diary and today I don’t really care. The main idea, and also the reason why I told you this story, is that it helped me find myself.

And it wasn’t hard al all. It gave me the opportunity to express my real feelings and face my real fears. There were no more secrets anymore between me and myself. I realized that putting it all on paper is the most personal way to introduce you to your emotions. Furthermore, organizing your feelings, same as organizing your daily agenda (see Time Management on how to do that efficiently) helps you identify the strength in yourself you have to use. The key to life improvement is always in you. And keeping a journal makes you face your problems and deal with your feelings. And that is because of the fact that having it written stops you from ignoring the real you, the real part of you that you don’t like and want to hide. It makes you take the matter in your hands, undertake it and look for a proper way of handling it.

The journal I had during those 14 days didn’t make me completely sure of myself or happy. At the beginning it seemed pretty childish, but it helped me get in touch with the real feelings I tried to ignore.

And also, it made me understand that it is completely normal to be scared sometimes. But by being honest with yourself, you can get over it in no time and face the new and real you.