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I'm a single mom and just agreed to shared custody. The amount of 'me time' is overwhelming.

Nicola Prentis is finding it challenging to navigate her newfound free time after years of dedicated solo parenting.
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'Rare' photos capture life in Romford in the Victorian era

Victorian-era photographs of Romford reveal social life, transportation changes, and community activities during a period of significant development and transformation.

Report: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Call for AI Regulation Framework

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a leading business lobbying group, made headlines recently by calling for regulation of artificial intelligence technology to ensure it does not harm growth or pose a national security risk in a new report released by the group.It asks that policymakers step up their efforts in establishing a " risk-based regulatory framework " to ensure the technology is deployed in a responsible manner.

'Rare' photos capture life in Romford in the Victorian era

Victorian-era photographs of Romford reveal social life, transportation changes, and community activities during a period of significant development and transformation.

Report: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Call for AI Regulation Framework

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a leading business lobbying group, made headlines recently by calling for regulation of artificial intelligence technology to ensure it does not harm growth or pose a national security risk in a new report released by the group.It asks that policymakers step up their efforts in establishing a " risk-based regulatory framework " to ensure the technology is deployed in a responsible manner.
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What's In Store For Your Social Life This Fall, According To A Tarot Reader

Embrace social engagements this fall to make the most of the season and enhance friendships.

I Always Swore I Wouldn't Make the Same Mistake My Parents Made In Their Social Lives. Now I've Ended Up Just Like Them.

Making friends in middle age requires intention and patience, particularly after the social disruptions of the pandemic.

The Ultimate Guide to Making Friends in Brooklyn: 5 Ways to Grow Your Network

Making friends in Brooklyn involves attending local events, frequenting cafes, taking classes, leveraging social media, and volunteering.

What's In Store For Your Social Life This Fall, According To A Tarot Reader

Embrace social engagements this fall to make the most of the season and enhance friendships.

I Always Swore I Wouldn't Make the Same Mistake My Parents Made In Their Social Lives. Now I've Ended Up Just Like Them.

Making friends in middle age requires intention and patience, particularly after the social disruptions of the pandemic.

The Ultimate Guide to Making Friends in Brooklyn: 5 Ways to Grow Your Network

Making friends in Brooklyn involves attending local events, frequenting cafes, taking classes, leveraging social media, and volunteering.
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Inside Ireland's first over-35s nightclub: Sweaty dancefloors, cheesy tunes and out in time for the last bus home

Socializing and nightlife can still be enjoyable without sacrificing sleep, as seen in dedicated early club nights.

Harriette Cole: I was the life of the party, until suddenly I wasn't

Prioritizing health and rest is crucial when dealing with chronic fatigue while managing social commitments.

Inside Ireland's first over-35s nightclub: Sweaty dancefloors, cheesy tunes and out in time for the last bus home

Socializing and nightlife can still be enjoyable without sacrificing sleep, as seen in dedicated early club nights.

Harriette Cole: I was the life of the party, until suddenly I wasn't

Prioritizing health and rest is crucial when dealing with chronic fatigue while managing social commitments.
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Here's Your Horoscope For Friday, September 27

Today's Leo moon fosters great social interactions; keep it light and humorous.
Self-reflection on insecurities is essential for personal growth according to astrological influences.

I canceled my Netflix subscription 2 years ago. I loved it, but overhauling my TV habits changed my life for the better.

Giving up streaming services improved my health and social life, breaking an excessive dependency on television.

Here's Your Horoscope For Friday, September 27

Today's Leo moon fosters great social interactions; keep it light and humorous.
Self-reflection on insecurities is essential for personal growth according to astrological influences.

I canceled my Netflix subscription 2 years ago. I loved it, but overhauling my TV habits changed my life for the better.

Giving up streaming services improved my health and social life, breaking an excessive dependency on television.
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My Life According to My Foreign-Language Exercise Book

The article illustrates various aspects of social life, including leisure activities, fashion, health habits, and daily routines.

Things That Might Change Once You Retire

Your daily routine, social life, fitness, and income may all change during retirement.

My Life According to My Foreign-Language Exercise Book

The article illustrates various aspects of social life, including leisure activities, fashion, health habits, and daily routines.

Things That Might Change Once You Retire

Your daily routine, social life, fitness, and income may all change during retirement.
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#mental-health

I spent nearly $3,000 on a Disney vacation. I'm canceling all my plans this month to limit my spending.

Staying home and cooking meals is a strategy to curb monthly spending after an expensive trip to Disney World.

7 Tips for Setting Goals When You're Depressed (And its Benefits)

"Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination."- Fitzhugh Dodson The road to mental health recovery looks too long when you're standing at the starting line, but as you slowly make your way down the road, you meet some interesting challenges and victories.

Tips To Deal With Anxiety Over Change in Life

"There is nothing permanent except change."-Heraclitus Oftentimes, we forget that change is inevitable.We see the people around us growing and evolving but it's as if we forget that they are supposed to do so.They, just like us, are supposed to change, grow, and evolve.Yet, when it comes to change or making transitions in life, we falter.

Opinion: UC Berkeley should stop planned library closures

Arguably more than housing and other issues that typically attract more attention, the latest battle at UC Berkeley threatens the heart of the university: its libraries.The Anthropology Library is inside the Anthropology and Art Practice Building, shown here.Distressingly, the university says it wants to close three libraries, including its anthropology library, because it says it can't find the money in its $3.1 billion budget to keep them open.

Doctors call for better pelvic floor health education throughout women's lives'

Just over one in five (22%) women across the UK regularly perform exercises to maintain their pelvic floor health, a new poll suggests.Over half (55%) do not currently do, or have never done pelvic floor exercises, while 23% said they do not know how to do them, according to the survey.If a person's pelvic floor muscles are weak, they may suffer incontinence or if the muscles are too tight, people might find it difficult to empty their bladder completely.

Rhod Gilbert: The cancer is on my mind 24/7 but there is humour in it definitely

Comedian Rhod Gilbert has said he is committed to using his experience of cancer in his next stand-up shows, having written 250 pages of material.The 54-year-old Welshman announced in July that he had stage four cancer and was being treated at the Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff, where he had been a fundraising patron before the diagnosis.

I spent nearly $3,000 on a Disney vacation. I'm canceling all my plans this month to limit my spending.

Staying home and cooking meals is a strategy to curb monthly spending after an expensive trip to Disney World.

7 Tips for Setting Goals When You're Depressed (And its Benefits)

"Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination."- Fitzhugh Dodson The road to mental health recovery looks too long when you're standing at the starting line, but as you slowly make your way down the road, you meet some interesting challenges and victories.

Tips To Deal With Anxiety Over Change in Life

"There is nothing permanent except change."-Heraclitus Oftentimes, we forget that change is inevitable.We see the people around us growing and evolving but it's as if we forget that they are supposed to do so.They, just like us, are supposed to change, grow, and evolve.Yet, when it comes to change or making transitions in life, we falter.

Opinion: UC Berkeley should stop planned library closures

Arguably more than housing and other issues that typically attract more attention, the latest battle at UC Berkeley threatens the heart of the university: its libraries.The Anthropology Library is inside the Anthropology and Art Practice Building, shown here.Distressingly, the university says it wants to close three libraries, including its anthropology library, because it says it can't find the money in its $3.1 billion budget to keep them open.

Doctors call for better pelvic floor health education throughout women's lives'

Just over one in five (22%) women across the UK regularly perform exercises to maintain their pelvic floor health, a new poll suggests.Over half (55%) do not currently do, or have never done pelvic floor exercises, while 23% said they do not know how to do them, according to the survey.If a person's pelvic floor muscles are weak, they may suffer incontinence or if the muscles are too tight, people might find it difficult to empty their bladder completely.

Rhod Gilbert: The cancer is on my mind 24/7 but there is humour in it definitely

Comedian Rhod Gilbert has said he is committed to using his experience of cancer in his next stand-up shows, having written 250 pages of material.The 54-year-old Welshman announced in July that he had stage four cancer and was being treated at the Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff, where he had been a fundraising patron before the diagnosis.
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#cohabs
from NBC New York
2 months ago

I pay $2,100/month to live with 23 roommates in Brooklyn: This is the best-and worst-part about it

Living with many roommates can foster a strong social life for newcomers in a large city, despite potential downsides like limited cooking space.
from www.cnbc.com
2 months ago

I pay $2,100/month to live with 23 roommates in Brooklyn: This is the bestand worstpart about it

Living in a communal space can enhance social connections, especially in unfamiliar cities.

I pay $2,100/month to live with 23 roommates in Brooklyn: This is the best-and worst-part about it

Living with many roommates can foster a strong social life for newcomers in a large city, despite potential downsides like limited cooking space.

I pay $2,100/month to live with 23 roommates in Brooklyn: This is the bestand worstpart about it

Living in a communal space can enhance social connections, especially in unfamiliar cities.
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Dear Abby: We get weird looks in the dance club

Communication with partners about discomfort is vital.
Exploring new activities like dance lessons can enhance the experience.
Mutual understanding and support within a marriage are essential.

The best happy hours in Brooklyn right now - Brooklyn Magazine

Embrace happy hours as a way to relax and socialize while managing finances post-summer.

Disney-obsessed couple loses lawsuit to get back into exclusive Club 33

The Andersons spent $125,000 annually on Disney, and after being ousted from Club 33, they fought to regain their membership.
Disney's Club 33 membership revocation highlighted the couple's deep emotional connection to the exclusive club.

Am I really too busy to find love or is it just a cop-out because dating can be so disappointing?

Young Irish singles struggle to find time for romance amidst busy social lives and numerous commitments.

'Persona 3 Reload' Steam Deck Review - Perfect for Deck?

Persona 3 Reload is a remake of Persona 3 with new content, features, and visuals.
The gameplay improvements in Persona 3 Reload are significant, particularly in exploration, social life, and interactions.

Where Teens Used to Hang Out

Readers share stories of social life before technology took over.
Activities like playing outside, going to school events, and hanging out with peers were common before technology became prevalent.
#people

One way to cope with loneliness, excessive self-focus, or cynicism? Cultivate awe | Dacher Keltner

Awe is the feeling we experience when we encounter vast mysteries we cannot understand.We find awe, I report in my new book Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life, in eight wonders of life: the moral beauty of others, nature, collective movement, music, visual design, spirituality and religion, big ideas, and the cycle of life and death.

Almost All the Colleges I Wanted to Go to Rejected Me. Now What? (Published 2019)

I am a high school senior who was recently rejected from nearly all the schools I wished to attend this fall.I have been left heartbroken by this turn of events, and I'm not quite sure how to measure my reaction around others.I was accepted into a good state university close to home, from which one of my parents graduated, but I would hesitate to attend, as most of my close friends who have decided to go have been accepted into the honors programs that I was rejected from.

Dental Coverage to Expand for 5 Million Low-Income New Yorkers

Matthew Adinolfi, who has no top teeth and had no love life for over a decade, will be able to get implants so that he can kiss a woman without fear of his dentures falling out.Blanca Coreas, who can't eat anything firmer than mashed potatoes without her gums bleeding, will be able to take a bite of grilled meat.

"Playful and accessible spaces" wrap courtyard at Wayair School by Jeju Studio

Classrooms and social spaces are arranged around a tree-filled courtyard at this school, created by Polish practice Jeju Studio for a refugee community in Tanzania.Located in Ulyankulu, a former refugee settlement in the west of the country, Wayair School provides teaching spaces for both primary- and preschool-aged children.

Are you getting enough sleep? Sara Khan, the langley academy

Are you getting enough sleep?Sara Khan, the langley academy (Image: selftaken) As we know, getting enough sleep is critical to everyone's health and wellbeing no matter what age or background you come from.But why is this the case?Experts say that adults are suggested to have 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night whilst teenagers are suggested to have a minimum of 8 to 10 hours.

This Is How OCD Affects Your Productivity (And What to Do)

OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder is more than just repetitive actions, intrusive or obsessive thoughts, and weird compulsions.When I say OCD, I'm sure you must have imagined a neat and organized space with zero chaos and mess, right?Well, OCD is many things, but most of all, it's misunderstood.If I'm a highly organized person, obsessed with details - then you might jokingly call me "OCD" - it might be true and might not be.

One way to cope with loneliness, excessive self-focus, or cynicism? Cultivate awe | Dacher Keltner

Awe is the feeling we experience when we encounter vast mysteries we cannot understand.We find awe, I report in my new book Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life, in eight wonders of life: the moral beauty of others, nature, collective movement, music, visual design, spirituality and religion, big ideas, and the cycle of life and death.

Almost All the Colleges I Wanted to Go to Rejected Me. Now What? (Published 2019)

I am a high school senior who was recently rejected from nearly all the schools I wished to attend this fall.I have been left heartbroken by this turn of events, and I'm not quite sure how to measure my reaction around others.I was accepted into a good state university close to home, from which one of my parents graduated, but I would hesitate to attend, as most of my close friends who have decided to go have been accepted into the honors programs that I was rejected from.

Dental Coverage to Expand for 5 Million Low-Income New Yorkers

Matthew Adinolfi, who has no top teeth and had no love life for over a decade, will be able to get implants so that he can kiss a woman without fear of his dentures falling out.Blanca Coreas, who can't eat anything firmer than mashed potatoes without her gums bleeding, will be able to take a bite of grilled meat.

"Playful and accessible spaces" wrap courtyard at Wayair School by Jeju Studio

Classrooms and social spaces are arranged around a tree-filled courtyard at this school, created by Polish practice Jeju Studio for a refugee community in Tanzania.Located in Ulyankulu, a former refugee settlement in the west of the country, Wayair School provides teaching spaces for both primary- and preschool-aged children.

Are you getting enough sleep? Sara Khan, the langley academy

Are you getting enough sleep?Sara Khan, the langley academy (Image: selftaken) As we know, getting enough sleep is critical to everyone's health and wellbeing no matter what age or background you come from.But why is this the case?Experts say that adults are suggested to have 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night whilst teenagers are suggested to have a minimum of 8 to 10 hours.

This Is How OCD Affects Your Productivity (And What to Do)

OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder is more than just repetitive actions, intrusive or obsessive thoughts, and weird compulsions.When I say OCD, I'm sure you must have imagined a neat and organized space with zero chaos and mess, right?Well, OCD is many things, but most of all, it's misunderstood.If I'm a highly organized person, obsessed with details - then you might jokingly call me "OCD" - it might be true and might not be.
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On This Is Why, Paramore Fight for the Present Moment: Album Review

"Why we gotta be in a rush?My watch is just for decoration," Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams sings on the third track of the group's new album, .The group premiered the track at an album release kickoff show in their home base of Nashville on Monday, February 6th, telling the audience, "It's really not that deep."

Morrison's Infinity Knots: Sites of Memory at Princeton - The Paris Review

Visiting Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory, on exhibit at Princeton University's Firestone Library from now through June 4, 2023, is like going to a sauna.You enter a warm, windowless space, and as you rotate your way through each experience, you find you're dunked suddenly into something that barrages the senses-fire-singed early drafts, a detailed map, alternate endings for Beloved, the photograph that inspired Jazz.

'Hogwarts Legacy' Review: A treat for Potter fans shaded by Rowling controversy

Potions, spells, and all manner of magical mischief await in Hogwarts Legacy.Warner Bros. Games Harry Potter may be to millennials what Star Wars was for Gen X: a surprise hit that sparked a generation-defining phenomenon.But unlike that tale from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the Wizarding World hasn't boasted prolific video game adaptations until now.

Living With Mom and Dad While Figuring Out a Financial Exit Plan

Nicole Solero moved out of her parents' home in Orlando, Fla., after she graduated from a community college in 2019.She worked as a freelance graphic designer in a small town in South Florida, but she felt lonely and depressed working remotely while her roommate frequently traveled for work.Ms. Solero decided to move back in with her parents.

On This Is Why, Paramore Fight for the Present Moment: Album Review

"Why we gotta be in a rush?My watch is just for decoration," Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams sings on the third track of the group's new album, .The group premiered the track at an album release kickoff show in their home base of Nashville on Monday, February 6th, telling the audience, "It's really not that deep."

Morrison's Infinity Knots: Sites of Memory at Princeton - The Paris Review

Visiting Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory, on exhibit at Princeton University's Firestone Library from now through June 4, 2023, is like going to a sauna.You enter a warm, windowless space, and as you rotate your way through each experience, you find you're dunked suddenly into something that barrages the senses-fire-singed early drafts, a detailed map, alternate endings for Beloved, the photograph that inspired Jazz.

'Hogwarts Legacy' Review: A treat for Potter fans shaded by Rowling controversy

Potions, spells, and all manner of magical mischief await in Hogwarts Legacy.Warner Bros. Games Harry Potter may be to millennials what Star Wars was for Gen X: a surprise hit that sparked a generation-defining phenomenon.But unlike that tale from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the Wizarding World hasn't boasted prolific video game adaptations until now.

Living With Mom and Dad While Figuring Out a Financial Exit Plan

Nicole Solero moved out of her parents' home in Orlando, Fla., after she graduated from a community college in 2019.She worked as a freelance graphic designer in a small town in South Florida, but she felt lonely and depressed working remotely while her roommate frequently traveled for work.Ms. Solero decided to move back in with her parents.
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Paramore channel their inner Talking Heads on new song "C'est Comme Ca"

Whether or not parlez-vous français, it's time vous parlez Paramore now that the band has shared the new song, "C'est Comme Ça."The title, "C'est Comme Ça," translates to, "It's Like That," and the French phrase gets sprinkled amongst plenty of "La la las" during the chorus.

Break The Cycle Of Performance Anxiety In 7 Simple Ways

Quite a common experience is performance anxiety if you look at it.Before any important meeting, conference, talk, test, competition, or even an actual performance, we all - at least for a brief period - experience jittery nerves, and butterflies in the stomach, otherwise known as performance anxiety.

Top university tells students to drop out if they can't find house

The University of Glasgow is being urged to cap intake due to fears students are sleeping rough due to a lack of housing.The Glasgow University Students' Representative Council (SRC) demanded a public commitment to capping numbers for the next five years, and claims the institution is considering doing so, student publication the Tab reported.
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