How to master your job and go into Auto-Mode

If you hate your job, you’ve probably been busy trying to figure out how to go on auto-mode and get things done there while letting your mind roam. Except for a lucky few who have won the “life lottery” (trust fund babies), most young people seem to be forced into jobs they’re over-qualified for (office assistant), don’t engage their skillsets (receptionist), or that just plain suck (retail/data-entry). You’ve probably been in one of these types of jobs, and learned a few tricks to make it go easier (and didn’t resort to hard drugs). Given that you’re like most people and dislike your job as someone’s employee, here’s a little info from an expert and some pointers on how to master auto-mode and never put another ounce of effort into your side-tracked “career.”

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Communication in Relationships

Love and Relationships (Part 3): Communication in Relationships

If you want the answer to all the questions posed in Part 2, you’re in luck, because there’s one answer to all of them. Communication. Communication doesn’t mean “talking.” Communication means attention, clarity, and allowing for lack of clarity.

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The Phases Leading to a Meaningful Relationship

Love and Relationships (Part 2): The Phases Leading to a Meaningful Relationship

When does a relationship become meaningful, and what does that even mean? That mostly depends on the people involved and what they’re looking for out of the relationship. It’d be useless to discuss any specific activities that occur at any stage in a relationship that might be indicative of it’s progression, and unlike how all of us weened into the world through video games would prefer it, there’s no level summary after you kill the miniboss telling you how efficient your efforts have been or how many secrets you found. In most cases, you’re in the dark constantly, a soldier in the trenches. However, like a soldier, you can look at a map of the terrain, kind of figure out where you might be, and hopefully decide in a direction to take.

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An Introduction to Love and Relationships

Love and Relationships (Part 1): An Introduction

Love can take a lifetime to truly understand. And sometimes a lifetime isn’t even enough. Maybe that’s why so many of us are pretty impatient about our love life, either rushing into or out of relationships that we didn’t give a fair chance for success from the beginning.

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