How to Make Homemade Onion Rings

Homemade onion rings take a bit of work, but they are worth the effort, as they make an excellent appetizer or side dish.

How to Be Calm

Most of us could find more space for calm in our lives, for those moments of being able to stand back and assess what is happening around us with a mind that is settled, patient, graceful and wise. Calm people affect other people in a positive and reassuring way; their ability to remain unfazed and focused during life's petty ordeals through to outright crises is a source of amazement to the majority of us and often we're grateful for being at the receiving end of such calmness. And yet, it isn't something that only the few have access to – anyone can choose to be calm and to foster it as an approach toward life.

Calmness can be reached through various routes, each of which may be out of balance in your life at present. For example, your diet may not be adequate in terms of good nutrition or you may be avoiding exercise in favor of slipping in a few more hours of intense work or study. Or, you may not have discovered the values of implementing activities that are aimed at bringing calm into your life directly, such as meditation, enjoying solitude or using aromatherapy. All of these sources of balance are explored in this article as a way of finding calm.

How to Find New Uses for Old Tennis Balls

Do you have hundreds of old, scruffy and perhaps even dirty tennis balls lying around your house? While it's easy enough to toss them, it's great to find new uses for them and as you'll soon learn, there are plenty of possibilities. This article suggests a number of ways to reuse old tennis balls but these suggestions are just the beginning – it's likely that once you start seeing old tennis balls as a valuable item in your life, you'll find plenty more ways to put them to a new use!

How to Change How You Think About Popularity

Changing your perspective about popularity can be hard. Popularity means a great deal to some people, especially for those whose competitive nature always sees them trying to rope their way up the ladder. But is there really a ladder? What will people do just to get one step closer to being popular? Is it really as great as it seems? Is it really... worth it?

How to Know Thyself

Knowing one’s self is a lifelong journey and a journey which should be embarked upon with total trust in your personal observations and personal experiences to date. Truth is only known in relation to an individual's perception of reality. There is only one reality and your personal perception of it constitutes only one of many. However, who is the actual perceiver, "Who are you, really?"

Reflect upon the following considerations to gain an idea of how to view yourself holistically, as a part of reality, as well as to view your awareness as somewhat of a mirror of reality, such that to describe that of which you are aware equates to the truth about an aspect of reality. Knowing yourself means to be oriented in time and space to tap into an energy at the depth of your being which will equip you to fulfill your highest destiny.

How to Unwind

Got a problem to fix but running low on energy? Not feeling one hundred percent? Everyone needs some time just to unwind themselves. Whether this is by having a peaceful sleep or doing something you love to do, everyone needs time for themselves. Follow this guide to unwind, de-stress and chill out, so that you can take a breath and relax.

How to Avoid Pulling Rank

You find yourself doing it a lot - pulling rank. You don't mean to, but you just get so angry or impatient when things aren't going your way, so that it seemed like the only way to get your message through. Here are some ways to avoid that particular 'highway'.