These books will help teens find their voice and sense of self — Your school must have taught you how to write essays on social issues. But has it taught you how to take a stand for people in need? It must have taught you how to calculate your taxes. But did it teach you how to manage your emotions or your relationships? …

These non-fiction books read like novels — What have you chosen for this week’s reading? Is it fiction or non-fiction? Some of us can read 400 paged-novel in a day without breaking a sweat. But we often think twice before picking a non-fiction book. Non-fiction books are perfect for the knowledge they impart. But they’re also too…

And they will be when I become the President — Do you know who a hypocrite is? It’s a person who pretends to have morals. He terms an act as evil, but he does the same thing when it’s up to him. And do you know who the biggest hypocrites in this universe are? Humans. Yes, we — the superior…

Now, these have become my favorites — How many books do you have in your TBR pile? Give me a number. Is it in tens, hundreds, or maybe — thousands? Scroll through the list in your head. Is there any that has been there for ages? Why haven’t you read it yet? Perhaps the book was never…

The little slim shady isn’t doing you any harm — Do you realize how many slurs are aimed at women daily? For all the things they do — and don’t. Many people simply insult women trying to get back at the men. Just think about how many slurs include a female’s name. …

Your today's quota of unsolicited advice — I know you feel done, but start once again, You have no one but yourself to blame. The world doesn’t care enough about you, It’s your life — either build it or screw. Nothing personal, they don’t hate you, Just too busy to pull you through. Protect your health before…

A step-by-step guide to enabling tipping on your profile — In the last few days, Medium has undergone many changes. A Tony may be the underlying cause of all this. If these changes are better for the writers or not it’s yet to see. But changes in a platform are a cue for you to take some actions. …

He asked me to pick a giraffe — Being banned by Tinder is a milestone I never knew anyone could reach. Yesterday evening, I noticed my self-confidence drooping. I started feeling I wasn’t good enough and would never amount to anything. You know — the usual happy feels! Being in my late 20s, I wasn’t new to this…

They deserve to be banned — My boyfriend stopped going to his family dinners years ago. And I’m so jealous of him. He’d never have to deal with the pain and the torture. Lucky man! I often think of ways I could replicate his luck. But his family is much better than mine — they sacrificed…