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Photo by Greg Panagiotoglou on Unsplash A Paranormal Experience #2. It Sat At The Top Of The Stairs! Prologue In life, there are just some things we cannot explain. We often chalk these situations up to be a figment of our imagination, the dark playing games with our eyes, or just the wind blowing through a drafty house. For some, these are very real experiences and known as supernatural or paranormal phenomena. The following is an experience I've personally encountered. Please Read: The following is a story. It is a situation I've personally encountered. You may or may not take it as fact or believe it. You're allowed to be skeptical. This story is for entertainment purposes. Now to the story! As children, my family lived in a two story building where the upstairs where the bedrooms and the downstairs was the kitchen, living room, and so on. My brother and I shared a bedroom and our older sister had her own room, neighboring ours. As you know from ...

Photo by Celina Albertz on Unsplash  (also, no this is not my apartment 🤣 ) A Paranormal Experience #1. It said "hello!" Prologue In life, there are just some things we cannot explain. We often chalk these situations up to be a figment of our imagination, the dark playing games with our eyes, or just the wind blowing through a drafty house. For some, these are very real experiences and known as supernatural or paranormal phenomena. The following is an experience I've encountered. Please Read: The following is a story. It is a situation I've personally encountered. You may or may not take it as fact or believe it. You're allowed to be skeptical. This story is for entertainment purposes.  Image by thefontbandit from Pixabay Now to the story! As a...

Photo by Rachit Tank on Unsplash Learn To Set Up Your YouTube Homepage! (Here comes the fluff, skip to an easy outline ) Setting things up and getting discovered on any platform can be confusing, difficult, and even frustrating. Often times, there is little to no help, no practical tutorials, or no straight answers. I'm here to just give it to you straight!  Lets get to some short answers! What is a YouTube homepage? Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay First of all, a YouTube home page is the very first page anyone sees when they click on your channel. By default, it's empty and misleading as it states "this channel doesn't have any content". However, you DO have content, hidden away in the following tabs like "videos" and "playlists". This is why your here...

Photo by  Castorly Stock  from  Pexels Boost Your WiFi Signal And What Your ISP "Fails" Tell You. Tired of sluggish internet speeds? Despite all that money you're paying for what you think should be fast internet, is it just too slow? It is highly likely you are not taking full advantage of your router. I'm not going to lie to you, you can't really change the listed internet speed without paying more to your ISP (internet service provider) but, these tips will help you take advantage of your maximum speed.  The problem with your ISP ( internet service provider ) (Don't like to read? Click to reach an easy outline ) Image by Ralf Designs from Pixabay   Although some providers "throttle" connection...

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash School From Home: Your Kid Will Embarrass You! This may be coming late to some, but better late than never 😄. Children are mysterious creatures. I've learned many things working from home and sitting beside my 7 year old doing school from home. You watch them grow, learn, and develop. This is nice and fine until they do something completely off the wall or repeat something inappropriate you said. It is a weird and uncomfortable classic case of "monkey see, monkey do"! You may be tempted to scream at your child about, but don't. Read this first. Why is this happening? Photo by  Anna Shvets  from  Pexels Learning: A child's number one job is to learn! Everything the five senses have to offer, they are taking in, processing, and spitting back out as a chaotic routine of trial and error. Prior to adulthood, they are figuring it all out and testing every single environment, which does not exclude your nerves 😜.  "My Hero"...

Photo by Robert Collins on Unsplash Your smile packs a punch, so don't forget to do it! Did you know that smiles pack a punch? Did you know that there are so many healthy benefits to a smile not just for you, but for everyone around you? Well, I'm here to tell you that smiles are simple and magical things that we all need to practice daily. There's even some science behind it! Smile for you Photo by  cottonbro  from  Pexels Yup, smile for yourself. No matter how you feel just wind up that smile no matter how painful it is 😜. A smile, even forced, can have loads of psychological and real health benefits.  How it affects your mental health: We go through our tiresome, everyday lives, looking glum and tired from our adult work routine or strained brains from all that homework. It doesn't look good to be serious and frowny and it doesn't feel good, does it? Try out a smile instead! In studies, smiling can initialize  n europeptides,   endorphins, serotonin wh...

Photo by  CDC on Unsplash Can't get your kid to maintenance?  Try some of these tips! (Quick Post) Self maintenance, even for adults, can be a difficult task sometimes. Life gets in the way, we forget with our busy lives, or we're just too tired or lazy to do a specific task. We try to convince ourselves that it can wait till later but, sometimes, it never happens and turns to procrastination. Here's the problem, our children see this and they copy it! They copy our actions, use our excuses, and despite being little balls of perpetual energy, the throw on a theatrical play about how tired they are, like we do. Here's a few tips to not only help your child build a routine and good maintenance habits, but to also provide an opportunity to promote some self-improvement! Monkey see, monkey do! Photo by  Magda Ehlers  from  Pexels Whether we like it or not, THEY are watching! It sounds scary right? That's because it is scary! These tiny humans, our children, are wat...

Bethany Cirlincione on Unsplash Microsoft Windows Clipboard! Make office life easier! (Quick Post) Doing clerical work as a profession can get pretty repetitive and a lot of actions depend on the reputable copy and paste shortcuts or functions. Even in everyday life we copy and paste in letters, essays, cards, and pretty much any editing we do. On Windows, there is another way, and it can save you a ton of time in the workplace and in some instances, with anything else that you may be doing. My Story Linus Sandvide on Unsplash I was doing my daily work on the job, (copying and pasting a bunch of templates I like to use), when I realized, this is taking too long. So I browsed around on the phone for a faster way than using the copy shortcut (CTRL + C) and paste (CTRL +V). It sounds pretty easy already, but clicking around and hitting shortcuts can be time consuming. So, on my phone, I copied a link and when I went to paste it ...😱 EUREKA! I completely forgot about the clipboard ...

Photo by Michael Rivera 🇵🇭 on Unsplash Making Pokémon A Real Life Experience! It sounds ridiculous and kind of absurd doesn't it? In a day and age, especially when most children are stuck at home, maybe not. There are a lot of things in our lives, from gadgets to animals, that we can associate to the cartoon and game Pokémon. The best part about this, is that it's fun for the kids and a true learning experience! I'll throw out some ideas for you and your children to introduce a real life learning Pokémon experience and adventure. First Step: Getting started, Pokémon tools! Every Pokémon needs tools to go on their adventure. They needs tools for documentation and to catch them all! Little known fact, most of us have all these tools right at home! Here's what you'll need to get started. Pokédex Photo by Plann on Unsplash The most important tool for every Pokémon trainer is a Pokédex. For those who don't know, a Pokédex is a device that tells you:  What a Pokém...