How to unclog a toilet without a plunger

How to fix a blown fuse

How to fix a leaky faucet 

How to clean soap scum from your tub and shower

How to escape from a house fire

How to make a budget and stick to it

How to sharpen a knife

How to clean a self-cleaning oven

How to clean red wine stains from carpet

How to clean blood stains from fabric

How to clean grease stains from fabric

How to do a load of laundry

How to iron your clothes

How to test your smoke detectors

Cooking Skills:

How to tell if produce is ripe

How to know if food is expired 

How to properly sanitize a kitchen

How to cook an egg

How to make rice

How to make pasta

How to put out a kitchen grease fire safely

How to use a gas stove

How to use a convection oven

How to cook meat safely

How to use a stand mixer

How to use kitchen knives properly

How to make mashed potatoes

How to make grilled cheese sandwiches 

Health Skills:

How to stop bleeding

How to treat a burn 

How to do CPR (on an adult)

How to do CPR (on a child)

How to do CPR (on a baby)

How to help someone who is choking

How to save yourself if you are choking alone

How to read a nutrition label

How to treat frostbite

How to recognize when someone is having a stroke

How to maintain a healthy sleep schedule

Mental Health Skills:

How to calm down during a panic attack

How to help someone who is suicidal 

How to meditate 

How to stop self-harming

How to recognize problem drinking

How to choose a therapist

How to deal with disappointment

How to cope with grief

How to raise your self-esteem

Relationship and Social Skills:

How to apologize

How to cope with a breakup 

How to accept criticism 

How to deal with bullying 

How to argue in a healthy way

How to ask someone out

How to break up with someone

How to recognize an abusive relationship

How to rekindle a damaged friendship

How to speak in public

Job Hunting Skills:

How to tie a tie

How to write a resume

How to write a cover letter

How to dress for a job interview (for women/femmes)

How to dress for a job interview (for men/masculines)

How to properly shake hands

How to nail a job interview

Other Skills:

How to sew on a button 

How to hammer a nail

How to change your oil

How to put gas in your car

How to jump-start a car

How to pick a good password

How to back up your files

push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable.

get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else.

stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything.

buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice.

buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small.

strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full.

organise your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you don’t want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle.

have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck.

push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dog’s behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog.

message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you don’t follow through. push yourself to follow through.

think long and hard about what interests you. crime? sex? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything.

become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends.

So, I had to consult @brendaonao3​, my resident Sports Expert, on a few of the points, because I didn’t know much about the GF’s tweet, and him losing his contract with the Ravens because if it, and she made a really valid point about that: It was just a fucking excuse.

Think of all the players who have violated the morals clause in their contracts, and still have jobs. How many have beaten their wives/girlfriends. How many have been arrested for seriously insane shit. Hell, even Michael Vick got a spot again, and he was killing dogs. There’s no reason someone should lose a contract because their girlfriend decides to post some racist shit. It was just the excuse they used to be like, welp *dusts off hands* clearly we can’t sign THAT person, because this outside person who is not him but knows him, said a racist thing about a former player, who once plead guilty for obstruction of justice in the death of two people. That there is a bad seed, and we can’t have him playing on OUR football team, nosiree.

What’s really going on is that the NFL has blacklisted him and Eric Reid (the second person to take a knee), plain and simple. And they are still blacklisting them both, despite the fact that other players have taken up the cause. He’s being treated like a pariah for silently, and peacefully, protesting the treatment of black people and people of color in this country, specifically in regards to police brutality. He and Reid are the scapegoats in all of this, you just hear about Kaepernick more because he did it first.

The funny thing is is that it was a former US Green Beret, Nate Boyer, who actually convinced Colin that what was best was to take a knee (as opposed to just sitting out the anthem, which Colin had been doing). Here’s what Boyer said in an interview with NPR:

So I urged him to stand and then take action, because that’s really how change will happen, and he said, “No, I’m committed to sitting until I feel that things are changing and that we’re moving in the right direction.” And so through that conversation…we agreed on a middle ground of him taking a knee alongside his teammates.

For me, that’s a sign of reverence. You know, people take a knee to say a prayer. And then also, military personnel, it’s very common to see an image of a soldier, or a marine, or an airman, or a sailor, take a knee in front of a fallen brother-in-arm’s grave to pay respects. So I just thought it was better, and it showed more about — that he’s paying attention as well, he’s not, in a sense, sitting it out. He’s engaged.

He took the advice of an army vet, and chose to protest in the most respectful way he could. And yet.