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NEW POST: 7 Actions To Do To Relieve Stress Right Now by @lala86

We all get stressed out from time to time. Experiencing stress is normal, healthy even. But then there are those times when it seems like the stress is too much for too long. When you’re just that stressed out, your world feels like it is closing in on you. When it becomes too much, it is hard to live with that much stress plaguing you, making it difficult to function, both physically and…

How to get out of that comfort zone in order to grow! Plus, a free 7 day challenge! Let's do this!

I’m super excited to be partnering with GenTwenty and Nicole Booz (the founder) this month to give you guys some extra sweet content! Similarily to Lydia-Lois, GenTwenty is all about giving twenty somethings the tools and advice they need to survive this wonderful decade of our lives! Today she has put together an awesome post about getting outside your comfort zone and if I didn’t know any…

5 Ways To Be a Better Friend

As we get older our friendships become more important to us. We’re no longer thinking about how many friends we have, but instead about the quality of the friends we let into our lives. When we we’re younger, it seemed like we always wanted to know as many people as possible. We wanted friends who were going to be able to do something for us — get us in somewhere, get us a discount, hook us up —…

How To Support Your Friends’ Goals (and Why It’s Important)

Here on GenTwenty we talk a lot about goals. About how to set goals, why goals are important, and what goals even are to begin with. Up until now, it has been all about personal goals, things we as individuals want to accomplish. What about the goals of those around us? The people we call friends. Do their goals matter? The answer is, heck yes! Our friends are our backbone, but they need support…

8 Things You Realize as You Start Approaching 30

It seems like just yesterday when I was a fresh-eyed girl entering my twenties. I was in college and 30 seemed so far way. I had hopes and dreams for my 30-year-old self, but still couldn’t imagine that I would ever be that age. Slowly the years started to tick away and each year I would get closer and closer to it. Now only six months away from entering a new decade, I started to realize how…

Real Talk: The Differences in Dating at 23 vs. 29

I am sure most of you single twenty-somethings out there feel the same way I do about dating in the 21st century. And that is that it is really hard! Not only are there multiple ways of communicating with the person you are dating but the dynamics of how people once dated has changed. I realized this only the other day with a guy I gave my number to called me to set up our date. I felt like Amy…

What to Expect When Dating Someone from Another Culture

My boyfriend and I have been together for one year. In that time, we have done all of the things that couples do; we go to the movies, we finish bottles of wine, we get in fights and get over it. We have gone camping together and to the beach and done lunch during the work week. We have learned a lot about each other throughout it all. I’ve learned that he can’t stand it when I leave my purse on…

5 Ways to Feel Kick-Ass About Who You Are

“You shouldn’t have said that.” “You should have gotten that job.” “You should have worked harder.” Those are some pretty rough statements, huh? Personally, I would never say these things to a friend or someone I cared about. They are harsh. Unforgiving. Critical. The sad thing is, I say these things to myself all the time. There is a voice in my head that lives on repeat, on shuffle mode,…