Living Your Best Life 9 Books to Read While Youre Single

Living Your Best Life 9 Books to Read While Youre Single Although its increasingly common, being single isnt celebrated in the media with the same fervor and frequency as being in a relationship. From Pride and Prejudice to Sex and the City, the pursuit of romance is a pervasive narrative arc within our culture. Sometimes it’s difficult to find books, TV shows, and movies that don’t revolve around a character’s quest for The One. This feels especially true for media about women. While male characters from Moby-Dick’s Ishmael to Batman have had the freedom to embark on adventures without romance as a central plot line, women have historically been relegated to happy endings that revolve around impending marriage and motherhood. The same is true in real life as wellâ€"just look at the medias treatment of George Clooney vs. Jennifer Aniston. However, there are a lot of advantages to being single, whether its by choice, preference, or circumstance. Research shows that single people tend to experience more psychological growth and cultivate stronger connections to friends and family. Being single is an opportunity to discover what really makes you happy. You become self-reliant and get to live life on your own terms. So whether you’re in the throes of a devastating breakup or you’re living your best life solo, whether you want to be single forever or just right now, here are some books to read while youre single that celebrate the single life: IT Ended Badly: 13 of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright Love makes us do ridiculous things. If youre Henry VIII, you marry 6 women and behead two of them. If youre Caroline Lamb, you send Lord Byron a devastating post-break up missive containing a bloody lock of your own pubic hair. Dont get me started on Norman Mailer. These entertaining vignettes showcase the timeless absurdities of romance gone awry. All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg Each one of us is so much more than our relationship status. Whether were happily single or in a relationship, we contain multitudes. Attenbergs latest novel focuses on Andrea Bern, a dynamic and complicated artist, sister, daughter, and drinker. Rather than focusing on a tired romantic arc, Attenbergs novel explores the complexities of growing upâ€"or notâ€"as we meander through adulthood. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed Theres nothing better than a story of a bad-ass hiker braving the wilderness and her internal demons on a tenacious expedition of self-discovery. Strayed’s memoir chronicles her quest to hike the Pacific Crest Trail following the death of her mother and subsequent dissolution of her marriage. Strayed is funny and unflinchingly honest as she learns to be alone. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch Princess Elizabeth has an ideal life. She lives in a castle and is engaged to the lustrously-coiffed Prince Ronald. That is, until a dragon comes, burns down her castle, kidnaps Prince Ronald, and leaves Elizabeth with nothing to wear but a paper bag. Through a series of clever maneuvers, she defeats the dragon and saves Prince Ronald. Instead of the romantic reunion Elizabeth anticipates, Prince Ronald exclaims that Princess Elizabeth is wearing a paper bag and should come back when she’s dressed like a real princess. Elizabeth basically tells Ronald to bugger off and lives happily  ever after on her own. Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone by Eric Klinenberg Approximately 32 million people live alone. Klinenberg, a renowned sociologist, examines the rise in Americans living solo. He contends that people of all ages who live alone enjoy better mental health, have more environmentally sustainable lifestyles, and are often strongly engaged in social and civic activities. The deeply engaging portraits show myriad lives well lived. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling Is there literally anything actress/writer/director Mindy Kaling cant do? As executive producer, writer, and actor for  The Office  and  The Mindy Project, Kaling has forged an incredibly successful career. Her first book of essays,  Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?  became a permanent fixture on my favorites shelf with her description of a young Mindy, afflicted with a bowl cut, performing a dramatic reenactment of the So Long, Farewell scene from  The Sound of Music. This book, her second, describes everything from dating a White House staffer to getting dumped by a friend. Even the part about meeting Bradley Cooper somehow feels relatable. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor As the first Hispanic and only third woman to preside over the Supreme Court, there is a lot to admire about Justice Sotomayor. This intimate memoir chronicles Sotomayor’s journey from a Bronx housing project to her appointment to the federal bench. Her candid narrative is a hopeful reminder of the communities we create for ourselves and the great lengths we can go to when we believe in ourselves. Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes This book explores the impact of a decision Rhimes made when,  over Thanksgiving dinner, her sister muttered something that was both a wake up and a call to arms:  You never say yes to anything.  Shonda knew she had to embrace the challenge: for one year, she would say YES to everything that scared her. This poignant, intimate, and hilarious memoir explores Shonda’s life  before  her Year of Yesâ€"from her nerdy, book-loving childhood to her devotion to creating television characters who reflected the world she saw around her. The book chronicles her life  after  her Year of Yes had begunâ€"when Shonda forced herself out of the house and onto the stage; when she learned to explore, empower, applaud, and love her truest self. Yes. All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister From 1890â€"1980, the median age for a first marriage was between 20â€"22. Today, only 20% of women are married by 29, compared to 60% in 1960. Over the course of more than 100 interviews, Traister examines the sexual, economic, and emotional lives of women in the 21st century, as well as historical figures who helped pave the way. This book provides a warm and enriching look at women who live fulfilling single lives. What are your recommendations for books to read while youre single?  

Living Your Best Life 9 Books to Read While Youre Single

Living Your Best Life 9 Books to Read While Youre Single Although its increasingly common, being single isnt celebrated in the media with the same fervor and frequency as being in a relationship. From Pride and Prejudice to Sex and the City, the pursuit of romance is a pervasive narrative arc within our culture. Sometimes it’s difficult to find books, TV shows, and movies that don’t revolve around a character’s quest for The One. This feels especially true for media about women. While male characters from Moby-Dick’s Ishmael to Batman have had the freedom to embark on adventures without romance as a central plot line, women have historically been relegated to happy endings that revolve around impending marriage and motherhood. The same is true in real life as wellâ€"just look at the medias treatment of George Clooney vs. Jennifer Aniston. However, there are a lot of advantages to being single, whether its by choice, preference, or circumstance. Research shows that single people tend to experience more psychological growth and cultivate stronger connections to friends and family. Being single is an opportunity to discover what really makes you happy. You become self-reliant and get to live life on your own terms. So whether you’re in the throes of a devastating breakup or you’re living your best life solo, whether you want to be single forever or just right now, here are some books to read while youre single that celebrate the single life: IT Ended Badly: 13 of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright Love makes us do ridiculous things. If youre Henry VIII, you marry 6 women and behead two of them. If youre Caroline Lamb, you send Lord Byron a devastating post-break up missive containing a bloody lock of your own pubic hair. Dont get me started on Norman Mailer. These entertaining vignettes showcase the timeless absurdities of romance gone awry. All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg Each one of us is so much more than our relationship status. Whether were happily single or in a relationship, we contain multitudes. Attenbergs latest novel focuses on Andrea Bern, a dynamic and complicated artist, sister, daughter, and drinker. Rather than focusing on a tired romantic arc, Attenbergs novel explores the complexities of growing upâ€"or notâ€"as we meander through adulthood. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed Theres nothing better than a story of a bad-ass hiker braving the wilderness and her internal demons on a tenacious expedition of self-discovery. Strayed’s memoir chronicles her quest to hike the Pacific Crest Trail following the death of her mother and subsequent dissolution of her marriage. Strayed is funny and unflinchingly honest as she learns to be alone. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch Princess Elizabeth has an ideal life. She lives in a castle and is engaged to the lustrously-coiffed Prince Ronald. That is, until a dragon comes, burns down her castle, kidnaps Prince Ronald, and leaves Elizabeth with nothing to wear but a paper bag. Through a series of clever maneuvers, she defeats the dragon and saves Prince Ronald. Instead of the romantic reunion Elizabeth anticipates, Prince Ronald exclaims that Princess Elizabeth is wearing a paper bag and should come back when she’s dressed like a real princess. Elizabeth basically tells Ronald to bugger off and lives happily  ever after on her own. Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone by Eric Klinenberg Approximately 32 million people live alone. Klinenberg, a renowned sociologist, examines the rise in Americans living solo. He contends that people of all ages who live alone enjoy better mental health, have more environmentally sustainable lifestyles, and are often strongly engaged in social and civic activities. The deeply engaging portraits show myriad lives well lived. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling Is there literally anything actress/writer/director Mindy Kaling cant do? As executive producer, writer, and actor for  The Office  and  The Mindy Project, Kaling has forged an incredibly successful career. Her first book of essays,  Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?  became a permanent fixture on my favorites shelf with her description of a young Mindy, afflicted with a bowl cut, performing a dramatic reenactment of the So Long, Farewell scene from  The Sound of Music. This book, her second, describes everything from dating a White House staffer to getting dumped by a friend. Even the part about meeting Bradley Cooper somehow feels relatable. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor As the first Hispanic and only third woman to preside over the Supreme Court, there is a lot to admire about Justice Sotomayor. This intimate memoir chronicles Sotomayor’s journey from a Bronx housing project to her appointment to the federal bench. Her candid narrative is a hopeful reminder of the communities we create for ourselves and the great lengths we can go to when we believe in ourselves. Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes This book explores the impact of a decision Rhimes made when,  over Thanksgiving dinner, her sister muttered something that was both a wake up and a call to arms:  You never say yes to anything.  Shonda knew she had to embrace the challenge: for one year, she would say YES to everything that scared her. This poignant, intimate, and hilarious memoir explores Shonda’s life  before  her Year of Yesâ€"from her nerdy, book-loving childhood to her devotion to creating television characters who reflected the world she saw around her. The book chronicles her life  after  her Year of Yes had begunâ€"when Shonda forced herself out of the house and onto the stage; when she learned to explore, empower, applaud, and love her truest self. Yes. All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister From 1890â€"1980, the median age for a first marriage was between 20â€"22. Today, only 20% of women are married by 29, compared to 60% in 1960. Over the course of more than 100 interviews, Traister examines the sexual, economic, and emotional lives of women in the 21st century, as well as historical figures who helped pave the way. This book provides a warm and enriching look at women who live fulfilling single lives. What are your recommendations for books to read while youre single?  

Developing Core PM Planning Elements- Report - 4400 Words

Developing Core PM Planning Elements- Report (Essay Sample) Content: DEVELOPING CORE PM PLANNING ELEMENTS - REPORT by Studentà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Name Course Code + Name Instructorà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Name Institution City, State Date of Submission Table of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Terms of Reference (PID) PAGEREF _Toc467758793 \h 2 Risk Management Plan PAGEREF _Toc467758794 \h 3 Project Plan PAGEREF _Toc467758795 \h 3 BYOD Issues PAGEREF _Toc467758796 \h 4 PRINCE2 Response PAGEREF _Toc467758797 \h 6 Reference List PAGEREF _Toc467758798 \h 8 Terms of Reference (PID) Purpose The purpose of this project is to assist the Shotfield Medical Practice to enhance its IT services and enable automation where possible as a means of reducing its complexity. This will therefore lead to the improvement of medical practices and processes at the medical practice. Scope The scope of this project is to identify the specific areas of potential efficiency for the IT services of Shotfield Medical Practice. Under the overall guidance of the project manager, this project will carry out the preparatory work for the development of the project. High Level Stakeholders The various key high level stakeholders that will be essential in driving this project include the following. The first stakeholder is the project sponsor who is the head of Shotfield Medical Practice and senior medical partner. Another high level stakeholder is the project board which will be made up of four members. The project manager is the other high level stakeholder to be involved in the project. Other essential key stakeholders are the doctors, staff, parents, and associated partners. Summary of Project Objectives This project is being undertaken in order to fulfil the following objectives: * To enable the Shotfield Medical Practice to operate through efficiency * To reduce the complexity of the practiceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s IT services * To enable automation of many services at the medical practice * To reduce the complexity of the practiceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s IT services Budget The budget that was used for the development of this project is as below Item Amount ($) Project designing 1200 Hardware 2500 Software programs 1500 Programmers 1300 Training of users 1400 Materials 700 The total budget used for $8600 Constraints A log of the constraints likely to affect the project will be developed. It will serve to ensure that all risks are identified and adequately managed CITATION Ala16 \l 1033 (Alam Guhl, 2016). Some of the specific constraints that have identified for this project include: total buy in by all stakeholders, commitment to the redesign and change. Risk Management Plan The following risk management plan describes how risk will be defined and managed with regard to the Shotfield Medical Practice project. Prioritized Risk Register This entails the process of risk identification. This will be done by categorizing potential risks that impact the project CITATION Bor141 \l 1033 (BorÃ…Â ¡tnar Pucihar, 2014). Some of the risks that have been registered when it comes to the current project include: technical, cost, people, schedule, and financial risk. Risk Assessment This will involve the process of determining the probability of the risks identified taking place as well the impact that this will have CITATION Sch133 \l 1033 (Schwalbe, 2013). This will therefore be a cause and effect process. The cause is the risk event that will occur while the effect is the potential impact of the event CITATION Jun13 \l 1033 (Junior Carvalho, 2013). For this project, assessing the occurrence of the risks will entail determining the frequency and likelihood of occurrence. Mitigation This refers to the process of identifying the various activities and steps that will need to be taken to reduce risk or impact of its occurrence CITATION New15 \l 1033 (Newton, 2015). One approach that will be taken with regard to mitigating risk is to test out the system before launching it to reduce the likelihood of failure once it is online CITATION Zwi11 \l 1033 (Zwikael Ahn, 2011). Contingency This refers to the development of a plan that is to be implemented to deal with a given risk should it take place. In this regard, when it comes to technical risks, this can be overcome by developing and testing prototypes. Risks that are related to schedules can be overcome by managing wasted time to provide resources for delayed components CITATION Tom15 \l 1033 (Tomanek Juricek, 2015). Risk associated with finance can be managed by establishing a reserve budget to be expended at risk CITATION Por11 \l 1033 (Portny, 2011). Risk associated with cost to be overcome by developing a trade-off schedule delay since time and cost are interrelated CITATION Sch112 \l 1033 (Schroeder, et al., 2011). People related risk is to be overcome by establishing proper training with regard to the role of each person in the program. Good Practice to Follow In order to support the risk management plan, a number of best practices to follow have been identified. This practices will need to be followed throughout the lifecycle of the project in order to ensure that risk is kept at a minimum. One such practice is risk management must remain a priority for the leadership and throughout all levels of the programà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s management. Another practice is the risk management process must be formally integrated into the management of the project CITATION Cha141 \l 1033 (Chapman, 2014). Further, the practice of never outsourcing risk management should be upheld. Project Plan This project plan consists of a Gantt chart that illustrates the critical path that has been followed in running this project. This chart contains 20 elements. These elements represent all the tasks that need to be completed for the project to be fully completed. Further, these elements are encompassed of tasks, subtasks, milestones, and summary tasks. Before developing this Gantt chart, it will first be useful to identify the tasks that need to be completed and the length needed to complete the. This is done as follows. Task Length 1 Project Justification 1 week 2 Define Project Deliverables 2 weeks 3 Develop timeliness and milestones 3 weeks 4 Develop project definition 1 week 5 Develop project scope 1 week 6 Securing medical practiceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s agreement and sponsorà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s funding 2 weeks 7 Develop project work plan 2 weeks 8 Schedule resources 1 week 9 Carryout resource levelling 1 week 10 Develop project budget plan 2 weeks 11 Carryout risk analysis 2 weeks 12 Develop risk management plan 3 weeks 13 Approve project plan 2 weeks 14 Develop project baseline 1 week 15 Project implementation 3 weeks 16 Project control 1 week 17 Managing progress over plan 4 weeks 18 Maintenance of communication with stakeholders 2 weeks 19 Provider management 1 week 20 Project closure 4 weeks Gantt chart Illustration Illustration available in the attached excel sheet BYOD Issues A number of implications arise for the project from allowing the strategic move to have both doctors, staff, and parents to make use of their own devices in the centre. Some of these implications and recommendations made for consideration by the project sponsor are highlighted in the salient points below. In the first place, one critical implication for allowing the use of own devices throughout the centre in relation to risk is, this move increases the risk of data leakage. In this regard, allowing the doctors, staff, and parents to use their own devices will endanger the project since the floodgates for data leakage will open up. This is more so given the fact that mobile phones and tablets which represents majority of the devices are more prone to be attacked by cyber criminals CITATION Ast13 \l 1033 (Astani, et al., 2013). This security risk is further worsened by the fact, there will be less control by the centre with regard to the use of the devices. This will therefore make them more prone to attacks. Many own devices contain a lot of privacy issues and large percentage of them lack data encryption CITATION Gar15 \l 1033 (Garba, et al., 2015). For an organization such as Shotfield Medical Practice this will be dangerous given the sensitive patient information that is stored i n their data system. Additionally, the implication of allowing the use of own devices throughout the centre is in relation to cost whereby when the doctors, staff, and parents use their own devices at the medical centre, this will serve to lower costs. This is a potential value for supporting this move. The lowered cost emerges from the fact that the centre will not have to make purchases for devices which will be quite costly in order for the stakeholders of the practice to access information CITATION Ola15 \l 1033 (Olalere, et al., 2015). The average tablet for instance costs quite a high figure and availing these tablets to the doctors, staff, and parents will indeed be costly for the practice. The practice will therefore be able to make savings by not having to buy these devices and also save from replacing devices as a consequence of breakage and wastage CITATION Ast13 \l 1033 (Astani, et al., 2013). This is because people t...

How to Write For Free Essay Samples

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â€Å"Canadians of Italian descent should look overseas to get a more complete sense of their identities† (Paci 37). Exploring the themes of identity and immigration, this essay will focus on one short story and two case studies. Caterina Edwards’ Island of the Nightingales, follows Teresa Pomoronzola, a second-generation Italian immigrant living in Edmonton, who is sent to her mother’s homeland, the island of Lussino, in order to think clearly and gain perspective. Primarily, Teresa faces the internal conflict of choosing between her two lovers, yet she is also conflicted about her identity. Through the juxtaposition of divergent lifestyles and cultural values, Edwards’ Island of the Nightingales, suggests that a second-generation immigrant’s return to their family’s homeland is the ideal method for reconciling a conflicted identity and effectively understanding one’s background. Firstly, second-generation immigrants do not feel connected to their homeland; instead their identity is tied to the place they were born. In a study conducted with Canadian-born Chinese (CBC) young adults, researchers claim: â€Å"migration involves constituting a sense of belonging in a new place while maintaining ties to the place of origin† (Kobayashi and Preston 235). This was concluded after many participants articulated a contested sense of belonging. When the old culture is abandoned, most often by second-generation immigrants, they do not connect to their cultural origins. Likewise, when the new

The Black Plague also known as The Bubonic Plague was a...

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