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 Throwback Summer Vibe Songs    With your hair guided by the winds of the earth and dipping your feet into the lakes of the cool, sunset summer nights; long drives on endless roads; and being with the people who make you smile and laugh. Making memories, these Top 13 Summer Throwbacks will have you feeling nostalgic delight- a feeling of divine ecstasy.  13 simple songs to surely make you live in the moment; Sing-alongs and many dances will follow when you listen to these.      1.  Riptide  by Vance Joy   Great song to adventure too! Have fun doing something you love to do, and be sure to take the moment in so you'll never forget it! 2.  Escape  by Rupert Holmes   Grab your drink and find someone to enjoy this song! Great song to enjoy dancing and meeting someone new! This song will give you the power to do something that you have wanted to do! Vibes of freedom echo! You can also enjoy this song with your loved one and find an escape in life together! 3.  Some Nights  by Fun    You

 Tips For Saving Money       Technology makes it easy to spend money. Before you know it, you have spent X amount of money at the click of a button, perhaps more than you intended. Stores make it easy to impulse buy. We have all been there! I'm going to share with you simple tricks to save money!  1. Stop Impulse Buying    Impulse buying is an addiction, and if you take some simple steps, you can treat the problem yourself. There are some ways to combat this. Let's take a look. Add what you want to your cart; at checkout, return the items and not buy them. This task will allow you a sense of fulfillment because you had put them in your cart.  2. Returnable Items        Make it a priority to buy returnable items so you don't keep things you don't need. Return policies make it easier for you and your wallet. Decide in that return window if you need the item or not. 3. Soul Searching    Ask yourself a lot of questions. Do you already have this item at home, and will it sti

  Self -Sabotage By: Kori McKenna Perhaps you are not familiar with the term "self-sabotage." This was a new word for me not too long ago. Until I learned this word, I didn't know I was doing it to myself! Turns out a lot of people do it! Are you guilty of it?   Self-sabotage is the self behaviors and thought patterns that hold you back and prevent you from doing what you want. Many times this behavior stops us from completing our dreams! It is a complicated mindset to get yourself out of. When I realized that I was self-sabotaging myself, I immediately started to fix the problem. You have to take responsibility to achieve your goals.      There's an endless amount of ways that we self-sabotage ourselves. We procrastinate, don't prepare, spend time doing stuff that doesn't benefit us, and worrying about things or problems that we don't need to.  We behave like this because we fear the loss of control and not knowing the unknown if we decide to take steps t

 Obesity Is My Struggle!          Ever since I was a young girl, I had always struggled with my weight! In middle school, I already weighed as much as some adult womxn. I remember weighing myself, reaching nearly 170 lbs by 8th grade. During sixth grade camp, I recall being so embarrassed by my weight. I remember doing team-building activities, one of the activities was a 6-foot tall wall. There were two people on each side of the wall, and I had to step into their hands for them to lift me over. I insisted to the counselor, they cannot lift me, and she made me follow the task at hand anyways. After a couple of attempts by the team members and having all my classmates watch what was happening, I had to be pulled aside by the camp counselor because they couldn't lift me over the wall. How embarrassing! I held back from accomplishing many tasks that other kids my age were completing.     By the end of high school, I was already 220 lbs. My whole school career, I was bullied by my wei